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| | # {{context|uncountable|lang=en}} A hard [[earth]]en substance that can form large [[rock]]s and [[boulder]]s. | | # {{context|uncountable|lang=en}} A hard [[earth]]en substance that can form large [[rock]]s and [[boulder]]s. |
| − | # A small piece of stone. | + | #*{{quote-magazine|date=2013-06-08|volume=407|issue=8839|page=55|magazine={{w|The Economist}} |
| | + | |title=[http://www.economist.com/news/business/21579011-president-proposes-new-round-intellectual-property-reform-obama-goes-troll-hunting Obama goes troll-hunting] |
| | + | |passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to '''stone''' by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}} |
| | + | # A small piece of stone, a [[pebble]]. |
| | # A [[gemstone]], a [[jewel]], especially a [[diamond]]. | | # A [[gemstone]], a [[jewel]], especially a [[diamond]]. |
| | # {{context|British|plural: '''''stone'''''|lang=en}} A unit of [[mass]] equal to 14 [[pound]]s. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 [[kilogram]]s | | # {{context|British|plural: '''''stone'''''|lang=en}} A unit of [[mass]] equal to 14 [[pound]]s. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 [[kilogram]]s |
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| | #* {{quote-book|year=1882|passage=Generally, however, the '''stone''' or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stones.|author=James Edwin Thorold Rogers|title=A History of Agriculture and Prices in England|volume=4|page=209}} | | #* {{quote-book|year=1882|passage=Generally, however, the '''stone''' or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stones.|author=James Edwin Thorold Rogers|title=A History of Agriculture and Prices in England|volume=4|page=209}} |
| | # {{context|botany|lang=en}} The central part of some [[fruit]]s, particularly [[drupe]]s; consisting of the [[seed]] and a hard [[endocarp]] layer. | | # {{context|botany|lang=en}} The central part of some [[fruit]]s, particularly [[drupe]]s; consisting of the [[seed]] and a hard [[endocarp]] layer. |
| − | #: ''a peach '''stone''''' | + | #: {{usex|a peach '''stone'''}} |
| | # {{context|medicine|lang=en}} A hard, stone-like [[deposit]]. | | # {{context|medicine|lang=en}} A hard, stone-like [[deposit]]. |
| − | #: ''kidney '''stone''''' | + | #: {{usex|kidney '''stone'''}} |
| | # {{context|board games|lang=en}} A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various [[board game]]s such as [[backgammon]], and [[go]]. | | # {{context|board games|lang=en}} A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various [[board game]]s such as [[backgammon]], and [[go]]. |
| | # A dull light [[grey]] or [[beige]], like that of some stones. | | # A dull light [[grey]] or [[beige]], like that of some stones. |
