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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Stā'ble, a. p. 1282Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government. 2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or…Stā'ble, v. t. p. 1283To fix; to establish. [Obs.]Stā'ble, n. p. 1283A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; a stall. A stable was our warmth, A manger his. Milton.Stā'ble, v. t. p. 1283To put or keep in a stable.Stā'ble, v. i. p. 1283To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.Stā'ble-boy or Stā'ble-măn, n. p. 1283A boy or man who attends at a stable.Stā'ble-ness, n. p. 1283The quality or state of being stable; fixedness; firmness of position or establishment; strength to stand; stability; as, the stableness of a throne, or of a system of laws; hence, steadiness…Stā'ble-room, n. p. 1283Room for stabling cattle; space in a stable or stables.Stā'ble-stānd, n. p. 1283(Eng. Law.) The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a cross-bow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or with a long bow; or standing close by a tree with grey-hounds in a…Stā'bling, n. p. 1283The act or practice of keeping cattle in a stable. 2. A house, shed, or room for keeping horses and cattle.Stăb'lish, v. t. p. 1283To settle in a state for permanence; to make firm; to establish; to fix. [Obs.]Stăb'lish-ment, n. p. 1283Establishment. [Obs.]Stā'bly, adv. p. 1283In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.Stăb'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 1283The act of stabling or housing beasts. 2. A place for lodging beasts; a stable.Stac-cā'to, a. p. 1283(Mus.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; — a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner; — opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written…Stăck, n. p. 1283A large pile of hay, grain, straw, and the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.…Stăck, v. t. p. 1283To lay, as hay or grain, in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay or grain. 2. To pile, as wood, poles, and the like. [Eng.] To stack arms (Mil.), to set up muskets or…Stăck'aġe, n. p. 1283Hay, grain, or the like, in stacks; things stacked. 2. A tax on things stacked.Stăck'et, n. p. 1283(Mil.) A stockade. W. Scott.Stăck'-guärd, n. p. 1283A covering or protection, as of canvas, for a stack.Stăck'ing-bănd or Stăck'ing-bĕlt, n. p. 1283A band or rope used in binding thatch or straw upon a stack.Stăck'ing-stāġe, n. p. 1283A stage used in building stacks.Stăck'-stănd, n. p. 1283A basement, usually of timber, raised on props for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a staddle.Stăck'-yārd, n. p. 1283A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.Stăc'te, n. p. 1283A fatty, resinous, and very odoriferous liquid, being a kind of myrrh which distills or falls in drops from the trees, or from fresh myrrh or cinnamon.Stād'dle, n. p. 1283Any thing which serves for support; a staff; a crutch; the frame or support of a stack of hay or grain. [Eng.] 2. A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree. ☞ In America, trees are called…Stād'dle, v. t. p. 1283To leave the staddles of, as a wood when it is cut. [Rare.] Tusser.Stād'dle-rōof, n. p. 1283The roof or covering of a stack.Stāde, n. p. 1283A stadium or furlong. [Rare.] Donne. 2. A landing-place. Simmonds.Stāde'-dīes or Stāde'-tōlls, n. pl. p. 1283Duties or tolls formerly levied on ships entering the river Elbe;—so called from the name of a town where vessels were obliged to stop that the duties might be assessed, after which these were paid…Stā'di-ām, n. p. 1283A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adapted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125…Stād't'hōld-er, n. p. 1283Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; or the governor or lieutenant-governor of a province.Stadt'hōld-er-ate or Stadt'hōld-er-ship, n. p. 1283The office or position of a stadtholder.Stāff, n. p. 1283A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or stick, used for many purposes. With forks and staves the felon to pursue. Dryden. 2. A stick carried in the hand…Stăff, n. p. 1283A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. See STAVE. Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem, as being all…Stăff'-ăn'gle, n. p. 1283(Arch.) A square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged. Brande.Stȧf'fi-er, n. p. 1283An attendant bearing a staff. [Obs.] “Staffiers on foot.” Hudibras.Stȧff'ish, a. p. 1283Stiff; harsh. [Obs.] Ascham.Stȧff'man, n. p. 1283A workman employed in silk-throwing. Simmonds.Stȧff'-tree, n. p. 1283(Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Celastrus. Celastrus scandens, of the United States, is the climbing staff-tree.Stăg, n. p. 1283The male red deer, Cervus elaphus; the male of the hind; a hart; — sometimes applied specially to a male red deer of the fifth year. See HART. 2. A colt or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]…Stăg, v. i. p. 1283(Com.) To act as a stag or irregular dealer in stocks. [Cant.]Stăg'-bee'tle, n. p. 1283(Entom.) A nocturnal beetle (Lucanus cereus), having large hooked mandibles somewhat resembling the horns of a stag. The larves bore into the roots and trunks of trees, and are sometimes many years…Stăg'-dănce, n. p. 1283A rough kind of dance by men only. [U. S.]Stāge, n. p. 1283A floor, or story of a house. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. A platform slightly elevated, on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, and the like. 3. A floor elevated for the…Stāge, v. t. p. 1283To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly. [Obs.] Shak.Stāge′-bōx, n. p. 1283A box close to the stage in a theater. Simmonds.Stäge'-cär'riage, n. p. 1283A stage-coach.Stāge'-cōach, n. p. 1283A coach that runs regularly from one stage to another, for the convenience of passengers; sometimes (when running chiefly in the streets of a city), an omnibus.Stāge'-cōach'man, n. p. 1284One who drives a stage-coach.Stāge'-dōor, n. p. 1284The actors' and workmen's entrance to a theater. Simmonds.Stāge'-driv'er, n. p. 1284One who drives a stage or stage-coach; a stage-coachman.Stāge'-lights, n. pl. p. 1284The lights in front of the stage in a theater; — called also foot-lights.Stāge'ly, a. p. 1284Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Stāge'-plāy, n. p. 1284A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. Dryden.Stāge'-plāy'er, n. p. 1284An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stage-player.Stā'ger, n. p. 1284A player. [Rare.] 2. One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience. You will find most of the old stagers still…Stā'ger-y, n. p. 1284Exhibition on the stage. [Obs.]Stāg'-ē'vil, n. p. 1284(Far.) A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse. Crabb.Stāge'-wāg'on, n. p. 1284A wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods; also, a stage-coach.