Drug slang adjective used (1) to describe a stoned-like effect (i.e. from the ingestion of marijuana) or (2) to ascribe the property of potency to a substance.

1. After I smoked that marijuana I felt rather stony.
2. Damn, that marijuana sure is stony.

Ston"y (?), a. [Compar. Stonier (?); superl. Stoniest.] [AS. stanig. See Stone.]

1.

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.

2.

Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

The stony dart of senseless cold. Spenser.

3.

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

Stony coral. Zool. Same as Stone coral, under Stone.

 

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