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geographical name(Stones)river 60 miles (96 kilometers) long in central Tennessee flowing northwest into the Cumberland River
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noun(Stones)a concretion of earthy or mineral matter:
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noun(Stones)such a concretion of indeterminate size or shape
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noun(Stones)rock
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verb(Stones)to hurl stones at; especially : to kill by pelting with stones
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verb(Stones)to make hard or insensitive to feeling
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verb(Stones)to face, pave, or fortify with stones
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idiom(Stones)—used to say that people who have faults should not criticize other people for having the same faults
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noun(Stones)a stone slab with a compartment containing the relics of martyrs that forms an essential part of a Roman Catholic altar
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noun(Stones)hessonite
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noun(Stones)an ellipsoid stone or occasionally piece of iron with a gooseneck handle used in the game of curling
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noun(Stones)a stone in the foundation of a building; especially : such a stone laid with public ceremony
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noun(Stones)basis, groundwork
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noun(Stones)a calculus (as of calcium salts) in the kidney
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noun(Stones)an imaginary stone, substance, or chemical preparation believed to have the power of transmuting baser metals into gold and sought by alchemists; broadly : an elusive or imaginary key to success —called also philosophers' stone