small stone

  • 101stone — 1. noun /stəʊn,stoʊn/ a) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders. , 1843: Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. [...] It is to be observed here that a …

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  • 102stone — 1 noun 1 ON THE GROUND (C) a small piece of rock of any shape, found on the ground: Round, flat stones are the best for skimming across water. 2 ROCK (U) a hard mineral substance or rock: honey colored stone | stone statues 3 JEWELLERY (C) a… …

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  • 103Stone massage — A stone massage uses stones, sometimes heated, to massage the body. The hardness of the stones allows the therapist to address specific problem areas with more detailed work or deeper pressure. Basalt stones of various sizes, shapes and weights… …

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  • 104Stone ender — [ thumb|250px|right|1653 Mowry House (Providence) diagram from Norman Isham s 1895 book [http://books.google.com/books?id=uKQgAAAAMAAJ printsec=frontcover dq=%22early+rhode+island+houses%22] ] The Stone ender is a unique style of Rhode Island… …

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  • 105stone — stone1 [ stoun ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the hard substance that rocks are made of, often used for building: gray stone a ) only before noun made of stone: a stone wall b ) count a small piece of rock: Children threw stones at him. c ) count a… …

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  • 106Stone Cross, West Midlands — infobox UK place latitude= 52.544 longitude= 1.985 official name= Stone Cross population= os grid reference= SP010940 metropolitan borough= Sandwell metropolitan county= West Midlands region= West Midlands country= England post town= WEST… …

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  • 107Stone Curlew — Taxobox name = Stone Curlew status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49108|title=Burhinus oedicnemus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this… …

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  • 108Stone wrist-guard — Early Bronze Age stone wrist guards are found across Europe from around 2400 1900BC and are closely associated with the Beaker culture and Unetice culture. In the past they have be variously known as stone bracers , stone arm guards and armlets …

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  • 109Stone, Fred — ▪ American actor in full  Fred Andrew Stone  born Aug. 19, 1873, Valmont, near Denver, Colo., U.S. died March 5, 1959, Hollywood, Calif.       popular American stage actor and dancer known for his versatility.       Stone was raised in Topeka,… …

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  • 110stone — noun 1》 hard, solid non metallic mineral matter of which rock is made.     ↘a small piece of stone found on the ground.     ↘a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration or demarcation.     ↘Astronomy a meteorite made of …

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