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stony , stoney 
  adj , stonier, stoniest 
1 of or resembling stone 
2 abounding in stone or stones 
3 unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate 
4  short for  →  stony-broke 
♦  stonily  adv 
♦  stoniness  n 

stony-broke 
  adj  (Brit) 
slang completely without money; penniless, (U.S. and Canadian term)  stone-broke 
stony coral 
  n any coral of the order Madreporaria, having a calcareous skeleton, aggregations of which form reefs and islands 
stony-hearted 
  adj unfeeling; hardhearted 
♦  stonyheartedness  n 
stony meteorite 
  n a meteorite composed mainly of silicates 

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