Stone

A stone can be any of the following:

• A rock, sometimes skipped, or used in curling or as a method of execution.
• A gemstone, as used in jewelry.
• A unit of mass or weight equal to fourteen pounds.
• The hard covering enclosing the seed of a drupe such as a peach.

Stone is also the name of several places in England, in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.