GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

  1.       
    
    Stony , a. [Compar. Stonier ; superl. Stoniest.] [AS. stānig. See Stone.]
    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.
      1913 Webster
    2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
      1913 Webster

      The stony dart of senseless cold.
      Spenser.

      1913 Webster

    3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
      1913 Webster

      Stony coral. (Zool.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.

      1913 Webster