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stony
(encz) | stony,kamenitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Stony
(gcide) | Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] [AS.
st[=a]nig. 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.
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2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
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The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser.
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3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;
perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
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Stony coral. (Zool.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
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stony
(wn) | stony
adj 1: abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony
ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: rocky, bouldery,
bouldered, stony]
2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty
gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate
heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate,
stony]
3: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic,
granitelike, rocklike, stony] |
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stony coral
(encz) | stony coral, n: |
stony soil
(encz) | stony soil,kamenitá půda [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
stony-broke
(encz) | stony-broke, adj: |
stony-faced
(encz) | stony-faced, |
stonyhearted
(encz) | stonyhearted, adj: |
Astony
(gcide) | Astony \As*ton"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astonied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Astonying. See Astone.]
To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic]
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The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon
the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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This sodeyn cas this man astonied so,
That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. --Chaucer.
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Astonying
(gcide) | Astony \As*ton"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astonied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Astonying. See Astone.]
To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic]
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The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon
the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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This sodeyn cas this man astonied so,
That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. --Chaucer.
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Brimstony
(gcide) | Brimstony \Brim"sto`ny\, a.
Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. --B. Jonson.
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Stony
(gcide) | Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] [AS.
st[=a]nig. 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.
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2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
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The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser.
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3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;
perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
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Stony coral. (Zool.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
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Stony coral
(gcide) | Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] [AS.
st[=a]nig. 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.
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2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
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The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser.
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3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;
perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
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Stony coral. (Zool.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
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dicrostonyx
(wn) | Dicrostonyx
n 1: pied lemmings [syn: Dicrostonyx, genus Dicrostonyx] |
dicrostonyx hudsonius
(wn) | Dicrostonyx hudsonius
n 1: of northern Canada [syn: Hudson bay collared lemming,
Dicrostonyx hudsonius] |
genus dicrostonyx
(wn) | genus Dicrostonyx
n 1: pied lemmings [syn: Dicrostonyx, genus Dicrostonyx] |
stony coral
(wn) | stony coral
n 1: corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which
form reefs and islands [syn: stony coral, madrepore,
madriporian coral] |
stony tunguska
(wn) | Stony Tunguska
n 1: a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a
tributary of the Yenisei River [syn: Tunguska, {Stony
Tunguska}] |
stony-broke
(wn) | stony-broke
adj 1: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" [syn:
broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke] |
stonyhearted
(wn) | stonyhearted
adj 1: devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch" [syn:
hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling] |
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