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ALL meanings of cast the first stone

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  • noun plural cast the first stone Building Trades. any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone Printing. a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone (in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone Usually, stones. testes. 1
  • adjective cast the first stone made of or pertaining to stone. 1
  • adjective cast the first stone made of stoneware: a stone mug or bottle. 1
  • adjective cast the first stone stonelike; stony; obdurate: a stone killer; stone strength. 1
  • adverb cast the first stone completely; totally (usually used in combination): stone cold. 1
  • verb with object cast the first stone to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones. 1
  • verb with object cast the first stone to put to death by pelting with stones. 1
  • verb with object cast the first stone to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones. 1
  • verb with object cast the first stone to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth. 1
  • verb with object cast the first stone to remove stones from, as fruit. 1
  • verb with object cast the first stone Obsolete. to make insensitive or unfeeling. 1
  • idioms cast the first stone cast the first stone, to be the first to condemn or blame a wrongdoer; be hasty in one's judgment: What right has she to cast the first stone? 1
  • idioms cast the first stone leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal; spare no effort: We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find the culprit. 1
  • verbal expression cast the first stone be first to accuse 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: paving stone; building stone. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone a small piece of rock, as a pebble. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone precious stone. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone Chiefly British. one of various units of weight, especially the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg). 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone Botany. the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone Pathology. a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder. a disease arising from such a concretion. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone a gravestone or tombstone. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone a grindstone. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone a millstone. 1
  • noun plural cast the first stone a hailstone. 1
  • verb cast the first stone (Idiomatic) To act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing that one is blameless. 0
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