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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Stĕnch, n.p. 1294An ill smell; offensive odor; stink.
  2. Stĕnch, v. t.p. 1294To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. [Obs.]
  3. Stĕnch, v. t.p. 1294To stanch; to stop. [Obs.] Harvey.
  4. Stĕnch'-trăp, n.p. 1294A contrivance to prevent stench from rising from the openings of sewers, &c. Weale.
  5. Stĕnch'y, a.p. 1294Having an offensive smell; stinking. [Obs.] Dyer.
  6. 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…
  7. Stĕn'çil, v. t.p. 1294To paint or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
  8. Stĕn'çil-er, n.p. 1294One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencils.
  9. Stĕn'o-grăph, v. t.p. 1294To write or report in stenographic characters.
  10. Ste-nōg'ra-pher, n.p. 1294One who is skilled in stenography.
  11. Stĕn'o-grăph'ie or Stĕn'o-grăph'ie-al, a.p. 1294Of, or pertaining to, stenography.
  12. Ste-nōg'ra-phĭst, n.p. 1294A stenographer.
  13. Ste-nōg'ra-phy, n.p. 1294The art of writing in short-hand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words.
  14. Stĕnt, v. t.p. 1294To keep within limits; to restrain; to stint. Yet would she stent Her bitter raging. Spencer.
  15. Stĕnt, n.p. 1294An allotted portion; a stint.
  16. Stĕnt'ing, n.p. 1294An opening in a wall in a coal-mine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  17. Stĕn'tor, n.p. 1294A herald, spoken of by Homer, having a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.
  18. 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.
  19. Sten-tō'ri-oŭs, a.p. 1294Very loud; extremely loud; stentorian. [Obs.] “The loudness of his stentorious voice.” Fuller.
  20. Stĕn'tor-ŏn'ĭe, a.p. 1294Extremely loud; stentorian. [Rare.] He measures out his own stentoronic voice. Warburton.
  21. 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.
  22. 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…
  23. 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.
  24. 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.…
  25. Stēpp. 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…
  26. Stēp'-brōth'er, n.p. 1294A brother by marriage.
  27. 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.
  28. Stĕp'-dāme, n.p. 1294A mother by marriage; a step-mother.
  29. Stēp'-daugh/ter, n.p. 1294A daughter by marriage only.
  30. Stĕp'-fā'ther, n.p. 1294A father by marriage only.
  31. 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.
  32. Stēph'an-ite, n.p. 1294(Min.) Black silver. See SILVER.
  33. Stĕp'-mŏth'er, n.p. 1294A mother by marriage only.
  34. 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.
  35. 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. Macaulay
  36. Stĕp'-sĭs'ter, n.p. 1294A sister by marriage only.
  37. Stēp'-sōn, n.p. 1295A son by marriage only.
  38. Stēp'-stōne, n.p. 1295A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
  39. Sterp. 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…
  40. Stēr·co-rā'ceous, a.p. 1295Of, or pertaining to, dung, or partaking of its nature.
  41. Stēr'co-ra-nīsm, n.p. 1295(Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
  42. Stēr'co-ra-nist, n.p. 1295(Eccl. Hist.) One of a party in the fifth and sixth centuries, who held that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion, so that the divine body, if materially…
  43. Stēr'co-rā'ri-an, n.p. 1295A Stercoranist.
  44. Stēr'co-ra-ry, n.p. 1295A place, properly secured from the weather, for containing dung.
  45. Stēr'co-rate, n.p. 1295Excrement; dung; manure. [Obs.]
  46. Stēr'co-rā'tion, n.p. 1295The act of manuring with dung. [Obs.] Bacon.
  47. Ster·cō'ri-an-īsm, n.p. 1295(Eccl.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
  48. Stĕr'co-ry, n.p. 1295Excrement; dung. [Obs.]
  49. Stère, n.p. 1295The French unit for solid measure, commonly used for bulky articles, being equal to a cubic meter, equivalent to 35.3166 English, or 31.31044 American cubic feet.
  50. Stē're-o-bate, n.p. 1295(Arch.) The lower part or basement of a building or column;— applied also, less correctly, to the stylobate. Weale.
  51. Stē're-o-chrōm'ic, a.p. 1295Pertaining to the art of stereochromy.
  52. Stē're-o-chrōm'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1295In a stereochromic manner.
  53. Stē're-ōch'ro-my, n.p. 1295A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by profuse sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a certain proportion of fluoric acid, in consequence of…
  54. Stē're-o-e-lēe'tric, a.p. 1295Of, or pertaining to, the generation of electricity, by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereo-electric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid. Dana.
  55. Stē're-o-grāph, n.p. 1295A photographic picture, or pair of such pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. See STEREOSCOPE.
  56. Stē're-o-grāph'ie or Stē're-o-grāph'ie-al, a.p. 1295Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth. Stereographic projection. See PROJECTION.
  57. Stē're-o-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1295In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
  58. Stē're-ōg'ra-phy, n.p. 1295The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined. By cutting pieces of cardboard or other…
  59. Stē're-ōm'e-ter, n.p. 1295An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids.
  60. Stē're-o-mē'tric, a.p. 1295