stone

1. n. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. Source: opted

2. n. A precious stone; a gem. Source: opted

3. n. Something made of stone. Specifically: - Source: opted

4. n. The glass of a mirror; a mirror. Source: opted

5. n. A monument to the dead; a gravestone. Source: opted

6. n. A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. Source: opted

7. n. One of the testes; a testicle. Source: opted

8. n. The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp. Source: opted

9. n. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. Source: opted

10. n. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. Source: opted

11. n. A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone. Source: opted

12. n. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. Source: opted

13. n. To make like stone; to harden. Source: opted

14. n. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins. Source: opted

15. n. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar. Source: opted

16. n. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone. Source: opted

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