stone n OED ~ 18 c: ~ -berry (1837).
Comb stone berry: dwarf cornel; BUNCHY-BERRY; CRACKER ~ ; PIGEON ~ (Cornus canadensis).
[1794] 1968 THOMAS 140 Here also are Stone Berrys, Gooseberrys, Raspberrys, Currants and Cranberrys, with a great number of other Berrys which produce excellent food. [c1830] 1890 GOSSE 107 Here the scarlet stoneberry (Cornus Canadensis) was abundant. 1840 GOSSE 299 The Scarlet Stoneberry ... is a low and pretty plant, having a white flower, resembling that of a strawberry, and four large oval green leaves on the ground, At present they were crowned with the little cluster of bright red berries, which were ripe, and we ate many. 1860 TAYLOR 286 There was another fruit, called the 'stoneberry,' a bunch of small, scarlet berries, which are much less insipid to the eye than to the palate.
stone chat: northern slate-coloured junco (Junco hyernalis hyemalis).
1891 PACKARD 418-19 Black Snowbird. Not observed in the Ungava district. Common in the eastern and southern portions of Labrador. Breeds at Davis Inlet and Rigolet. Known as the 'Stone Chat' on the east coast.
stone curlew: greater yellow-legs; AUNTSARY'; TWILLICK (Totanus melanoleucus) ([1766] 1971 BANKS 371).
stone hurt: a variety of blueberry; see HURT.
[1794] 1968 THOMAS 117 Here are also Wild Pear Trees and plenty of Currants, with Partridge Berrys, Stone Hurts and Maidenhair Berrys in vast quantitys.
