Reverse Dictionary: STONE

STONE, STONED, STONING, STONY

ADJECTIVES
1420 ► stony, pebbly → CALCULOSE obs.
1420 ► abounding in stones; also, of stony nature → LAPIDOSE 
1599 ► resembling stone; stony → LAPIDIAL → obs.
1600 ► concerned with stones; working on stones → LAPIDIAN 
1610 ► full of stones → LAPIDOUS → obs.
1632 ► stony, rocky → SASSINOUS → obs.
1646 ► of the nature of stone; stony → LAPIDEOUS 
1646 ► concerned with the making of stones → LAPIDIFICAL obs.
1650 ► pert. to the making of stones → LAPIDIFACTORY → obs.
1656 ► that may be stoned → LAPIDABLE → obs.
1656 ► consisting of stones; stony → LAPIDARIOUS → obs.
1683 ► versed in the knowledge of stone → LAPIDARIAN 
1693 ► concerned with the making of stones → LAPIDIFIC → obs.
1767 ► of the nature of a stone → LAPIDAR → obs.
1807 ► abounding with heaps of stones → CAIRNY → Sc.
1807 ► consisting of or inscribed on stone → LAPIDEOUS → obs.
1831 ► concerned with stones → LAPIDARY 
1882 ► executed in stone, inscribed on stone → LAPIDARIAN 
1991 ► worshipping rocks and stones → LITHOIDOLATROUS → (Bk.)


NOUNS
1278 ► a piece of hard, coarse, or rough stone → RAG → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1364 ► a boundary stone → MARKSTONE → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1483 ► the punishment of stoning to death → LAPIDEMENT → obs.
1536 ► a stone set up to mark the boundary of an estate → MARCH STONE → chiefly Sc. N. Eng. dial.
1555 ► a square stone, tile, or brick → QUARRY 
1584 ► stones → BEGGARS’ BOLTS → obs.
1584 ► a cairn, a pile of stones in Scandinavian regions → WARLOCK obs.
1585 ► pastime consisting in throwing a flat stone or the like over the surface of water so as to cause it to rebound or skip as many times as possible before sinking → DUCK AND DRAKE 
1598 ► a stone that can be lifted or thrown with the hand; a pebble → HANDSTONE → obs.
1611 ► the punishment of stoning to death → LAPIDATION 
1664 ► the grain of stone or wood → BATE → obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
1695 ► a pile of stones; a cairn → RAISE → N. Eng. dial.
1708 ► a small, flat, round stone → ROUNDLET → US
1750 ► the quality of being stone → LAPIDITY 
1781 ► a large heap of stones → BARROW → Eng. dial.
1802 ► the act of throwing stones; pelting with stones → LAPIDATION 
1814 ► a small round pebble or stone → JACKSTONE 
1816 ► a loose stone in the pavement, which tips up when stepped upon, and scatters the dirty water collected under it over the pedestrian → BEAU-TRAP Eng. sl.
1833 ► a stone → GROUND NUT US sl.
1835 ► a hop of a stone on the water → DAP obs.
1840 ► a stone, pebble, or small boulder → DONNICK → DORNICK → Amer. dial.
1847 ► a stone, a rock, or boulder, esp. one dark in colour → NIGGERHEAD → derogatory, Amer. dial.
M19  ► stones, bricks, etc., esp. as thrown during riots → IRISH CONFETTI sl.
1856 ► an avalanche of stones; a falling of rock fragments or debris → BERGFALL 
1869 ► a small crack or break in stone → LACE → Eng. dial.
1871 ► a stone → GROUND SEED US sl.
1895 ► a stone, pebble, fossil → BIBBLE → Eng. dial.  
1898 ► a heap of stones, clay, dirt, etc. → BINKART → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 ► a heap of stones or dirt → BINKER → Sc. (Bk.)
1899 ► a small stone, one that can be thrown with the hand → HANDY-STONE → Sc.
1899 ► a boundary stone; a mark to show the part measure off → METT → Sc.
L19  ► a small stone → CUNDY → Aust. sl.
20C  ► a stone, esp. when thrown → BRINNY → Aust. children’s sl., old-fashioned
20C  ► a stone → QUAILER → Aust. sl.
1900 ► a mode of throwing a stone into water in such a way that is makes no splash → DEAD MAN’S PLUNGE Ireland (Bk.)
1900 ► a boy’s entertainment for skimming flat stones along the surface of water → DIGS-AND-DRAKES → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► stones piled on the top of a mountain → LAD STONES → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► of stones: a heap → RANGLE Sc. (Bk.)
1902 ► loose stones at the base of a mountain → SHIRLING Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► a loose stone → RAMBLIN-STONE → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► the game of ‘ducks and drakes’ → TIC-TAC-MOLLARD Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► a stone, brick, or rock, usually when used as a missile → ALLEY LILY → US sl.
1910 ► a stone, brick, or rock, usually when used as a missile → ALLEY RIFLE → US sl.
1911 ► a stone fight; a scrimmage → BICKER → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► a small block of stone or wood → BLUNK → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► a small block of stone or wood → BLUNKART → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► a heap of stones; a cluster → BOWRACK → BOWRICK → BOWROCK → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► a stone, rock, or piece of rubble found in an alley and used as a missile → ALLEY APPLE → US sl.
1920 ► a small, rounded stone, esp. one suitable for throwing → JACKROCK → Amer. dial.
1923 ► a stone, a pebble → QUACK → Eng. dial.
1923 ► a stone, a pebble → QUECK → Sc.
1931 ► a stone; a rock → GROUND APPLE US sl.
1940 ► a small stone or pebble → GOOLEY → US & Aust. & NZ sl.
1940 ► a stone or rock thrown at someone → LOVE LETTER → African-American sl.
1941 ► a stone or rock, esp. one a small stone suitable for throwing → COONDIE → Aust. sl.
1945 ► a stone. rock, or boulder, esp. one dark in colour → INDIAN-HEAD → Amer. dial.
1949 ► a stone, esp. one of medium size; a cobble → GOONEY → GOONIE → GOONY 
1950 ► a stone, esp. one of medium size; a cobble → GONEY → Amer. dial.
1960 ► any form of projectile, usually a stone or brick → IRISH BOUQUET → US sl.
1968 ► a stone about the size of a person’s head → DIMMY → Amer. dial.
1968 ► ducks and drakes, throwing a flat stone over the surface of water so that it jumps several times → LAME DUCK → Amer. dial.
1972 ► a stone that is heaved to the surface of a field by freezing and thawing of the ground → WINTER POTATO → Amer. dial. jocular
1989 ► a mock scientific name for a stone → FALLENATNITE Can. sl.
1991 ► the worship of stones and rocks → LITHODOLATRY → (Bk.)
1999 ► a flat stone or pebble suitable for skimming on water → YONNIE → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2000 ► a stone or similar heavy weight dropped from a freeway overpass, building roof, etc. → AIRMAIL → US sl.


