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A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces. Ure.

A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.

pl. of Foe. [Obs.] Spenser.

The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone.

Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. Addison.

One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. [Eng.]

A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.

Furnished with gabions.

Furnished or adorned with galloon.

A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.

A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.

p. p. of Go.

A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger. [Colloq. U. S.]

See Gorgonian, 1.

A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head. Elmes.

An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm.

A seed of the grape.

A kind of photograph.

A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.