stone
/stoʊ̯n/ noun A1- A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer. · Near-synonym: pip· a peach stone
- A hard, stone-like deposit.
- A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
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When they had dragged the nets to the shore they found but few fish: the nets were full of sand and stones, and the men were beyond measure cast down so much at the disappointment which had befallen them, but because they had formed such very different expectations.
A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: “If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose.
As they were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which represented “a Lion strangled by a Man.” The traveler pointed to it and said: “See there!
The Farmer, on seeing this, charged his sling with stones, and killed a great number.
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