stane

How to use stane in a sentence

• This city is built on a Roman site, near a line of road now known as stane Street.

  The Towns of Roman Britain | James Oliver Bevan

• “stane” is the Saxon word for stone, and the word “Staining” indicates the fact mentioned above.

  Milton's England | Lucia Ames Mead

• And their hearts maun be made o' flesh and blood like other folk's, and Effie's story wad melt them were they stane.

  The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated | Sir Walter Scott

• If a stane were to slip frae a rock tap in a' the isle, it is on Colin it wad light.

  Lochinvar | S. R. Crockett

• "Oh, John," said the minister, "I'm sure you ken that a rowin' (rolling) stane gathers nae fog" (moss).

  Scotch Wit and Humor | W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe