Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STON-Y, a. [D. steenig; G. steinig; Sw. steneg.]

1. Made of stone; as, a stony tower. – Shak.
2. Consisting of stone; as, a stony cave. Milton.
3. Full of stones; abounding with stones; as, stony ground.
4. Petrifying; as, the stony dart of senseless cold. – Spenser.
5. Hard; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; as, a stony heart. – Milton.
6. Insensible; obdurate; perverse; morally hard.