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Alum stone
() A subsulphate of alumina and potash
Amazon stone
(n.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.
Arch stone
() A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch
By-corner
(n.) A private corner.
Caen stone
() A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
Corner
(n.) The point where two converging lines meet
Corner
(n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
Corner
(n.) An edge or extremity
Corner
(n.) A secret or secluded place
Corner
(n.) Direction
Corner
(n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price
Corner
(v. t.) To drive into a corner.
Corner
(v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment
Corner
(v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it
Cross-stone
(n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide.
Dry-stone
(a.) Constructed of uncemented stone.
Gravel-stone
(n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone
Grindle stone
() A grindstone.
Jew's-stone
(n.) Alt. of Jewstone
Perpend stone
() See Perpender.
Perpent stone
() See Perpender.
Portland stone
() A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building.
Pumice stone
() Same as Pumice.
Purbeck stone
() A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.
Rocking-stone
(n.) A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force.
Ro-setta stone
() A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.
Stepping-stone
(n.) A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
Stepping-stone
(n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.
Stone
(n.) Concreted earthy or mineral matter
Stone
(n.) A precious stone
Stone
(n.) Something made of stone. Specifically: -
Stone
(n.) The glass of a mirror
Stone
(n.) A monument to the dead
Stone
(n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder
Stone
(n.) One of the testes
Stone
(n.) The hard endocarp of drupes
Stone
(n.) A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.
Stone
(n.) Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility
Stone
(n.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing
Stone
(n.) To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
Stone
(n.) To make like stone
Stone
(n.) To free from stones
Stone
(n.) To wall or face with stones
Stone
(n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
Stone-blind
(a.) As blind as a stone
Stone-cold
(a.) Cold as a stone.
Stone-dead
(a.) As dead as a stone.
Stone-deaf
(a.) As deaf as a stone
Stone-hearted
(a.) Hard-hearted
Stone-horse
(n.) Stallion.

cornerstone; corner stone Bedeutung

corner kick a free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line
stepping stone any means of advancement, the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches
stone crab
Menippe mercenaria
large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
stone curlew
thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus
large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
stonefly
stone fly
plecopteran
primitive winged insect with a flattened body, used as bait by fishermen, aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
stone marten
beech marten
Martes foina
Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat
stone bass
wreckfish
Polyprion americanus
brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
abrading stone a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader
amen corner area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens'
Blarney Stone a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it
blind corner a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving
bore bit
borer
rock drill
stone drill
a drill for penetrating rock
capstone
copestone
coping stone
stretcher
a stone that forms the top of wall or building
chimney corner
inglenook
a corner by a fireplace
corner
street corner
turning point
the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
corner quoin (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building, especially one formed by a cornerstone
corner nook an interior angle formed by two meeting walls, a piano was in one corner of the room
corner pocket a pocket at the corner of a billiard table
corner post a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building
cornerstone a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
cornerstone a stone in the exterior of a large and important building, usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
dry wall
dry-stone wall
a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar
foundation stone a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building
jewel
gem
precious stone
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
menhir
standing stone
a tall upright megalith, found primarily in England and northern France
paving stone a stone used for paving
pit
quarry
stone pit
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate, a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
revetment
revetement
stone facing
a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
stone building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose, he wanted a special stone to mark the site
stone wall a fence built of rough stones, used to separate fields
stone a lack of feeling or expression or movement, he must have a heart of stone, her face was as hard as stone
basis
base
foundation
fundament
groundwork
cornerstone
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained, the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
Rosetta Stone a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in BC, the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics
stone crab pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor, found in Florida but now very rare
corner the point where two lines meet or intersect, the corners of a rectangle
corner a place off to the side of an area, he tripled to the rightfield corner, the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
corner a remote area, in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
corner the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect, the corners of a cube
bladder stone
cystolith
a calculus formed in the bladder
corner a projecting part where two sides or edges meet, he knocked off the corners
kidney stone
urinary calculus
nephrolith
renal calculus
a calculus formed in the kidney
rock stone a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter, he threw a rock at me
stepping stone a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing
end man corner man a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show, carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
stone breaker someone who breaks up stone
Stone
Edward Durell Stone
United States architect (-)
Stone Harlan Fiske Stone United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (-)
Stone I. F. Stone
Isidor Feinstein Stone
United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (-)
Stone Lucy Stone United States feminist and suffragist (-)
Stone Oliver Stone United States filmmaker (born in )
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