What is the connotative meaning of stone?

Answer 1

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones., A precious stone; a gem., Something made of stone. Specifically: -, The glass of a mirror; a mirror., A monument to the dead; a gravestone., A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus., One of the testes; a testicle., The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp., A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed., Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone., A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone., To pelt, beat, or kill with stones., To make like stone; to harden., To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins., To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar., To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.