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Stone  (stn), Edward Durell 1902-1978.

American architect who was an exponent of the International Style. Among his notable designs is the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (1964).

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Stone, Harlan Fiske 1872-1946.

American jurist who served as an associate justice (1925-1941) and the chief justice (1941-1946) of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Stone, I(sidor) F(einstein) 1907-1989.

American journalist who championed liberal causes in I.F. Stone's Weekly (1953-1971).

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Stone, Lucy 1818-1893.

American feminist and social reformer who organized the first national women's rights convention, held in Worcester, Massachusetts (1850), and was a founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association (1869).

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stone  (stn)

n.

1.

a. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.

b. Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination: sandstone; soapstone.

2. A small piece of rock.

3. Rock or a piece of rock shaped or finished for a particular purpose, especially:

a. A piece of rock that is used in construction: a coping stone; a paving stone.

b. A gravestone or tombstone.

c. A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.

d. A milestone or boundary.

4. A gem or precious stone.

5. Something, such as a hailstone, resembling a stone in shape or hardness.

6. Botany The hard covering enclosing the seed in certain fruits, such as the cherry, plum, or peach.

7. Pathology A mineral concretion in an organ, such as the kidney or gallbladder, or other body part; a calculus.

8. pl. stone Abbr. st. A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).

9. Printing A table with a smooth surface on which page forms are composed.

adj.

1. Relating to or made of stone: a stone wall.

2. Made of stoneware or earthenware.

3. Complete; utter: a stone liar.

adv.

Completely; utterly: stone cold; standing stone still.

tr.v. stoned, ston·ing, stones

1. To hurl or throw stones at, especially to kill with stones.

2. To remove the stones or pits from.

3. To furnish, fit, pave, or line with stones.

4. To rub on or with a stone in order to polish or sharpen.

5. Obsolete To make hard or indifferent.

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[Middle English, from Old English stn; see sti- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stoning - the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death) lapidation corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

Translations

stoning

n → Steinigen nt, → Steinigung f