ppl. a. and a. [f. STONE v. and sb. + -ED.]
1. Pelted with stones.
1483. Cath. Angl., 359/2. Stanyd, lapidatus.
2. † a. Built of stone; fortified with stone. Obs.
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 4352. Make we na vessall of virre … Ne store staned strenthis.
b. Paved with stones.
1868. Rep. U. S. Commissioner Agric. (1869), 356. Depressions in the stoned surface cannot be well repaired without ‘picking up’ the metal to the depth of several inches.
† 3. Made of stoneware: = STONE sb. attrib. (17 b). Obs. rare–1.
1593. N. Country Wills (Surtees), II. 157. Twoe stoned pottes garnished with silver.
4. Of a male animal (esp. a horse): Having testicles, not castrated, entire: = STONE sb. attrib. (17 f). ? Obs.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IV. Prol. 59. Quhow thine vndantit mycht Constrenis so sum tyme the stonit hors.
1535. Coverdale, Jer. v. 8. In the desyre of vnclenely lust they are become like the stoned horse.
1559. in Kempe, Losely MSS. (1836), 177. I do geve unto William More, esquire, thre stoned coltes and thre geldinges.
1617. Moryson, Itin., III. 133. They have no Gueldings or ambling Nagges,… but commonly use trotting and stoned Nagges.
1688. Phil. Trans., XVIII. 121. There is a Law, that no Horse shall be kept stoned under a certain size.
† b. transf. Lascivious: cf. STONE sb. 17 f. Obs.
1607. R. C[arew], trans. Estienne’s World of Wonders, 184. These stoned Priests haue manifested by their practises [etc.].
† 5. Of fruit: Having a stone or stones. Obs.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, III. ix. 111. Stanit heppis, quhilk I on buskis fand.
1681. Grew, Musæum, II. § i. ii. 188. A Stoned-Fruit in shape … like a Quince.
1705. Beverley, Hist. Virginia, II. iv. (1722), 112. Of stoned Fruits, I have met with three good Sorts: viz. Cherries, Plums, and Persimmons.
6. Of fruit: Deprived of the stone or stones.
1728. E. S[mith], Compl. Housew. (ed. 2), 256. Put in 2 handfuls of ston’d Raisins.
1743. Lady’s Companion (ed. 2), I. 438. Put in some Capers, ston’d Olives, and a Drop of Vinegar.
1764. Eliza Moxon, Eng. Housew. (ed. 9), 159. A pound of ston’d gooseberries.
1846. Soyer, Gastron. Regen., 533. Line a charlotte mould … with various kinds of fruits (such as stoned cherries, strawberries, [etc.]).
1902. Daily Chron., 15 Feb., 8/4. Butter a pudding mould, and cover the inside with stoned raisins.
