Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Stone (-s)
stone (-s), n. [OE stán, wall; Gk. 'pebble'.] (webplay: body, buildings, cold, dead, earth, express, eye, fall, fences, forgot, glance, gold, great, hard, heart, lie, lifeless, means, mirror, myself, perfectly, Philosopher's, sense, set, small, stand, still, supposed, turning, universally, use, walls, water, weight).
- Hard mineral substance.
- Piece of rock; [fig.] thing which has a characteristic of a rock: unbreakable, inanimate, unfeeling, immovable, lack of consciousness, used to throw at things, used to break things, used in building structures.
- Jewel; precious gem.
- Grave; sepulcher; crypt; mausoleum; burial vault; [fig.] large stone covering the entrance of Jesus Christ's sepulcher which was removed at the time of his resurrection.
- Coffin; casket; solid enclosure holding a dead body.
- Headstone; monument marking a grave.
- Imaginary substance thought to be able to turn other substances into gold.
- Phrase. “[Written / set / stamped] in stone”: unalterable; prescribed by fate; will of God.
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