the word for 12.11.09 is STONE

Hi...l have been having terrible trouble over the last few days with down- loading my images from my Nikon!!!very frustrating. So for tuesday and Wedneday l could not post. today l had to fight with my husband to use our main machine instead of my apple!!!!!!

Any way todays word is STONE. These stones are so tactial and l love the ones that have been smoothed over. I also love the way the stones are not all the same size and so the wall looks as if it falling!

stone |stōn|noun1 the hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, esp. as a building material : the houses are built of stone | [as adj. ] high stone walls.• a small piece of rock found on the ground.• (in metaphorical use) weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement : Isabel stood as if turned to stone | her face became as hard as stone | the elevator dropped like a stone.• Astronomy a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal.• Medicine a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone.2 a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, esp. one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation : a memorial stone | boundary stones.• a gem or jewel.• short for curling stone .• a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games such as backgammon.• a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and later usually of metal, on which pages of type were made up.3 a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits.4 ( pl. same) Brit. a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (6.35 kg) : I weighed 10 stone.5 a natural shade of whitish-gray or brownish-gray : [as adj. ] stone stretchtrousers.verb [ trans. ]1 throw stones at : policemen were stoned by the crowd.• chiefly historical execute (someone) by throwing stones at them :Stephen was stoned to death in Jerusalem.2 remove the stone from (a fruit) : halve, stone, and peel the avocados.3 build, face, or pave with stone.DERIVATIVESstoneless |ˈstoʊnləs| adjectiveORIGIN Old English stān (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutchsteen and German Stein. The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded in sense 1) .