Greeted in stony fashion? (6)

I believe the answer is:

hailed

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'greeted' is the definition.
(hailing is a kind of greeting)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for hailed that I've seen before include "Greeted or sginalled to" , "Greeted like old Romans did Caesar" , "Greeted like ancient Romans" , "Greeted (with ice pellets?)" , "Called to or summoned - say taxi" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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