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An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.

One who stones; one who makes an assault with stones.

A North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse.

The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]

The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch. [Prov. Eng.]

A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.

Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets.

Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone. Mortimer.

Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.

A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.

A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.

A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.

A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary. E. Darwin.

A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.

A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.

A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge.

A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes.