4. Nut (of a drupe).
    5. Vesical calculus.
    6. Testicle.
    7. Adamant, flint, marble.

Stone, v. a.

    1. Pelt with stones.
    2. Face with stone, line with stone.
    3. Free from stones, stein.

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.

Stone’s cast. See Stone’s throw.

Stone’s throw. Stone’s cast, short distance, few steps.

Stone-still, a. See Stock-still.

Stone-weed, n. Red-root (Lithospermum arvense).


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