Pope.
9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly
marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc.,
before printing; -- called also imposing stone.
Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote
made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or,
more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit,
or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or
stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of
the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a
stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc.
Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic stone."
Milton. -- Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. Encyc. Brit. -- Meteoric
stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion
of a meteor. -- Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher. -- Rocking
stone. See Rocking-stone. -- Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of
the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The bronze age succeeded
to this. -- Stone bass (Zoöl.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as Serranus
Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; -- called also sea perch. --
Stone biter (Zoöl.), the wolf fish. -- Stone boiling, a method of
boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among
savages. Tylor. -- Stone borer (Zoöl.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone.
See Lithodomus, and Saxicava. -- Stone bramble (Bot.), a European
trailing species of bramble (Rubus saxatilis). -- Stone- break. [Cf. G.
steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Saxifraga; saxifrage. --
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a
stone. -- Stone canal. (Zoöl.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand. -- Stone
cat (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North
American catfishes of the genus Noturus. They have sharp pectoral
spines with which they inflict painful wounds. -- Stone coal, hard
coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. -- Stone coral (Zoöl.), any hard
calcareous coral. -- Stone crab. (Zoöl.) (a) A large crab (Menippe
mercenaria) found on the southern coast of the United States and much
used as food. (b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia). Stone
crawfish (Zoöl.), a European crawfish (Astacus torrentium), by many
writers considered only a variety of the common species (A.
fluviatilis). -- Stone curlew. (Zoöl.) (a) A large plover found in
Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov.
Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] -- Stone crush. Same as Stone
bruise, above. -- Stone eater. (Zoöl.) Same as Stone borer, above. --
Stone falcon (Zoöl.), the merlin. -- Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern
(Asplenium Ceterach) which grows on rocks and walls. -- Stone fly
(Zoöl.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the
genus Perla and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers
for bait. The larvæ are aquatic. -- Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with
a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. -- Stone grig
(Zoöl.), the mud lamprey, or pride. -- Stone hammer, a hammer formed
with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the
handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. -- Stone hawk
(Zoöl.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare
stones. -- Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware. -- Stone lily (Paleon.),
a fossil crinoid. -- Stone lugger. (Zoöl.) See Stone roller, below. --
Stone marten (Zoöl.), a European marten (Mustela foina) allied to the
pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also beech marten. --
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone. -- Stone-mortar
(Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a
mass of small stones short distances. -- Stone oil, rock oil,
petroleum. -- Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Seseli
Labanotis). See under Parsley. -- Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See
the Note under Pine, and Piñon. -- Stone pit, a quarry where stones are
dug. -- Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch. -- Stone plover. (Zoöl.)
(a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of
Asiatic plovers of the genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover (E.
recurvirostris). (c) The gray or black- bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also
applied to other species of limicoline birds. -- Stone roller. (Zoöl.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans) of the Sucker
family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called
also stone lugger, stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet. (b) A common
American cyprinoid fish (Campostoma anomalum); -- called also stone
lugger. -- Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand. -- Stone snipe (Zoöl.), the greater
yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] -- Stone toter. (Zoöl.) (a) See
Stone roller (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua)
found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed
lower lip; -- called also cutlips. -- To leave no stone unturned, to do
everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an
object.
Stone (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stoning.]
[From Stone, n.: cf. AS. st&?;nan, Goth. stainjan.] 1. To pelt, beat,
or kill with stones.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.
Acts vii. 59.