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Pronunciation : Ston"y
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. stanig. See Stone.]
Definition : 1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. The stony dart of senseless cold. Spenser.
3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. Stony coral. (Zo?l.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
[Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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