STONY, adjective [G.] 1. Made of stone; as a stony tower. 2. Consisting of stone; as a stony cave. 3. Full of stones; abounding with stones; as stony ground. 4. Petrifying; as the stony dart of senseless cold. 5. Hard; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; as a stony heart. 6. Insensible; obdurate; perverse; morally hard.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI