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 Ston·y a. [Compar. Stonier superl. Stoniest.]
 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. Zool. Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
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 stony coral
      n : corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which
          form reefs and islands [syn: madrepore, madriporian
          coral]