6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or
peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies
with the article weighed. [Eng.]
The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese,
16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs.
8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.