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A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.

A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.

Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus).

A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

A grindstone. [Obs.]

A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. To hold, pat, or bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the Lacedæmonians to hold their noses to th…

See Grit, n., 4.

A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.

Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif. (Photo-engraving),

Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.

An harpooner. Grabb.

One who throws the harpoon.

The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. Ps. cxviii. 22.

Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home. Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.

The lesser third. Busby.

A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.

See Semitone.

A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.

A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine, a.