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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Stämp'-col-lēct'or, n. p. 1286An officer who receives, or collects, stamp-duties; one who collects postage or other stamps. Simmonds.Stämp'-dū'ty, n. p. 1286A duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment, the evidence of the payment of which is a stamp.Stam-pēde', n. p. 1286A sudden fright seizing upon large bodies of cattle or horses, in droves or encampments on the prairies, and leading them to run for many miles, until they often sink down or die under their terrors…Stam-pēde', v. t. p. 1286To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd, troop, or teams of animals.Stăm'p'er, n. p. 1286An instrument for pounding or stamping.Stämp'-hēad, n. p. 1286A heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamping-mill.Stämp'ing-ma-chīne', n. p. 1286A machine for forming metallic articles, or impressions, by stamping.Stămp'ing-mill, n. p. 1286An engine consisting of hammers, or pestles, moved by water or steam power, for breaking or bruising ore.Stämp'-nōte, n. p. 1286A stamped certificate from a custom-house officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [Eng.]Stamp'-ōf'fice, n. p. 1286An office for the issue of stamps, and the reception of stamp-duties.Stănce, n. p. 1286Station; position. [Scot.] The boy ... danced down from his stance with a galliard sort of step. W. Scott.Stănch, v. t. p. 1286To stop the flowing of, as blood; to dry up. 2. To extinguish, as a fire; to put out. [Obs.]Stănch, v. i. p. 1286To stop, as blood; to cease to flow. Immediately the issue of her blood stanched. Luke viii. 44.Stănch, a. p. 1286Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. Evelyn. 2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous…Stānch, n. p. 1286That which stanches, or extinguishes. [Obs.]Stănch'el, n. p. 1286The same as STANCHION.Stănch'er, n. p. 1286One who, or that which, stanches or stops the flowing, as of blood.Stän'chion, n. p. 1286(Arch.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support. 2. (Ship-building.) An upright post, or beam, of different forms, used to support the deck, the…Stānch'less, a. p. 1286Incapable of being stanched or stopped. Shak.Stānch'ness, n. p. 1286The state of being stanch; soundness; firmness in principle; closeness of adherence.Stănd, v. i. p. 1286To remain at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as, (a.) To rest on the feet, neither lying nor sitting;—said of an animal, of a human being, and the like. “I pray…Stănd, v. t. p. 1286To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat. 2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. “Love stood the siege.” Dryden. He stood the furious foe. Pope. 3.…Stănd, n. p. 1286A place, or post, where one stands; or a place convenient for persons to remain for any purpose; a station. I took my stand upon an eminence. Spectator. 2. Hence, a station in a city for carriages…Stănd'ard, n. p. 1286An ensign of war; a staff with a flag or colors; a banner. His armies, in the following day, On those fair plains their standards proud display. Fairfax. 2. That which is established by authority as…Stănd'ard, a. p. 1287Having a fixed or permanent value; as, a standard work on history. Standard solutions, solutions of chemical re-agents of known strength used in chemical analysis. 2. Not of the dwarf kind; as, a…Stănd'ard-beâr'er, n. p. 1287An officer of an army, company, or troop, who bears a standard; an ensign of infantry, or a cornet of horse.Stănd'-crŏp, n. p. 1287A certain plant. Ainsworth.Stănd-ee', n. p. 1287One who is obliged to stand at a place of public amusement. [Cant.] [U. S.]Stănd'el, n. p. 1287A tree of long standing.Stănd'er, n. p. 1287One who stands. 2. A tree that has stood long. [Obs.] Ascham.Stănd'er-bȳ, n. p. 1287One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.Stănd'er-grȧss, n. p. 1287A certain plant. Ainsworth.Stănd'ing, p. a. p. 1287Established, either by law or by custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; money is the standing measure of the value of all other…Stănd'ing, n. p. 1287The act of stopping or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand. 2. Duration or existence; continuance; as, a custom of long standing. 3. Possession of an office, character…Stănd'ish, n. p. 1287A stand or case for pen and ink. I bequeath to Dean Swift my large silver standish. Swift.Stănd'-pīpe, n. p. 1287(Engin.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water.Stănd'-point, n. p. 1287A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed and according to which they are compared and judged.Stănd'-stĭll, n. p. 1287A standing without moving forward; a stop.Stāne, n. p. 1287A stone. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.]Stăng, n. p. 1287A pole, rod, or perch; a measure of land. [Obs.] Swift. 2. A long bar; a pole; a shaft. To ride the stang, to be carried on a pole on men's shoulders, in derision. [Prov. Eng.] Todd.Stăng, v. i. p. 1287To shoot with pain. [Prov. Eng.]—Grose.Stăng'-ball, n. p. 1287A projectile consisting of two half balls united by a bar; a bar-shot. Crabb.Stăn'hōpe, n. p. 1287A light, two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top;—so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.Stăn'iel, n. p. 1287See STANNEL.Stăn'iel-ry, n. p. 1287Hawking with staniels or stannels; a base kind of falconry. [Obs.]Stănk, a. p. 1287Weak; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser.Stăṅk, v. i. p. 1287To sigh. [Obs.]Stänk, imp. p. 1287of stink. Stunk. [Obs.] See STINK.Stānk, n. p. 1287A dam or mound to stop water. [Prov. Eng.] 2. Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water; a ditch containing water.Stăn'na-ry, a. p. 1287Of, or pertaining to, tin-mines, or to tin-works. The stannary courts in Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record, but of the…Stăn'na-ry, n. p. 1287A tin-mine; or tin-works. Bp. Hall. 2. Certain royal rights or prerogatives in respect to tin-mines in a district. [Eng.] Wright.Stăn'nate, n. p. 1287(Chem.) A salt formed of stannic acid united with a base.Stăn'nel, n. p. 1287(Ornith.) A base species of hawk; the kestrel;—said by some to be so called as being able to keep itself in one position or place by a rapid motion of its wings; the stand-gale;—called also…Stăn'nic, a. p. 1287(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, tin; as, stannic acid. Stannic acid (Chem.), the detoxide of tin, which performs the functions of an acid, uniting with bases, and forming salts.Stan-nĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1287Containing or affording tin.Stăn'nīne, n. p. 1287(Min.) A brittle mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color, consisting of sulphur, tin, copper, and iron, with usually a small proportion of zinc; tin pyrites. Dana.Stăn'no-tȳpe, n. p. 1287A photographic picture taken upon a tin plate.Stăn'noŭs, a. p. 1287Of, pertaining to, or containing, tin.Stăn'tient, n. p. 1287A stanchion. See STANCHION. [Obs.]Stăn'yel, n. p. 1287See STANNEL.