sand
Webster Dictionary
fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted Stone... the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet
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perpender
Webster Dictionary
a large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone
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stone
Webster Dictionary
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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hand axe
(hand ax, hand axe)
Princeton's WordNet
a stone tool with a cutting edge; the Stone... held in the hand and used for chopping
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hand ax
(hand ax, hand axe)
Princeton's WordNet
a stone tool with a cutting edge; the Stone... held in the hand and used for chopping
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hopscotch
(hopscotch)
Princeton's WordNet
a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
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pounder
(pestle, muller, pounder)
Princeton's WordNet
a heavy tool of Stone... iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
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pestle
(pestle, muller, pounder)
Princeton's WordNet
a heavy tool of Stone... iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
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muller
(pestle, muller, pounder)
Princeton's WordNet
a heavy tool of Stone... iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
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muller
(ˈmʌl ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an implement of Stone... other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of Stone... the like.
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lewis
(ˈlu ɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.
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novaculite
Webster Dictionary
a variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate
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stonework
(ˈstoʊnˌwɜrk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a construction built of stone; stone masonry.
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stony
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, Stone... stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust
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microlith
(ˈmaɪ krə lɪθ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a very small stone tool made from a sharp blade-shaped piece of stone and used as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, esp. in Mesolithic times.
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solutrean
(əˈlu tri ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–c16,000 b .c ., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
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lapidescent
Webster Dictionary
undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies
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mason
Webster Dictionary
one whose occupation is to build with Stone... brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes
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flagstone
Webster Dictionary
a flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone
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pebble
Webster Dictionary
a small roundish Stone... bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone
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quarry
Webster Dictionary
a place, cavern, or pit where Stone... taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a)
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aerolite
Webster Dictionary
a stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone
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rocking-stone
Webster Dictionary
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
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draff
Webster Dictionary
a narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter
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bondstone
Webster Dictionary
a stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone
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perlid
Webster Dictionary
any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidae. See Stone fly, under Stone
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feather
Webster Dictionary
a thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone
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rubble
Webster Dictionary
rough Stone... it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash
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sarsen
Webster Dictionary
one of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone
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petrifaction
Webster Dictionary
the process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness
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