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Stone
A
stone
can be any of the following:
A
rock
, sometimes
skipped
, or used in
curling
or as a
method of execution
.
A
gemstone
, as used in
jewelry
.
A
unit
of
mass
or
weight
equal to fourteen
pounds
.
The hard covering enclosing the
seed
of a
drupe
such as a
peach
.
Stone
is also the name of several places in
England
, in the
counties
of
Buckinghamshire
, Gloucestershire, Kent,
Staffordshire
, and Worcestershire.