▪ I. † ˈstonied, ppl. a.1 Obs.
[f. stony v. + -ed1.]
Stupefied, benumbed, etc. Cf. astonied.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter, Prayer Habakkuk 510 In manaunce of endles fyre, þou sall make þaim as stunayd men for wa þat is cumand till þaim. 1382 Wyclif Prov. xvi. 30 [He] that with stoneȝid eȝen [1388 iȝen astonyed; Vulg. attonitis oculis] thenketh shreude thingis. 1602 tr. Guarini's Pastor Fido iv. v. M 1, Fresh water may restore her stonied sprights. 1682 D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 134 That tumbling backwards o're a Stool, The stunnied Statesman with the blow Was left at the mercy of his Foe. |
▪ II. † ˈstonied, ppl. a.2 Obs. rare.
[f. as if *stony vb., f. stony a. + -ed1.]
That has become hard as a stone, stony.
| 1590 T. Fenne Frutes, Hecubaes Mishaps Cc 4 b, What stonied heart..would this not make to melt? |