Meaning & use
Stane
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A stone (used in Scots and northern English dialect).
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He picked up a wee stane and skipped it across the loch.
The old cottage was built from local stane.
A note on using this word
A dialectal spelling reflecting Scots pronunciation, still common in Scottish speech and literature.
Words with a similar meaning
stonerock
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