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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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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…Stēr·co-rā'ceous, a. p. 1295Of, or pertaining to, dung, or partaking of its nature.Stēr'co-ra-nīsm, n. p. 1295(Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.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…Stēr'co-rā'ri-an, n. p. 1295A Stercoranist.Stēr'co-ra-ry, n. p. 1295A place, properly secured from the weather, for containing dung.Stēr'co-rate, n. p. 1295Excrement; dung; manure. [Obs.]Stēr'co-rā'tion, n. p. 1295The act of manuring with dung. [Obs.] Bacon.Ster·cō'ri-an-īsm, n. p. 1295(Eccl.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.Stĕr'co-ry, n. p. 1295Excrement; dung. [Obs.]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.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.Stē're-o-chrōm'ic, a. p. 1295Pertaining to the art of stereochromy.Stē're-o-chrōm'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1295In a stereochromic manner.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…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.Stē're-o-grāph, n. p. 1295A photographic picture, or pair of such pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. See STEREOSCOPE.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.Stē're-o-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1295In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.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…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.Stē're-o-mē'tric, a. p. 1295Stē're-o-mē'tri-cal p. 1295Pertaining to, or performed by, stereometry.Stē're-ŏm'e-try, n. p. 1295The art of measuring solid bodies, and finding their solid contents. Harris.Stē're-o-mōn'o-scōpe, n. p. 1295An instrument with two lenses, by which a stereoscopic effect may be obtained from a single picture. Dana.Stē're-ōp'ti-cŏn, n. p. 1295An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern, in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to…Stē're-o-scōpe, n. p. 1295An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two photographic pictures, taken for the…Stē/re-o-scŏp'ic or Stē/re-o-scŏp'ic-al, a. p. 1295Pertaining to the stereoscope, as in the stereoscopic function of the two eye-glasses; adapted to the stereoscope; as, stereoscopic pictures; seen through it; as, stereoscopic views.Stē're-ŏs'co-pĭst, n. p. 1295One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.Stē're-ŏs'co-py, n. p. 1295The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument, or the views used with it.Stē/re-o-tŏm'ic or Stē/re-o-tŏm'ic-al, a. p. 1295Pertaining to, or performed by, stereotomy.Stē're-ŏt'o-my, n. p. 1295The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like.Stē're-o-tȳpe, n. p. 1295A plate of fixed metallic types for printing books. ☞ A stereotype, or stereotype plate, is made by setting movable types as for ordinary printing: from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, and…Stē're-o-tȳpe, v. t. p. 1295To prepare for printing in stereotype; to compose a book in fixed types; as, to stereotype the Bible.Stē're-o-tȳped, p. a. p. 1295Formed on fixed metallic types, or plates of fixed types. 2. Hence, formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions.Stē're-o-tȳp'er, n. p. 1295One who makes stereotype plates.Stē're-o-tȳp'er-y, n. p. 1295The art or work of making stereotype plates; or a place where stereotype plates are made. [Local and rare. U. S.]Stē're-o-ty̆p'ie, a. p. 1295Of, or pertaining to, stereotype, or stereotype plates.Stē're-o-tȳp'ist, n. p. 1295One who makes stereotype plates; a stereotyper.Stē're-o-tȳ-pŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 1295A stereotype printer.Stē're-o-tȳ-pōg'ra-phy, n. p. 1295The art or practice of printing from stereotype plates.Stē're-o-tȳp-y, n. p. 1295The art or employment of making stereotype plates.Stĕr′ile, a. p. 1295Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year. 2. Producing no young; barren. She is grown sterile, . . . and her births of animals…Ste-rĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1295The quality or condition of being sterile; barrenness; unproductiveness; unfruitfulness.Stĕr'il-ize, v. t. p. 1295To make sterile; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility. “Sterilizing the earth.” Woodward. 2. To deprive of fecundity, or the power of producing young.Stĕr'let, n. p. 1295(Ichth.) A species of sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus), found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, highly esteemed for its flavor, and from whose roe is made the finest caviare.Ster'ling, a. p. 1295Belonging to, or relating to, the British money of account, or to the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling;—now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England…Stêr'ling, n. p. 1295English money. [Rare.] Robert of Gloucester. And Roman wealth in English sterling view. Arbuthnot.Stĕrn, a. p. 1295Fixed, with an aspect of severity and authority; severe; rigid; austere; as, a stern look; a stern countenance; a stern frown. I would out-stare the sternest eyes that look. Shak. 2. Severe of…Stĕrn, n. p. 1295(Naut.) The hind part of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem or prow. 2. Post of management; direction. [Obs.] And sit at chiefest stern of public weal. Shak. 3. The…Stĕrn'age, n. p. 1295Steerage or stern. [Obs.] Shak.Stĕrn'al, a. p. 1295Pertaining to the sternum, or breast-bone.