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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.

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),

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.