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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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Stĕlled, a. p. 1294Starry. [Obs.] “Quenched the stelled fires.” —Milton.Stel-lēr'i-dan or Stēl-ler-īd'e-an, n. p. 1294(Zoöl.) One of a family of echinoderms, of which the Asterias, or star-fish, is the type.Stel-lĭf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 1294Having, or abounding with, stars.Stĕl'li-fōrm, a. p. 1294Like a star; radiated.Stĕl'li-fy, v. t. p. 1294To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star. [Obs.] 2. To place among the stars, or in heaven. [Rare.] Methought I saw him stellified in heaven, And singing hallelujahs ’mongst a choir Of…Stĕl'liŏn, n. p. 1294(Zoöl.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Mediterranean.Stēl'ion-ate, n. p. 1294(Scotch & Roman Law.) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name;—chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to…Stēl'lu-lar, a. p. 1294Having the shape of little stars; radiated.Stĕl'lu-late, a. p. 1294(Bot.) Resembling little stars; stellular. London.Stēl'o-chīte, n. p. 1294(Min.) Osteocolla. See OSTEOCOLLA.Ste-lōg'ra-phy, n. p. 1294The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. [Rare.] Staelhouse.Stēm, n. p. 1294The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the firm part which supports the branches. After they are shot up thirty feet in length, they spread a very large top…Stēm, v. t. p. 1294To oppose, or cut, as with the stem of a vessel; to resist, as a current; to make progress against, as a current. “An argosy to stem the waves.” Shak. They stem the flood with their erected breasts.…Stĕm'-clȧsp'ing, a. p. 1294(Bot.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul, as a leaf or petiole.Stĕm'-lēaf, n. p. 1294A leaf growing from the stem.Stĕm'less, a. p. 1294Having no stem; having the stem so little developed as to seem to be wanting; acaulescent.Stĕm'let, n. p. 1294A small or young stem.Stĕm'mȧ-tȧ, n. pl. p. 1294(Entom.) Three smooth, hemispherical dots, generally seen on the top of the head, chiefly in the hymenoptera;—called also ocelli. Baird. ☞ The term is also applied to the simple and minute eyes of…Stem-măt'o-pŭs, n. p. 1294(Zō-ol.) A Cuvierian genus of seals, including the hooded seal (Phoca cristata of Gmelin) of the Arctic ocean, which is a species seven or eight feet long, having a piece of loose inflatable skin on…Stĕm'ple, n. p. 1294(Mining.) A cross-bar of wood in a shaft.Stēm'son, n. p. 1294(Ship-building.) A piece of compass-timber, fixed on the after part of the apron inside, the lower end of which is scarfed into the keelson, and receives the scarf of the stem, through which it is…Stĕnch, n. p. 1294An ill smell; offensive odor; stink.Stĕnch, v. t. p. 1294To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. [Obs.]Stĕnch, v. t. p. 1294To stanch; to stop. [Obs.] Harvey.Stĕnch'-trăp, n. p. 1294A contrivance to prevent stench from rising from the openings of sewers, &c. Weale.Stĕnch'y, a. p. 1294Having an offensive smell; stinking. [Obs.] Dyer.Stĕn'çil, n. p. 1294A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, &c. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over…Stĕn'çil, v. t. p. 1294To paint or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.Stĕn'çil-er, n. p. 1294One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencils.Stĕn'o-grăph, v. t. p. 1294To write or report in stenographic characters.Ste-nōg'ra-pher, n. p. 1294One who is skilled in stenography.Stĕn'o-grăph'ie or Stĕn'o-grăph'ie-al, a. p. 1294Of, or pertaining to, stenography.Ste-nōg'ra-phĭst, n. p. 1294A stenographer.Ste-nōg'ra-phy, n. p. 1294The art of writing in short-hand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words.Stĕnt, v. t. p. 1294To keep within limits; to restrain; to stint. Yet would she stent Her bitter raging. Spencer.Stĕnt, n. p. 1294An allotted portion; a stint.Stĕnt'ing, n. p. 1294An opening in a wall in a coal-mine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Stĕn'tor, n. p. 1294A herald, spoken of by Homer, having a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.Sten-tō'ri-an, a. p. 1294Pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; as, a stentorian voice. 2. Able to utter a very loud sound; as, stentorian lungs.Sten-tō'ri-oŭs, a. p. 1294Very loud; extremely loud; stentorian. [Obs.] “The loudness of his stentorious voice.” Fuller.Stĕn'tor-ŏn'ĭe, a. p. 1294Extremely loud; stentorian. [Rare.] He measures out his own stentoronic voice. Warburton.Stĕn’to-ro-phŏn’ic, a. p. 1294Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. [Obs.] Of this stentorophonic horn of Alexander there is a figure preserved in the Vatican. Derham.Stĕp, v. i. p. 1294To move the foot; to advance or recede by a movement of the foot or feet. 2. To walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors. 3. To walk gravely, slowly, or resolutely. Home the swain…Stĕp, v. t. p. 1294To set, as the foot. Sir, step your foot, give answer. Shak. 2. To fix the foot of, as a mast, in its step; to erect. Totten.Stēp, n. p. 1294An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace. 2. One remove in ascending or descending; a stair. The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot.…Stēp p. 1294A prefix used in composition before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, &c., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood-relative, but is a relative by the marriage…Stēp'-brōth'er, n. p. 1294A brother by marriage.Stēp'-child, n. p. 1294A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother; an orphan. [Obs.] 2. A son or daughter by marriage only.Stĕp'-dāme, n. p. 1294A mother by marriage; a step-mother.Stēp'-daugh/ter, n. p. 1294A daughter by marriage only.Stĕp'-fā'ther, n. p. 1294A father by marriage only.Stĕp'-grāte, n. p. 1294(Mach.) A form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.Stēph'an-ite, n. p. 1294(Min.) Black silver. See SILVER.Stĕp'-mŏth'er, n. p. 1294A mother by marriage only.Stĕppe, n. p. 1294One of the vast plains in South-eastern Europe and Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See SAVANNA.Stĕp'ping-stōne, n. p. 1294A stone to raise the feet above the water or mud in walking. 2. Hence, a means of progress or further advancement. These obstacles his genius had turned into stepping-stones. MacaulayStĕp'-sĭs'ter, n. p. 1294A sister by marriage only.Stēp'-sōn, n. p. 1295A son by marriage only.Stēp'-stōne, n. p. 1295A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.Ster p. 1295A termination, as in drugster, deemster, game-ster, spinster, denoting skill or occupation, originally of a woman; A.-S. estre, istre, as in tippestre, a female tapster, bācistre, a woman who bakes…