Stōn'y, a.
a. [A-S. stānig, stāniht, Ger. steinig, steinicht.]
Sense 1. Relating to, made or consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, stone; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
Sense 2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. “The stony dart of senseless cold.” Spenser.
Sense 3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; morally hard; as, a stony heart.