Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STONE-CUT-TER, n. [stone and cut.]

One whose occupation is to hew stones. – Swift.

STONE-CUT-TING, n.

The business of hewing stones for walls, steps, cornices, monuments, &c.

STON-ED, pp.

Pelted or killed with stones; freed from stones; walled with stones.

STONE-DEAD, a. [stone and dead.]

As lifeless as a stone.

STONE-EAT-ER, n.

An animal that eats stone.

STONE-FERN, n. [stone and fern.]

A plant. – Ainsworth.

STONE-FLY, n. [stone and fly.]

An insect. – Ainsworth.

STONE-FRUIT, n. [stone and fruit.]

Fruit whose seeds are covered with a hard shell enveloped in the pulp, as peaches, cherries, plums, &c.; a drupe. – Boyle.

STONE-HAWK, n. [stone and hawk.]

A kind of hawk. – Ainsworth.

STONE-HEART-ED, or STON-Y-HEART-ED, a. [stone and heart.]

Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling. – Shak.

STONE-HENGE, n.

A remarkable monument of antiquity, about six miles from Salisbury in England. It consists of two circles and two ovals, composed of huge stones, uprights and imposts. – Encyc.

STONE-HORSE, n. [stone and horse.]

A horse not castrated. – Mortimer.

STONE-HOUSE, n. [stone and house.]

A house built of stone.

STONE-PARS-LEY, n.

A plant of the genus Bubon. – Fam. of Plants.

STONE-PIT, n. [stone and pit.]

A pit or quarry where stones are dug. – Woodward.

STONE-PITCH, n. [stone and pitch.]

Hard inspissated pitch. – Bacon.

STONE-PLOV-ER, n. [stone and plover.]

A bird. – Ainsworth.

STON-ER, n.

One who beats or kills with stones; one who walls with stones.

STONE'S-CAST, or STONE'S-THROW, n. [stone and cast or throw.]

The distance which a stone may be thrown by the hand.

STONE'S-MICK-LE, n.

A bird. – Ainsworth.

STONE-SQUAR-ER, n. [stone and square.]

One who forms stones into squares. – 1 Kings v.

STONE-STILL, a. [stone and still.]

Still as a stone; perfectly still or motionless.

STONE-WALL, n. [stone and wall.]

A wall built of stones.

STONE-WARE, n. [stone and ware.]

A species of potter's ware of a coarse kind, glazed and baked.

STONE-WORK, n. [stone and work.]

Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone. – Mortimer.