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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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Stētech, n. p. 1296As much land as lies between one furrow and another. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Ste-thōm'e-ter, n. p. 1296(Med.) An instrument for measuring the difference in mobility of the opposite sides of the chest in respiration.Stēth'o-scōpe, n. p. 1296A tube of metal, wood, or other material, so constructed that, when applied to the human chest, the operator may hear sounds within, and judge of the regular action or condition of the part thus…Stēth'o-scōp'ic or Stēth'o-scōp'ic-al, a. p. 1296Of, or pertaining to, a stethoscope; obtained, or made by means of, a stethoscope.Stēve, v. t. p. 1296To stow, as cotton or wool in a ship’s hold.Ste've-dōre', n. p. 1296One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port.Stē'ven, n. p. 1296An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.] Spenser.Stew, v. t. p. 1296To boil slowly, in a moderate manner, or with a simmering heat; to seethe; as, to stew meat; to stew apples.Stew, v. i. p. 1296To be seethed in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.Stew, n. p. 1296A hot-house; a bagnio. The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews. Abbot. 2. A house of prostitution; a brothel; —usually in the plural. Bacon.…Stew'ard, n. p. 1296A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, superintend other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like. 2. (Naut.) In vessels…Stew'ard, v. t. p. 1296To manage as a steward. [Obs.] Fuller.Stew'ard-ess, n. p. 1296A female waiter on shipboard.Stew'ard-ly, adv. p. 1296In the manner, or with the care, of a steward. [Rare.] Tooker.Stew'ard-shĭp, n. p. 1296The office of a steward.Stew'art-ry, n. p. 1296An overseer or superintendent. [Rare.] “The stewartry of provisions.” Tooke.Stew'ish, a. p. 1296Suiting a stew, or brothel. Bp. Hall.Stew'-păn, n. p. 1296A pan in which things are stewed.Stew'-pŏt, n. p. 1296A pot in which things are stewed.Stey, n. p. 1296See STEE.Sthĕn'ic, a. p. 1296(Med.) Attended with preternatural excitement, or excessive action of the heart and arteries; phlogistic.Stiacciato, n. p. 1296(Sculp.) A very low relief, adopted by sculptors for works which could be allowed little projection from the surface, or base line chosen. Fairholt.Stīb'i-al, a. p. 1296Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.Stīb/i-ā'rī-an, n. p. 1296A violent man. [Cant.] [Obs. and very rare.] White.Stĭb'i-ā'ted, a. p. 1296Impregnated with antimony.Stĭb'ic, a. p. 1296(Chem.) The same as ANTIMONIAC.Stĭb'i-oŭs, a. p. 1296(Chem.) The same as ANTIMONIOUS.Stĭb'i-ŭm, n. p. 1296(Min.) (a.) Antimony. (b.) Antimony glance; stibnite.Stīb’nite, n. p. 1296(Min.) A mineral of a lead gray color, and metallic luster, consisting chiefly of sulphur and antimony; antimony glance.Stīe'a-dōs, n. p. 1296A certain plant. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Stīe-cä'dō, n. p. 1296(Mus.) An instrument consisting of small lengths of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing…Stīch, n. p. 1296A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet. 2. A line in the Scriptures. 3. A row or rank of trees. 4. As much land as lies between double furrows; a stitch. [Local U. S.]Stīch'ic, a. p. 1296Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, sticks or lines. [Rare.]Stīch'o-măn'cy, n. p. 1296Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.Stĭch'o-mĕt'rĭe-al, a. p. 1296Of, or pertaining to, stichometry; characterized by stichs or lines.Stĭch-ŏm'e-try, n. p. 1296Measurement, or length, of books, as ascertained by the number of lines which they contain. 2. A division of the text of a book into lines.Stĭch'wŏrt, n. p. 1296(Bot.) A plant of the genus Stellaria, allied to the chickweed. London.Stĭck, n. p. 1296The small shoot, or branch, of a tree or shrub, cut off; a rod; also, a staff; as, to strike one with a stick. Withered sticks, to gather which might serve Against a winter’s day. Milton. 2. Any stem…Stĭck, v. t. p. 1296To cause to enter, as a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast in slaughter. It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm, while…Stĭck, v. i. p. 1296To hold to by cleaving to the surface, as by tenacity or attraction; to adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall, and causes paper to stick. I am a kind of bur; I shall stick.…Stĭck'-chĭm'ney, n. p. 1296A chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and cemented with clay or mud, as in some log-houses. Bartlett.Stĭck'er, n. p. 1296One who, or that which, sticks. 2. A sharp remark, very pointedly made, and calculated to silence a person or put completely down. [Colloq.] Thackeray. 3. An article of merchandise which sticks by…Stĭck'i-ness, n. p. 1296The quality of being sticky; adhesiveness; viscousness; glutinousness; tenacity; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.Stĭck'ing-plȧs'ter, n. p. 1296An adhesive plaster for closing wounds, and for similar uses.Stĭck'it, a. p. 1296Stuck; spoiled in making. [Scot.] Stickit minister, a candidate for the clerical office who fails, disqualified by incompetency or immorality.Stick'-lăc, n. p. 1297Lac in its natural state, incrusting small twigs.Stick'le, v. i. p. 1297To interpose between combatants and separate them. [Obs.] The same angel [in Tasso], when half of the Christians are already killed, and all the rest are in a fair way of being routed, stickles…Stick'le, v. t. p. 1297To intervene in; to arbitrate. [Obs.] They ran to him, and pulling him back by force, stickled that unnatural fray. Sidney.Stick'le, n. p. 1297A shallow in a river, where the water, being confined, runs with violence; also, the current below a waterfall. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Patient anglers, standing all the day Near to some shallow stickle…Stick'le-băck, n. p. 1297(Ichth.) A small fish of the genus Gasterosteus;—so called from the spines which arm their back, ventral fins, and other parts. [Written also stickle-bag.]Stick'ler, n. p. 1297One who stickles; as, (a.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire. Basil[i]us, the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obey. Sidney. (b.)…Stick'y, a. p. 1297Inclined to stick; having the quality of adhering to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.Stid'dy, n. p. 1297An anvil; also, a smith's shop. See STITHY. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Stiff, a. p. 1297Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not flaccid; rigid; as, stiff wood; stiff paper. They, rising on stiff pinions, tower The mid aerial sky. Milton. 2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious…Stĭff'en, v. t. p. 1297To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shak. 2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.…Stĭff'en, v. i. p. 1297To become stiff; to become more rigid or less flexible. Like bristles rose my stiffening hair. Dryden. 2. To become more thick, or less soft; to be inspissated; to approach to hardness; as, melted…Stĭff'en-ing, n. p. 1297Something that is used to make a substance more stiff or less soft.Stĭff'en-ing-ôr'der, n. p. 1297(Com.) A permission, granted by the customs department, to take on board heavy goods as ballast, to steady the ship. Simmonds.Stĭff'-heärt'ed, a. p. 1297Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.Stĭff'ly, adv. p. 1297In a stiff manner; firmly; strongly; rigidly; obstinately. “If any man shall say, swear, and stiffly maintain.” Burton.