Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stoning"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Stoning
a form of punishment (Lev. 20:2; 24:14; Deut. 13:10; 17:5;
22:21) prescribed for certain offences. Of Achan (Josh. 7:25),
Naboth (1 Kings 21), Stephen (Acts 7:59), Paul (Acts 14:19; 2
Cor. 11:25).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stone \Stone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stoning}.] [From {Stone}, n.: cf. AS. st?nan, Goth.
stainjan.]
1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. --Acts vii.
59.
2. To make like stone; to harden.
O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart. --Shak.
3. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to
stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.
4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with
stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.
5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stoning
n : punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the person (even
unto death) [syn: {lapidation}]
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