5. To forestall; to anticipitate. Having This not to be stall'd by my report. Massinger.
6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.] Stall this in your bosom. Shak.
STALLStall, v. i. Etym: [AS. steallian to have room. See Stall, n.]
1. To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.] We could not stall together In the whole world. Shak.
2. To kennel, as dogs. Johnson.
3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
4. To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
STALLAGE Stall"age, n. Etym: [Cf. OF.estallange, of German origin. See Stall, n. ]
1. (Eng. Law)
Defn: The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall.
2. Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw. [Obs.]
STALLATIONStal*la"tion, n.
Defn: Installation. [Obs.]
STALLEDStalled, a.
Defn: Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. "A stalled ox." Prov. xv. 17.
STALLERStall"er, n.
Defn: A standard bearer. obtaining Fuller.
STALL-FEED Stall"-feed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stall-fed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Stall- feeding.]
Defn: To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall- feed an ox.
STALLINGStall"ing, n.
Defn: Stabling. Tennyson.
STALLION Stal"lion, n. Etym: [OE. stalon, OF. estalon, F. étalon, fr. OHG. stal a stable. See Stall, n.]
Defn: A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
STALLMANStall"man, n.; pl. Stallmen (.
Defn: One who keeps a stall for the sale of merchandise, especially books. Sterne.
STALLONStal"lon, n.
Defn: A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting. [R.] Holished.
STALWART; STALWORTH Stal"wart, Stal"worth, a. Etym: [OE. stalworth, AS. stælwyrth serviceable, probably originally, good at stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards extended to other causes of estimation. See Steal, v. t., Worth, a.]
Defn: Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller of the soil." Prof. Wilson. Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and bold. R. of Brunne.
Note: Stalworth is now disused, or bur little used, stalwart having taken its place.
STALWARTLYStal"wart*ly, adv.
Defn: In a stalwart manner.
STALWARTNESSStal"wart*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being stalwart.
STALWORTHHOOD; STALWORTHNESSStal"worth*hood, Stal"worth*ness (, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being stalworth; stalwartness; boldness; daring. [Obs.]
STAMENSta"men, n.; pl. E. Stamens (used only in the second sense); L.Stamina (in the first sense). Etym: [L. stamen the warp, a thread,fiber, akin to Gr. stand. See Stand, and cf. Stamin, Stamina.]
1. A thread; especially, a warp thread.
2. (pl. Stamens, rarely Stamina.) (Bot.)
Defn: The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
STAMENEDSta"mened, a.
Defn: Furnished with stamens.
STAMINSta"min, n. Etym: [OF. estamine, F. étamine, LL. staminea, stamineum,fr. L. stamineus consisting of threads, fr. stamen a thread. SeeStamen, and cf. Stamineous, 2d Stammel, Tamine.]
Defn: A kind of woolen cloth. [Written also stamine.] [Obs.]
STAMINAStam"i*na, n. pl.
Defn: See Stamen.
STAMINAStam"i*na, n. pl.
1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State. He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. De Quincey.
STAMINALStam"i*nal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. staminal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.
STAMINATE Stam"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. staminatus consisting of threads, fr. stamen thread: cf. F. staminé.] (Bot.) (a) Furnished with stamens; producing stamens. (b) Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
STAMINATEStam"i*nate, v. t.
Defn: To indue with stamina. [R.]
STAMINEAL; STAMINEOUS Sta*min"e*al, Sta*min"e*ous, a. Etym: [L. stamineus, from stamen thread.]
1. Consisting of stamens or threads.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary.
STAMINIFEROUSStam`i*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Stamen + -ferous.]
Defn: Bearing or having stamens.
STAMINODEStam"i*node, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A staminodium.
STAMINODIUM Stam`i*no"di*um, n.; pl. Staminodia. Etym: [NL. See Stamen, and - oid.] (Bot.)
Defn: An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.
STAMMELStam"mel, n.
Defn: A large, clumsy horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
STAMMEL Stam"mel, n. Etym: [OF. estamel; cf. OF. estamet a coarse woolen cloth, LL. stameta a kind of cloth, the same as staminea, and OF. estame a woolen stuff. See Stamin.]
1. A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color. [Obs.]
2. A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries. B. Jonson.
STAMMELStam"mel, a.
Defn: Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.
STAMMER Stam"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stammered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering.] Etym: [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal, stamm, Dan. stamme, Sw. stamma, Icel. stama, stamma, OHG. & Dan. stam stammering, Icel. stamr, Goth. stamms, and to G. stemmen to bear against, stumm dumb, D. stom. Cf. Stem to resist, Stumble.]
Defn: To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter. I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this conclead man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all. Shak.
STAMMERStam"mer, v. t.
Defn: To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; — sometimes with out.
STAMMERStam"mer, n.
Defn: Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
STAMMERERStam"mer*er, n.
Defn: One who stammers.
STAMMERINGStam"mer*ing, a.
Defn: Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.— Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.
STAMMERINGStam"mer*ing, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
STAMPStamp v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping.] Etym:[OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stanpf,Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E.step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede.]
1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Shak. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.
2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small. Deut. ix. 21.
4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. Locke.
6. To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.
STAMPStamp, v. i.
1. To strike; to beat; to crush. These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind. Chaucer.
2. To strike the foot forcibly downward. But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies. dennis.
STAMPStamp, n.
1. The act of stamping, as with the foot.
2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. 'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy. Dryden.
3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. Dryden.
4. that which is marked; a thing stamped. hanging a golden stamp about their necks. Shak.
