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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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Stāte'ment, n. p. 1289The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, verbally or on paper. 2. A formal embodiment, in language, of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.State'-mōn'ger, n. p. 1289One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.Stāte'-prīz'on, n. p. 1289A public prison or penitentiary;—called also state's prison.State'-prĭs'on-er, n. p. 1289One in confinement for political offenses.Stāt'er, n. p. 1289One who states, or makes a statement.Stāter, n. p. 1289(Antiq.) The principal gold coin of ancient Greece. It varied much in value, but was usually worth about £1 3s. sterling, or $5.50. The Attic silver tetradrachm was, in later times, called stater.Stāte'-rōōm, n. p. 1289A magnificent room in a palace or great house. 2. An apartment for lodging in a ship's cabin.States’man, n. p. 1289A man versed in the arts of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities; a politician. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the…Stātes’man-like, a. p. 1289Having the manner, or wisdom, of statesmen; becoming a statesman.Stātes'man-ly, adv. p. 1289In a manner becoming a statesman. De Quincey.Stātes'man-ship, n. p. 1289The qualifications or employments of a statesman.Stātes'wom-an, n. p. 1289A woman who is concerned in public affairs. [Obs.] A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson.Stāt'ic or Stāt'ic-al, a. p. 1289Pertaining to bodies at rest, or in equilibrium. 2. Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure. Statical electricity, electricity produced by friction.Stāt'ics, n. sing. p. 1289That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them;—in distinction from dynamics, or the science of forces producing…Stāt'ing, n. p. 1290An act of making a statement; a statement. [Obs.] Taylor.Stā’/tion, n. p. 1290A state of rest. [Obs.] All progression is performed by drawing on or impelling forward what was before in station, or at quiet. Browne. 2. The act of standing. [Rare.] Their manner was to stand at…Stā'tion, v. t. p. 1290To place; to set; or to appoint to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right or left of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coast…Sta'tion-house, n. p. 1290A resting-place on a railway, at which a halt is made to receive or let down passengers or goods;—called also station.Stā'tion-al, a. p. 1290Of, or pertaining to, a station.Stā'tion-a-ri-ness, n. p. 1290The state or quality of being stationary.Stā′tion-a-ry, a. p. 1290Not moving, progressive, or retrogressive; not appearing to move; stable; fixed. Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does not believe the story. Southey. 2. Not improving; not growing…Stā’tion-a-ry, n. p. 1290One who is stationary; one who stands still.Stā'tion-bill, n. p. 1290(Naut.) A list containing the appointed posts of the ship's company, when navigating the ship.Stā'tion-er, n. p. 1290A bookseller or publisher, formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market-place or elsewhere. [Obs.] 2. One who sells paper, quills, inkstands, pencils, and other furniture…Sta'tion-er-y, n. p. 1290The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, ink, quills, and the like.Sta'tion-er-y, a. p. 1290Belonging to a stationer.Stā'tion-mās'ter, n. p. 1290One who has charge of a station.Stā'tion-point'er, n. p. 1290(Surv.) An instrument used in maritime surveying, for expeditiously laying down on a chart the position of a place from which the angles subtended by three distant objects whose positions are known…Stā'tion-stāff, n. p. 1290(Surv.) An instrument for taking angles in surveying. Craig.Stā'tĭsm, n. p. 1290Policy. [Obs.] The enemies of God . . . call our religion statism. South.Stā'tist, n. p. 1290A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government. Statists indeed, And lovers of their country. Milton.Sta-tĭs'tĭc or Sta-tĭs'tĭc-al, a. p. 1290Pertaining to the condition of a people, their economy, their property, and resources; pertaining to statistics.Sta-tis'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 1290In the way of statistics.Stāt/is-tī'cian, n. p. 1290A person who is familiar with the science of statistics.Sta·tïs'ties, n. sing. p. 1290A collection of facts arranged and classified, respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources…Stāt'is-tōl'o-gy, n. p. 1290A discourse or treatise upon statistics.Stā'tive, a. p. 1290Pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.Sta-tōc'ra-cy, n. p. 1290Government by the state, or by political power; a government managed by political power alone, in distinction from a government controlled or greatly influenced by ecclesiastical power. O. A.…Stăt'ū-a-ry, n. p. 1290The art of carving statues or images, as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture. 2. One who professes or practices the art of carving images or making statues. On other…Stăt'ūe, n. p. 1290A solid substance formed, by carving, into the likeness of a whole living being; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion. 2. A portrait. [Obs. and rare.] Sir J. Are the pictures placed as I…Stăt'ūe, v. t. p. 1290To place, as a statue; to form a statue of. The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth. Feltham.Stăt'ū-ēsque', a. p. 1290Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue. Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, that they have no back-ground. Hare.Stăt'ū-ëtte', n. p. 1290A small statue.Sta-tū'mi-nāte, v. t. p. 1290To prop or support. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Stăt'ūre, n. p. 1290The natural height of an animal body;— generally used of the human body. Foreign men of mighty stature came. Dryden.Stăt’ūred, a. p. 1290Arrived at full stature. [Rare.] J. Hall.Stā'tus, n. p. 1290State; condition.Stā'tus Ĭn Quō or Stā'tus Quō p. 1290Stā'tus Quō. [Lat.] A treaty between belligerents, which leaves each party in statu quo ante bellum, that is in the state in which it was before the war. Brande.Stā'tu Quō p. 1290See STATUS QUO.Stăt'ū-ta-ble, a. p. 1290Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legislature; as, a statutable provision or remedy. 2. Made or being in conformity to statute; as, statutable measures.Stăt'ū-ta-bly, adv. p. 1290In a manner agreeable to statute.Stăt'ūte, n. p. 1290An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of…Stăt'ūte-bo͝ok, n. p. 1290A record of laws or legislative acts. Blackstone.Stăt'ūte-mẽr'chant, n. p. 1290(Eng. Law.) A bond of record pursuant to the stat. 13 Edw. I., acknowledged in form prescribed, on which, if not paid at the day, an execution might be awarded against the body, lands, and goods of…Stăt'ūte-stā'ple, n. p. 1290A bond of record acknowledged before the mayor of the staple, by virtue of which the creditor may forthwith have execution against the body, lands, and goods of the debtor, on non-payment, as in the…Stăt'ū-to-ry, a. p. 1290Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.Stäunch, a. p. 1290See STANCH.Stau'ro-tīde, n. p. 1290(Min.) A mineral crystallized in rhombic prisms, either single or intersecting each other, so as to form a cross. Its color is usually brown or black. It is generally opaque, or nearly so, and…Stau'ro-tȳ'poŭs, a. p. 1290(Min.) Having its macles or spots in the form of a cross.Stāve, n. p. 1290A thin, narrow piece of wood, of which casks are made. 2. A part of a psalm appointed to be sung in churches; a metrical portion; a staff. 3. (Mus.) The five horizontal and parallel lines, and the…