VERBS
1200 ► to mutilate by stoning → TO-HENE → obs.
1623 ► to rid or clear a place of stones → ELAPIDATE obs.
1623 ► to throw stones at, to pelt with stones; also, to stone to death → LAPIDATE 
1636 ► to skim a stone on the surface of the water → SKEER → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1777 ► to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at → SCALE → SKAIL Sc. & Eng. & dial.
1825 ► to make flat stones skip along the surface of water → SCONE → Sc.
1851 ► to rebound; to bounce; to hop or skip, as a stone along the surface of water → DAP 
1861 ► to cause a stone to skip; to skip a stone → SKATE → Amer. dial.
1865 ► to pelt with stones; to mob → MOBBLE → Eng. dial.
1877 ► to skip a flat stone on a body of water → SCALE Amer. dial.
1897 ► to throw stones, to pelt; to strike with a stick → SCAGE → Eng. dial.
1898 ► to pelt with stones → BATTER → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► to throw stones, etc., so as to injure → SCOP → SKOP → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► to throw dirt or stones at; to pelt → SCOUT → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► to pelt with stones; to strike repeatedly → BICKER → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► to make a flat stone skip over the surface of water, to play ‘ducks and drakes’ → SCOUTHER → Sc. 
1965 ► to cause a stone to skip; to skip a stone → SKEET → Amer. dial.
1965 ► to skip a stone → SKID → Amer. dial.
1966 ► to skip or skim stones on the surface of water → SKIN ROCKS Amer. dial.
1966 ► to skip or skim stones on the surface of water → SKIN STONES Amer. dial.
1966 ► to skip or skim stones on the surface of water → SKIN THE CAT → Amer. dial.
1966 ► to skip or skim stones on the surface of water → SKIN THE WATER Amer. dial.
1967 ► to skip a stone → SKI → Amer. dial.
1968 ► to skip stones → SKIFT → Amer. dial.
1969 ► to make a flat stone skip over the surface of the water; to play at ducks and drakes → SCLAFF → Sc.