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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. Stĭb'i-ā'ted, a.p. 1296Impregnated with antimony.
  2. Stĭb'ic, a.p. 1296(Chem.) The same as ANTIMONIAC.
  3. Stĭb'i-oŭs, a.p. 1296(Chem.) The same as ANTIMONIOUS.
  4. Stĭb'i-ŭm, n.p. 1296(Min.) (a.) Antimony. (b.) Antimony glance; stibnite.
  5. Stīb’nite, n.p. 1296(Min.) A mineral of a lead gray color, and metallic luster, consisting chiefly of sulphur and antimony; antimony glance.
  6. Stīe'a-dōs, n.p. 1296A certain plant. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
  7. 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…
  8. 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.]
  9. Stīch'ic, a.p. 1296Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, sticks or lines. [Rare.]
  10. Stīch'o-măn'cy, n.p. 1296Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.
  11. Stĭch'o-mĕt'rĭe-al, a.p. 1296Of, or pertaining to, stichometry; characterized by stichs or lines.
  12. 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.
  13. Stĭch'wŏrt, n.p. 1296(Bot.) A plant of the genus Stellaria, allied to the chickweed. London.
  14. 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…
  15. 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…
  16. 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.…
  17. Stĭck'-chĭm'ney, n.p. 1296A chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and cemented with clay or mud, as in some log-houses. Bartlett.
  18. 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…
  19. Stĭck'i-ness, n.p. 1296The quality of being sticky; adhesiveness; viscousness; glutinousness; tenacity; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.
  20. Stĭck'ing-plȧs'ter, n.p. 1296An adhesive plaster for closing wounds, and for similar uses.
  21. Stĭck'it, a.p. 1296Stuck; spoiled in making. [Scot.] Stickit minister, a candidate for the clerical office who fails, disqualified by incompetency or immorality.
  22. Stick'-lăc, n.p. 1297Lac in its natural state, incrusting small twigs.
  23. 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…
  24. 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.
  25. 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…
  26. 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.]
  27. 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.)…
  28. Stick'y, a.p. 1297Inclined to stick; having the quality of adhering to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.
  29. Stid'dy, n.p. 1297An anvil; also, a smith's shop. See STITHY. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  30. 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…
  31. 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.…
  32. 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…
  33. Stĭff'en-ing, n.p. 1297Something that is used to make a substance more stiff or less soft.
  34. 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.
  35. Stĭff'-heärt'ed, a.p. 1297Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
  36. Stĭff'ly, adv.p. 1297In a stiff manner; firmly; strongly; rigidly; obstinately. “If any man shall say, swear, and stiffly maintain.” Burton.
  37. Stĭff'-nĕcked, a.p. 1297Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, a stiff-necked people; stiff-necked pride.
  38. Stĭff'ness, n.p. 1297The state of being stiff; want of pliableness or flexibility; the firm texture or state of a substance which renders it difficult to bend it; rigidness; as, the stiffness of iron or wood; the…
  39. Stī'fle, v. t.p. 1297To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust. 2. To stop; to extinguish; to…
  40. Stī'fle, n.p. 1297(Far.) The joint on the hind leg of a horse next to the flank, and corresponding to the knee in man;—called also the stifle-joint. 2. A disease in the knee-pan of a horse or other animal.…
  41. Stīgh, n.p. 1297See STY.
  42. Stĭg'mȧ, n.p. 1297A mark made with a burning iron; a brand. 2. Any mark of infamy; any reproachful conduct which stains the purity or darkens the luster of reputation. 3. (Bot.) That vascular part of the pistil which…
  43. Stig-mā'ri-a, n.p. 1297(Paleon.) The root-stem of a fossil coal-plant of the genus Sigillaria.
  44. Stĭg'mȧ-tȧ, n. pl.p. 1297(Physiol.) The external openings of the tracheæ of insects; the spiracles. 2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) Marks said to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons, in imitation of…
  45. Stig-măt'ic, n.p. 1297A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears about him the marks of infamy or punishment. Bullokar. 2. One on whom nature has set a mark of deformity. Shak.
  46. Stig-măt'ic or Stig-măt'ic-al, a.p. 1297Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character. 2. Impressing with infamy or reproach. 3. (Bot.) Belonging or relating to the stigma.
  47. Stig-măt′ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1297With a mark of infamy or deformity.
  48. Stig'ma-tist, n.p. 1297One supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ’s wounds. See STIGMATA.
  49. Stig'ma-tize, v. t.p. 1297To mark with a stigma or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers. That ... hold out both their ears with such delight and ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored through in…
  50. Stig'ma-tōse', a.p. 1297(Bot.) Belonging or relating to the stigma.
  51. Stig'o-no-măn'cy, n.p. 1297Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.
  52. Stīke, n.p. 1297A stich or stanza. [Obs.]
  53. Stī'lar, a.p. 1297Of, or pertaining to, the style of a dial. [Written also stylar.] Draw a line for the stilar line. Moxon.
  54. Stil'bite, n.p. 1297(Min.) A mineral of the zeölite family, occurring in white or yellowish crystals, pearly and highly foliated in one direction; also in sheaf-like aggregations and foliated masses. It consists of…
  55. Stile, n.p. 1297A pin set on the face of a dial to form a shadow; a style. See STYLE. Erect the stile perpendicularly over the sub-stilar line, so as to make an angle with the dial-plane equal to the elevation of…
  56. Stīle, n.p. 1297A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall. 2. (Arch.) The upright piece in framing or paneling. Brande.
  57. Stī-lēt'to, n.p. 1297A small dagger with a round, pointed blade. 2. A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in working muslin. 3. A beard trimmed into a sharp-pointed form. [Obs.] The very quack of fashions, the…
  58. Stī-lĕt’to, v. t.p. 1297To stab or pierce with a stiletto. Bacon.
  59. Still, v. t.p. 1297To stop, as noise; to silence. With his name the mothers still their babes. Shak. 2. To stop, as motion or agitation; to check or restrain; to make quiet; as, to still the raging sea. 3. To appease…
  60. Still, a.p. 1297Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still. 2. Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere. “When all the woods are…