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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 stoning
 河床鋪石; 磨刀

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Stone v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoned p. pr. & vb. n. Stoning.]
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 stoning
      n : pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones
          at the victim (even unto death) [syn: lapidation]

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 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).