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A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes. Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. De Quincey.…

A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.

Constructed of uncemented stone. "Dry-stone walls." Sir W. Scott.

A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.

A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with the substance.

See Felsite.

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.

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

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

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.

A seed of the grape.

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

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.

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.