[こうかく;ぎょうかく, koukaku ; gyoukaku] (n, adj-na, adj-t, adv-to) (uk) stony, fallow land [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
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The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser.
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3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;
perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
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{Stony coral}. (Zool.) Same as {Stone coral}, under {Stone}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stony
adj 1: abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony
ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: {rocky}, {bouldery},
{bouldered}, {stony}]
2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty
gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate
heart" [syn: {flinty}, {flint}, {granitic}, {obdurate},
{stony}]
3: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: {granitic},
{granitelike}, {rocklike}, {stony}]
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