destone

present singular third person destones · participle present destoning · participle past destoned · past destoned

1. transitiveTo 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

   2 more examples

   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 Capitalism, page 125

   Fasting tills the heart, destones it, and fertilizes it for better faith production.

   2015, Chiadikobi Levi Emmanuel, Living in Supernatural Faith