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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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Stŭff, n. p. 1311Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. Cæsar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Shak. Degrading prose explains his meaning ill, And shows the stuff, and…Stuff, v. t. p. 1311To fill by crowding; to cause to expand or swell from fullness; to load to excess; to crowd; as, to stuff a bedtick. This crook drew hazel boughs adown, And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown.…Stŭff, v. i. p. 1311To feed gluttonously. “Taught harmless man to cram and stuff.” Swift.Stūff'er, n. p. 1311One who stuffs; especially, one who puts fraudulent votes into a ballot-box. [U. S.]Stŭff'-gown, n. p. 1311A gown made of a woolen fabric; hence, in England, a junior barrister, or one not entitled to wear a silk gown, like the king's or queen's counsel. Campbell.Stŭff'i-ness, n. p. 1311The state of being stuffy, sulky, or obstinate.Stŭff'ing, n. p. 1311That which is used for filling any thing; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion. 2. Seasoning for meat; that which is put into meat to give it a higher relish.Stŭff'ing-bŏx, n. p. 1311An arrangement for rendering a joint tight, where a movable rod passes into a vessel of some kind, as the cylinder of a steam-engine. It consists of a close box cast round the hole through which the…Stŭff'y, a. p. 1311Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] 2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]Stūke, n. p. 1312Stucco. [Obs.]Stüll, n. p. 1312A frame-work of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a frame-work of boards to protect miners from falling stones, &c. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Stūlm, n. p. 1312A shaft to drain a mine. Bailey.Stŏlp, n. p. 1312A short, stout post, used to mark a boundary, or driven into the ground for any purpose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Stŭl'ti-fi'er, n. p. 1312One who stultifies.Stŭl'ti-fy, v. t. p. 1312To make foolish; to make a fool of. Burke. 2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [Rare.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understandings but his own, and that which he regards as his own. Hazlitt.…Stul-tĭl’o-quence, n. p. 1312Foolish talk; a babbling.Stul-tĭl'o-quent, a. p. 1312Given to, or characterized by, stultiloquence, or foolish talk.Stul-tĭl'o-quent-ly, adv. p. 1312In the way of foolish talk. Phillips.Stul-til'o-quy, n. p. 1312Foolish talk; silly discourse; babbling.Stūl'ty, a. p. 1312Foolish; silly. [Obs.] Chaucer.Stŭm, n. p. 1312Unfermented grape-juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must. Let our wines, without mixture or stum, be all fine. B. Jonson. Bad affections (like stum or poison)…Stŭm, v. t. p. 1312To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it, and raising a new fermentation. We stum our wines to renew their spirits. Floyer. 2. To fume a cask of liquor with burning brimstone. [Prov. Eng.] C.…Stŭm'ble, v. i. p. 1312To trip in walking or moving in any way upon the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. Prov. iv. 19.…Stŭm'ble, v. t. p. 1312To cause to stumble; to obstruct in progress; to cause to trip or stop. “False and dazzling fires to stumble men.” Milton. 2. To confound; to puzzle; to put to a nonplus; to perplex. One thing more…Stŭm'ble, n. p. 1312A trip in walking or running. 2. A blunder; a failure. One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. L'Estrange.Stŭm'bler, n. p. 1312One who stumbles or makes a blunder.Stŭm'bling-blŏck, n. p. 1312Any cause of stumbling; that which causes to err. We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 23.Stŭm'bling-ly, adv. p. 1312In a stumbling manner.Stŭm'bling-stōne, n. p. 1312A stone that causes stumbling; any cause of stumbling or error. This stumbling-stone we hope to take away. Burnet.Stŭmp, n. p. 1312The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. 2. The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; as, the stump of…Stump-orator or Stump-oratory p. 1312one who harangues the populace from the stump of a tree, or other elevation. [U. S.]—Stump-oratory, an electioneering speech from a stump, or other elevation. [U. S.]—To take the stump, or to stump…Stūmp, v. t. p. 1312Stūmp, v. i. p. 1312To walk heavily, as if on stumps. 2. To make a boast; to brag. To stump up, to pay cash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Stŭmp'age, n. p. 1312A tax on the amount of timber cut, and regulated by the price of lumber. [Maine.]Stŭmp'er, n. p. 1312One who stumps. 2. A boastful person. 3. A story that puzzles, or creates incredulity. [Colloq. and low, U. S.] Bartlett.Stŭmp'i-ness, n. p. 1312The state of being stumpy.Stŭmp'y, a. p. 1312Full of stumps. 2. Hard; strong. [Rare.] Mortimer. 3. Short and thick; stubby. [Low.]Stŭn, v. t. p. 1312To make senseless or dizzy with a blow on the head. One hung a pole-ax at his saddle-bow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. Dryden. 2. To destroy the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to…Stŭng, imp. & p. p. p. 1312of sting. See STING.Stŭnk, imp. & p. p. p. 1312of stink. See STINK.Stŭn'ner, n. p. 1312One who, or that which, stuns;—often colloquially or vulgarly applied to whatever overpowers by astonishment; as, that story is a stunner.Stŭn'ning, p. a. p. 1312Overpowering the organs of hearing; confounding with noise. 2. Striking or overpowering with astonishment; as, stunning poetry. [Colloq.] Thackeray. C. Kingsley.Stūnt, v. t. p. 1312To hinder from growth; to prevent the growth of; to stint; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active…Stŭnt, n. p. 1312A check in growth, or that which has been checked in its growth; a stunted animal or thing; specifically, a young whale, two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little…Stŭnt'ed-ness, n. p. 1312The state of being stunted.Stūpe, n. p. 1312(Med.) Cloth or flax dipped in warm medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore; fomentation; sweating bath.Stūpe, v. t. p. 1312To dress with a stupe or stupes; to foment. Wiseman.Stūpe, n. p. 1312A stupid person. [Obs. and rare.]Stū'pe-fā'cient, n. p. 1312(Med.) Any thing promoting stupefaction; a narcotic. Dunglison.Stū'pe-fā'cient, a. p. 1312Promoting stupefaction.Stū'pe-făc'tion, n. p. 1312The act of stupefying, or rendering stupid. 2. A stupid or senseless state; insensibility; dullness; torpor; stupidity. Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and stupefaction…Stū'pe-făc'tive, a. p. 1312Causing insensibility; dead-ening or blunting the sense of feeling or under-standing.Stū'pe-făc'tive, n. p. 1312(Med.) That which stupefies; a stupefacient or opiate.Stū'pe-fied-ness, n. p. 1312The state of being stupefied; stupefaction; torpor; stupidity.Stū'pe-fi'er, n. p. 1312One who, or that which, stupefies or causes dullness or stupidity.Stū'pe-fy, v. t. p. 1312To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility. The fumes of passion intoxicate his discerning faculties, as the fumes of drink…Stu-pĕn'doŭs, a. p. 1312Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, of astonishing magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. All are but parts of one stupendous whole. Pope.Stu-pĕn'doŭs-ly, adv. p. 1312In a stupendous manner.Stu-pĕn'doŭs-ness, n. p. 1312The quality or state of being stupendous or astonishing.Stū'pe-oŭs, a. p. 1312Resembling tow; having long, loose scales or matted filaments, like tow; stupose.