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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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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.Stăn'ză, n. p. 1287(Poet.) A number of lines or verses regularly adjusted to each other, and properly ending in a full point or pause; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a…Stan-zā'ic, a. p. 1287Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas. [Rare.]Sta-pē'di-al, a. p. 1287Shaped like a stirrup; as, the stapedial bones of the ear.Sta-pē'li-ă, n. p. 1287(Bot.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants, of the natural order Asclepiadaceæ (milk-weed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered over with dark tubercles…