Word Finder - stoning

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To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

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She got stoned to death after they found her.

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To wall with stones.

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To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

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To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

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To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)

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To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.

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To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

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Lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death

With the apparent intention of restoring order in Jerusalem, he assembled the Sanhedrin, and being, as a Sadducee, cruel in the matter of penalties, secured the condemnation of certain lawbreakers to death by stoning.

That's why sharia has harsh laws and punishments like stoning adulterers and whipping drinkers and gamblers.

I used to do all the cutting, sewing, stoning and string-making myself.

The point of this leading shoot is subsequently pinched off, that it may not draw away too much of the sap. If the fruit sets too abundantly, it must be thinned, first when as large as peas, reducing the clusters, and then when as large as nuts to distribute the crop equally; the extent of the thinning must depend on the vigour of the tree, but one or two fruits ultimately left to each square foot of wall is a full average crop. The final thinning should take place after stoning.

In the course of the season the borders (inside) will require several thorough soakings of warm water - the first when the house is shut up, this being repeated when the vines have made young shoots a few inches long, again when the vines are in flower, and still again when the berries are taking the second swelling after stoning.

One illustration would be the stoning of the married adulterer.