Definition of Stoniness

1. n. The quality or state of being stony.

Definition of Stoniness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being stony. ¹

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Definition of Stoniness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoniness

stoneworks
stonewort
stoneworts
stoney
stong
stongs
stonied
stonier
stonies
stoniest
stonified
stonifies
stonify
stonifying
stonily
stoniness
stoninesses
stoning
stonings
stonish
stonished
stonishes
stonishing
stonk
stonked
stonker
stonkered
stonkers
stonking
stonks

Literary usage of Stoniness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"Stoniness OF PEARS AND LITHIASIS. When pears are grown on poor soils, in dry years the flesh is solid, but grates between the teeth when eaten, ..."

2. Emerson in Concord: A Memoir, Written for the "Social Circle" in Concord by Edward Waldo Emerson (1888)
"... and your house from the general bleakness and stoniness ; to make such feel that they were greeted with a voice that made them both remember and hope ? ..."

3. My Strange Life: The Intimate Life Story of a Moving Picture Actress by Edward J. Clode (Firm (1915)
"... stoniness of the streets. I had no sooner entered it than I had the feeling that I had come to brightness, and business, and joy. ..."

4. My Strange Life: The Intimate Life Story of a Moving Picture Actress by Edward J. Clode (1915)
"The studio where H ruled was a little outside the city: a blessed relief from the dust and noise and overpowering stoniness of the streets. ..."

5. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Chi- square tests were used to relate soil surface stoniness to the overlap areas, pinyon-juniper, and encinal woodlands. The counts of the number of ..."

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