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Stone, v. a.
Stone-bed, n. Quarry, stone-pit. Stone-blind, a. Totally blind, sightless. Stone-break, n. (Bot.) Saxifrage. Stone-coal, n. Anthracite, blind-coal, glance-coal, hard-coal. Stone-cold, a. Cold as stone. Stone-crop, n. (Bot.) Orpine. Stone-curlew, n. Stone-plover, thick-kneed plover, bustard, thick-knee (Edicnemus crepitants). Stone-deaf, a. Deaf as a post, totally deaf. Stone-fruit, n. Drupe. Stone-lily, n. Encrinite (Encrinus liliaformis). Stone-oil, n. Rock-oil, petroleum, mineral oil. Stone-pit, n. Quarry, stone-bed, stone-quarry. Stone-plover, n. See Stone-curlew. Stones cast. See Stones throw. Stones throw. Stones cast, short distance, few steps. Stone-still, a. See Stock-still. Stone-weed, n. Red-root (Lithospermum arvense). |
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