Birth Stone

–noun

1.	an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.

2.	the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth.

3.	lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth.

4.	high or noble lineage: to be foolishly vain about one's birth.

5.	natural heritage: a musician by birth.

6.	any coming into existence; origin; beginning: the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea.

7.	Archaic. something that is born.

–verb (used with object) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

8.	to give birth to.

9.	to assist in giving birth; act as midwife for.

—Idiom

10.	give birth to, a. to bear (a child). b. to initiate; originate: Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.

–noun

1.	the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.

2.	a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate.

3.	a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: paving stone; building stone.

4.	a small piece of rock, as a pebble.

5.	precious stone.

6.	one of various units of weight, esp. the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg).

7.	something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness.

8.	any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit.

9.	Botany. the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a pea 90d ch.

10.	Pathology. a. a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder. b. a disease arising from such a concretion.

11.	a gravestone or tombstone.

12.	a grindstone.

13.	a millstone.

14.	a hailstone.

15.	Building Trades. any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble.

16.	Printing. a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed.

17.	(in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made.

18.	a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon.

19.	Usually, stones. testes.

–adjective

20.	made of or pertaining to stone.

21.	made of stoneware: a stone mug or bottle.

22 1376 .

stonelike; stony; obdurate: a stone killer; stone strength.

–adverb

23.	completely; totally (usually used in combination): stone cold.

–verb (used with object)

24.	to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones.

25.	to put to death by pelting with stones.

26.	to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones.

27.	to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth.

28.	to remove stones from, as fruit.

29.	Obsolete. to make insensitive or unfeeling.

—Idioms

30.	cast the first stone, to be the first to condemn or blame a wrongdoer; be hasty in one's judgment: What right has she to cast the first stone?

31.	leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal; spare no effort: We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find the culprit.