Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stony"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser.
3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;
perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
{Stony coral}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Stone coral}, under
{Stone}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stony
adj 1: abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony
ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: {rocky}, {bouldery},
{bouldered}]
2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the
child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
[syn: {flinty}, {obdurate}]
3: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: {granitic}, {granitelike},
{rocklike}]
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