Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting or made of stone.
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- adjective Consisting or made of
stone .
Etymologies
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From Middle English stonen, alteration (due to stone) of earlier stenen, from Old English stǣnen ("stony; of stone, hard as stone; stone, made of stone, built of stone"), from Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz (“made of stone”), equivalent to stone + -en.
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Examples
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And the window have multiple panes and are top by decorative stonen lintels.
Not a Terrible Job Brooks of Sheffield 2007
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And the window have multiple panes and are top by decorative stonen lintels.
Archive 2007-08-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2007
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And the full cloudes are braste [36] attenes in stonen showers.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Thou seest the saynctes and kynges in stonen state,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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‘Hairen’ is in Wiclif and in Chaucer; ‘stonen’ in the former (John iii.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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