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Definition of Stones
1. Proper noun. The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century ¹
2. Noun. (plural of stone#Noun stone) ¹
3. Noun. (slang) testicles, balls ¹
4. Verb. (third-person singular of stone#Verb stone) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stones
1. stone [v] - See also: stone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stones
Literary usage of Stones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by English Place-Name Society (1913)
"Carved and inscribed stones are different, and action in such cases must be guided
... In the past, the removal of Crosses, Ogham stones, and such-like by ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
""Collected Indian arrow heads and other strange stones." M., 8. "Collected stones
for beauty or with crystals in them." F., 8. "Collected stones of peculiar ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"Played with four stones and a marble. The figures are given in full, ... Throw up
four stones and catch as many as possible on back of hand. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"But it is to the circles of standing stones that the chief interest attaches;
... Indeed in some cases the cairns were surrounded by the circle of stones; ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Mr. It. 'OS stones, Boundary. See Boundary stones. stones, Singing and speaking.
... stones of power, lî. H. Davis. St N 26-94 Ag. '09. ..."
6. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"Savages often think their sacred stones move about at night. In many parts of
Palestine, especially the eastern, the archeologist finds almost no other ..."
7. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"Savages often think their sacred stones move about at night. In many parts of
Palestine, especially the eastern, the archeologist finds almost no other ..."
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