destone
To remove the stones from.
Verb
- To remove the stones from.
- […] sandy soils may be ploughed in the spring and then destoned. - 1988, R. J. Halley, R. J. Soffe, Primrose McConnell's The Agricultural Notebook, page 170:
- Certainly he misses the point — so much so that in addressing the issue at all the sensation is like finding oneself trying to destone a cherry with a spade. - 2002, Timothy Bewes, Reification, Or, The Anxiety of Late...
- Fasting tills the heart, destones it, and fertilizes it for better faith production. - 2015, Chiadikobi Levi Emmanuel, Living in Supernatural Faith:
Origin
From de- + stone.