stone

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  1. noun Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.
  2. noun Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination: sandstone; soapstone.
  3. noun A small piece of rock.
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  • The stone, even in the daylight, seemed to give off a slight glow Built into the stone was a scarab EXACTLY what," asked Doc, "do you know about William Harper Littlejohn He has been captured! —  093 - The Awful Dynasty
  • But while Merlin prepares the festival at which he'll have Arthor pull the magic blade Excalibur from the stone (here, the stone is a magnetic meteorite), Arthor undergoes adventures that will transform him into a new man, more ready to become king. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 04-05 - October-November 1997
  • At the top of the stone is a picture of a little boy sitting in some sort of circular thing. —  The Daily Illini - The Independent Student Newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871
  • This stone is the primary reason behind the ever lasting impact of monuments (for their beautiful looks). —  Best Syndication -
  • So folks passing a stone are asked to urinate in a filter to catch the stone. —  Readthehook.com - Current Articles
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rock ·  metal ·  wall ·  marble ·  sand ·  light ·  earth ·  bone ·  piece ·  flower ·  water ·  tower

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stone:   stones ·  stoned

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  1. Middle English, from Old English stān; see stāi- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also English dial. stean, steen, Scots stane, stain; from Middle English stoon, ston, stan, from Anglo-Saxon stān = Old Saxon stēn = OFries. stēn = Dutch steen = Middle Low German stēn, Low German steen = Old High German Middle High German G. stein = Icelandic steinn = Swedish Danish sten = Gothic (Moesogothic) stains, a stone; prob. akin to OBulg, stiena = Russian stiena, a wall, and to Greek στία, στῖον, a stone. Hence steen, steen.
  2. from Middle English stonen, stanen (in earlier use stenen, whence modern English dial. steen). from Anglo-Saxon stǣnan = Old High German steinōn, Middle High German steinen = Swedish stena = Danish stene = Gothic (Moesogothic) stainjan (cf. Dutch steenigen = German steinigen), pelt with stones, stone; from the noun.
 

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