- 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).