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Definition of stones

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Stone 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. 2. To make like stone; to harden. O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart. --Shak. 3. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins. 4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar. 5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
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Perch Perch (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also pearch.] [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percid[ae], as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis). 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percid[ae], Serranid[ae], and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. Black perch. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass. Blue perch, the cunner. Gray perch, the fresh-water drum. Red perch, the rosefish. Red-bellied perch, the long-eared pondfish. Perch pest, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch. Silver perch, the yellowtail. Stone, or Striped, perch, the pope. White perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.

Meaning of stone from wikipedia

- from the stone age rocks have been used for tools. the minerals and metals we find in rocks have been essential to human civilization
- isidor feinstein stone (december 24, 1907 – june 18, 1989), born isidor feinstein, better known as i. f. stone and izzy stone, was an
- witmer stone (september 22, 1866 – may 23, 1939) was an american ornithologist , botanist , and mammalogist , and was considered one of the
- benjamin clemens masterman stone (1933, shanghai, china – 1994 march 19, philippine national museum ) was a british –american botanist .
- stone , ストーン , sutoon is a japanese manga written and illustrated by sin-ichi hiromoto . kodansha released the two bound volumes of the
- the stone age is a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with a sharp edge, a point, or a
- the stone (abbreviation st) is an informal unit of measure equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois (about 6.35 kg u kg giving a stone of exactly
- william oliver stone (born september 15, 1946) is an american film director, screenwriter, and producer. stone came to public prominence
- a kidney stone, also known as a renal calculus (from the latin rēnēs, 'kidneys' and calculus , 'pebble') is a solid concretion or crystal
- a stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone . although stone tool-dependent