Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.]

[AS. st[=a]nig. See Stone.]

1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.

2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser.

3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

Stony coral. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)