Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Stōop, v. i. p. 1302To bend the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking. 2. To yield; to submit; to bend by compulsion. Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long. . .…Stōop, v. t. p. 1302To cause to incline downward; to sink; as, to stoop a cask of liquor. 2. To cause to submit; to overcome; to prostrate. [Obs.] Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears Are stooped by death; and…Stōop, n. p. 1302The act of stooping or bending the body forward; inclination forward. 2. Descent from dignity or superiority; condescension. Can any loyal subject see With patience such a stoop from sovereignty?…Stōop, n. p. 1302The steps of a door; often, a porch with a balustrade and seats on the sides. [U. S.] J. F. Cooper.Stōop, n. p. 1302A vessel of liquor; a flagon. Fetch me a stoop of liquor. Shak. 2. [Allied to A-S. steb, trunk, Ger. stab. See STAFF.] A post fixed in the earth. [Prov. Eng.]Stōōp'er, n. p. 1302One who stoops, or bends the body forward.Stōōp'ing-ly, adv. p. 1302In a stooping manner or position; with a bending of the body forward.Stōor, v. i. p. 1302To rise in clouds, as dust or smoke. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Stōōt'er, n. p. 1302A small silver coin in Holland, valued at two and a half stivers, or about five cents.Stŏp, v. t. p. 1302To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop a vent; to stop the ears. 2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage. 3. To arrest the progress of…Stŏp, v. i. p. 1302To cease to go forward. Some strange commotion Is in his brain; he bites his lip, and starts; Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground. Shak. 2. To cease from any motion or course of action. The best…Stŏp, n. p. 1302The act of stopping or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress, of operation, or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction. Occult qualities put a stop to the…Stŏp'-cŏck, n. p. 1302A pipe for letting out a fluid, stopped by a turning-cock.Stōpe, n. p. 1302(Mining.) An horizontal bed or layer forming one of a series of steps, into which the upper surface of an excavation is cut. Pryce.Stōpe, v. t. p. 1302(Mining.) (a.) To excavate in the form of stopes or steps. (b.) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.Stŏp'-gāp, n. p. 1302That which closes or fills up an opening, gap, or chasm. Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. Hare. 2. Hence, a temporary expedient. [Rare.]Stōp'ing, n. p. 1302(Mining.) The act of stoping, or breaking down the surface of an excavation with a pick.Stŏp'less, a. p. 1302Not to be stopped. [Obs.] Davenant.Stŏp'page, n. p. 1302The act of stopping or arresting progress or motion; or the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.Stŏp'per, n. p. 1302One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. 2. (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends…Stōp'per, v. t. p. 1302To close or secure with a stopper.Stöp'per-bōlt, n. p. 1302(Naut.) A large ring-bolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck-stoppers are hooked.Stöp'ping-out, n. p. 1302A method adopted in etching, to give effect to lines varying their darkness and breadth, by allowing the acid to remain on some longer than on others, it being kept from those parts which are dark…Stōp'-plānk, n. p. 1302One of the planks employed to form a sort of dam in some hydraulic works.Stŏp'ple, n. p. 1302That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.Stöp'ple, v. t. p. 1302To close the mouth of any thing with a stopple.Stōp'-watch, n. p. 1302A watch whose hands can be stopped in order to calculate the time that has passed, as in timing a race. Simmonds.Stōr'age, n. p. 1302The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; or the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse. 2. The price charged or paid for keeping goods in a store.Stō'rax, n. p. 1302A fragrant resin resembling benzoin, and obtained from Styrax officinalis. It is of a reddish-brown color, soft and unctuous to the touch, but pliable and brittle. In medicine, it is used as an…Stōre, n. p. 1302That which is accumulated or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number. The ships are fraught with store of victuals. Bacon.…Stōre, a. p. 1302Accumulated; hoarded; laid up. [Obs.] “Store treasure.” Bacon.Stōre, v. t. p. 1302To collect as a reserved supply; to gather in quantities; to accumulate; to furnish; to supply; to replenish. “Her mind with thousand virtues stored.” Prior. Wise Plato said the world with men was…Stōre'-house, n. p. 1302A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a ware-house. Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians. Gen. xli. 56. The Scripture…Stōre'-keep'er, n. p. 1303A man who has the care of a store.Stōre'-pāy, n. p. 1303Payment for goods or work in articles from a store, instead of money;—a common usage in manufacturing towns and country stores. [U. S.] Bartlett.Stōr'er, n. p. 1303One who lays up or forms a store.Stōre'-rōom, n. p. 1303Room in a store-house or repository; a room in which articles are stored.Stōre'-ship, n. p. 1303A vessel used to transport naval stores to a fleet, garrison, and the like. Simmonds.Stō'rey, n. p. 1303See STORY.Stôr'ge, n. p. 1303Parental affection; tender love; that strong, instinctive affection, which animals have for their young.Stō'ri-al, a. p. 1303Historical. [Obs.]Stō'ried, p. a. p. 1303Told in a story. 2. Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past. Some greedy minion, or imperious wife, The trophied arches…Stō'ri-er, n. p. 1303A relater of stories; an historian. [Obs.]Stō'ri-fy, v. t. p. 1303To form or tell stories of or concerning; to narrate or describe in story. [Obs.]Stōrk, n. p. 1303(Ornith.) A large wading bird with a long, straight, conical bill, allied to the heron. There are several species, which belong to the genus Ciconia (Ardea of Linnæus).Stōrk's'-bĭll, n. p. 1303(Bot.) A plant of the genus Pelargonium, allied to the geranium, the fruit of which has a beak resembling in form the bill of a stork. Loudon.Stōrm, n. p. 1303A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, producing wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a fall of rain or snow. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the…Stŏrm, v. t. p. 1303(Mil.) To assault; to attack and attempt to take by scaling the walls, forcing gates or breaches, and the like; as, to storm a fortified town.Stôrm, v. i. p. 1303To raise a tempest. Spenser. 2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, especially in a violent manner, or with high wind;—used impersonally; as, it storms. 3. To rage; to be…Stôrm'-bēat, a. p. 1303Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. Spenser.Stôrm'-cŏck, n. p. 1303(Ornith.) The missel or missel-bird.Stôrm'-fĭnch, n. p. 1303(Ornith.) The storm-petrel.Stôrm'ful, a. p. 1303Abounding with storms.Stôrm'ful-ness, n. p. 1303The state of being stormful; abundance of storms. Coleridge.Stôrm'i-ness, n. p. 1303The state of being stormy, or agitated by violent winds; tempestuousness; impetuousness.Stôrm'ing-pär'ty, n. p. 1303(Mil.) A party assigned to the duty of first entering the breach in storming a fortress. Campbell.Stôrm'less, a. p. 1303Without storms.Stôrm'-pĕt'rel, n. p. 1303(Ornith.) A certain small sea-bird. See PETREL.Stôrm'-sāil, n. p. 1303(Naut.) A coarse or strong sail used in gales of wind.Stôrm'y, a. p. 1303Characterized by, or proceeding from, storm; agitated with furious winds; boisterous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. “Beyond the stormy Hebrides.” Milton. 2. Proceeding from violent…