concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.-a precious stone; a gem.-something made of stone. specifically: --the glass of a mirror; a mirror.-a monument to the dead; a gravestone.-a calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.-one of the testes; a testicle.-the hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. see illust. of endocarp.-a weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.-fig.: symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.-a stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone.-to pelt, beat, or kill with stones.-to make like stone; to harden.-to free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.-to wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.-to rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.