Look up: Stone

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   Stone
   The stone is a standard British weight equivalent to 14 pounds. This is the Imperial stone, other stones are in use - 16 pounds being the stone for cheese, 32 pounds for hemp, 24 pounds for wool and 8 pounds for butcher meat. Officially Britian is metric, using kilogramms, but the stone lives on reflecting the independance of the British people.
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   Stone
   Stone is a village near Dartford in Kent.
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   Stone
   Stone is slang for cannabis.
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   Stone
   The inner fruit wall of a drupe. The stone encloses the seed (i.e. plums and cherries).
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   Quarried or artificially broken rock for use in construction.
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   Ancient Measurement Terms: 14 pounds.
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   [adj] - of or relating to or made of stone 2. [adj] - of any of various dull tannish-gray colors 3. [n] - (British) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body 4. [n] - the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed 5. [n] - United States filmmaker (born in 1946) 6. [n] - United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) 7. [n] - United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) 8. [n] - United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946) 9. [n] - United States architect (1902-1978) 10. [n] - a lack of feeling or expression or movement 11. [n] - building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose 12. [v] - kill by throwing stones at
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   Stone
   Measure of weight equal to 14 lbs. 8 stone equalled one hundredweight.
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   The seed of an apricot, cherry, peach, plum or other member of the genus Prunus
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    Stone
    The stone is an old British unit of mass. Traditionally used to express the weight ofa person.Conversions16 ounces (oz)=1 pound (lb)1 stone=14 pounds (lb)1 stone=6.350293 kg1 ton=1016.047 kgttle='Mass';xiunt='kg';yiunt='stone';mconv=6.350293;cconv=0.0; See also: Mass, Pound.
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    A Structured and Open Environment: a project supported by the German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT) to design, implement and distribute a SEE for research and teaching.
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    a rock-like concretion in timber composed mainly of CaCO3,found occasionally in a few tropical species,particularly Iroko(Chlorophora excelsa) Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • colour:light kaki grey Category: The chemical industry • a crystalline inclusion Category: Various industries and crafts • automatic 50 stone smoki...
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    Definition (keystage 2) A unit of mass, equal to 14 pounds. This is about 6.350293kg.
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    Stone noun [ Middle English ston , stan , Anglo-Saxon stān ; akin to Old Saxon & OFries. stēn , Dutch steen , German stein , Icelandic steinn , Swedish sten , Danish steen , Goth. stains , Russian stiena a wall, Greek ..., ..., a pebble. √167. Confer Steen .] 1. Concreted earthy or ...
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    Stone transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stoned ; present participle & verbal noun Stoning .] [ From Stone , noun : confer Anglo-Saxon st...nan , Goth. stainjan .] 1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. « And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and sayi ...
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    1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. 'And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' (Acts vii. 59) ... 2. To make like stone; to harden. 'O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart.' (Shak) ... 3. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins. ...
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    adjective of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
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    noun 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`
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    noun a lack of feeling or expression or movement; `he must have a heart of stone`; `her face was as hard as stone`
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    pit noun the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; `you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking`
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    Edward Durell Stone noun United States architect (1902-1978)
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    noun an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; `a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone`
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    noun United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
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    Isidor Feinstein Stone noun United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
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    noun United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
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