† ˈhandstoneObs. A stone that can be lifted or thrown with the hand. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. iv. xi. 107 The barbarians..now threw hand-stones against the rampire.a1725A. Simson Descr. Galloway (1823) 27 (Jam.) A cairn, or great heap of small handstones, with five or six high stones erected.