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.

Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

Akin to "steely," above, but with a distinct mineral quality alongside the metal. Reminiscent of licking on a pebble, something that most little boys do at one time or another. Classic descriptor for Chablis.

When a golfer hits a ball that lands close to the pin.

A shot which has been hit very close to the pin.

Descriptive of a shot hit very close to the flagstick.

hard as granite; "a granitic fist"