noun.
An imitation atone made up of red, yellow, blue, and green glass in small particles, which is cut in brilliant form and extensively sold by Armenian and Syrian dealers.
noun.
A piece of rock of small or moderate size.
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The hard material of which rock consists: in contradistinction to metal, wood, etc.
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A piece of rock of a determined size, shape, or quality, or used for a defined purpose: as, a grindstone; a hearthstone; an altar-stone.
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A gravestone; a monument or memorial tablet.
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A millstone.
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Iu printing, an imposing-stone.
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In glass manufacturing, a fiattening-stone.
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A precious stone; a gem. See precious.
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A small, hard, rounded object resembling a stone or pebble: as, a hail-stone; a gall-stone; an ear-stone.
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The glass of a mirror; a mirror of crystal.
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A common measure of weight in use throughout the northwest and central countries of Europe, but varying much in different countries.
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Synonyms and
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See rock.
Made of stone: as, a stone house; a stone wall.
Made of stoneware: as, a stone jar; a stone mug.
To throw stones at; pelt with stones.
To make like stone; harden.
To free from stones, as fruit.
To provide or fit with stones, as by lining, walling, or facing: as, to stone a well or a road.
In leather manufacturing, to work (the leather) with a stock-stone to reduce it to uniform thickness, stretch it, and make it smooth-grained.