Noah Webster
Stony
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.