5. Etym: [F. estampe, of german origin. See Stamp, v. t.]
Defn: A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; aplate. [Obs.]At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edificeswhich are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. Addison.
6. An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
7. Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
9. A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin. Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. Sir T. Browne.
10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. A soldier of this season's stamp. Shak.
11. A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
12. A half-penny. [Obs.] au. & Fl.
13. pl.
Defn: Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.] Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null an void. — Stamp collector, an officer who receives or collects stamp duties; one who collects postage or other stamps. — Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. [Eng.] — Stamp hammer, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill. — Stamp head, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill. — Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore. — Stamp note, a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [Eng.] — Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties.
STAMPEDEStam*pede", n. Etym: [Sp. estampida (in America) a stampede,estampido a crackling, akin to estampar to stamp, of German origin.See Stamp, v. t.]
Defn: A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black.
STAMPEDEStam*pede", v. i.
Defn: To run away in a panic; — said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
STAMPEDEStam*pede", v. t.
Defn: To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
STAMPERStamp"er, n.
1. One who stamps.
2. An instrument for pounding or stamping.
STAMPINGStamp"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Stamp, v. Stamping ground, a place frequented, and much trodden, by animals, wild or domesticated; hence (Colloq.), the scene of one's labors or exploits; also, one's favorite resort. [U.S.] — Stamping machine, a machine for forming metallic articles or impressions by stamping. — Stamping mill (Mining), a stamp mill.
STANCEStance, n. Etym: [OF. estance. See Stanza.]
1. A stanza. [Obs.] Chapman.
2. A station; a position; a site. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
STANCH Stanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stanched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stanching.] Etym: [OF. estanchier, F. étancher to stpo a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make stagnant. See Stagnate.]
1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. [Written also staunch.] Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the bleeding of the nose. Bacon.
2. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
STANCHStanch, v. i.
Defn: To cease, as the flowing of blood.Immediately her issue of blood stanched. Luke viii. 44.
STANCHStanch, n.
1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.]
2. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight.
STANCH Stanch, a. [Compar. Stancher; superl. Stanchest.] Etym: [From Stanch, v. t., and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a ship. See Stanch, v. t.] [Written also staunch.]
1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. Evelyn.
2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. V. Knox. In politics I hear you 're stanch. Prior.
3. Close; secret; private. [Obs.] This to be kept stanch. Locke.
STANCHStanch, v. t.
Defn: To prop; to make stanch, or strong. His gathered sticks to stanch the wall Of the snow tower when snow should fall. Emerson.
STANCHELStan"chel, n.
Defn: A stanchion.
STANCHERStanch"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood.
STANCHION Stan"chion, n. Etym: [OF. estanson, estançon, F. étançon, from OF. estance a stay, a prop, from L. stans, stantis, standing, p.pr. of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Stanza.] [Written also stanchel.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
3. A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
STANCHLESSStanch"less, a.
1. Incapable of being stanched, or stopped.
2. Unquenchable; insatiable. [Obs.] Shak.
STANCHLYStanch"ly, adv.
Defn: In a stanch manner.
STANCHNESSStanch"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being stanch.
STANDStand, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stood; p. pr. & vb. n. Standing.] Etym:[OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, stan, D. staan,OS. standan, stan, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. stå,Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. stha. *163. Cf. Assist,Constant, Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist, Interstice,Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, n., Rest remainder, Soltice, Stable, a. &n., State, n., Statute, Stead, Steed, Stool, Stud of horses,Substance, System.]
1. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as: (a) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; — opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. "I pray you all, stand up!" Shak. (b) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation. It stands as it were to the ground yglued. Chaucer. The ruined wall Stands when its wind worn battlements are gone. Byron.
2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine. Wite ye not where there stands a little town Chaucer.
3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary. I charge thee, stand, And tell thy name. Dryden. The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. Matt. ii. 9.
4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources. My mind on its own center stands unmoved. Dryden.
5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe. Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall. Spectator.
6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. "The standing pattern of their imitation." South. The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life. Esther viii. 11.
7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice. We must labor so as to stand with godliness, according to his appointment. Latimer.
8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. "Sacrifices . . . which stood only in meats and drinks." Heb. ix. 10. Accomplish what your signs foreshow; I stand resigned, and am prepared to go. Dryden. Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry. Sir W. Scott.
10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord. Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing But what may stand with honor. Massinger.
11. (Naut.)
Defn: To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to standfor the harbor.From the same parts of heaven his navy stands. Dryden.
12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate. He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university. Walton.
13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless. Or the black water of Pomptina stands. Dryden.
14. To measure when erect on the feet. Six feet two, as I think, he stands. Tennyson.
15. (Law) (a) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide. Bouvier. (b) To appear in court. Burrill. Stand by (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to Be ready. — To stand against, to opposite; to resist. — To stand by. (a) To be near; to be a spectator; to be present. (b) To be aside; to be aside with disregard. "In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected." Dr. H. More. (c) To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert; as, to stand by one's principles or party. (d) To rest on for support; to be supported by. Whitgift. — To stand corrected, to be set right, as after an error in a statement of fact. Wycherley. — To stand fast, to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable. — To stand firmly on, to be satisfied or convinced of. "Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his wife's frailty." Shak. — To stand for. (a) To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to defend. "I stand wholly for you." Shak. (b) To be in the place of; to be the substitute or to represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure stands for nothing. "I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another." Locke. — To stand in, to cost. "The same standeth them in much less cost." Robynson (More's Utopia). The Punic wars could not have stood the human race in less than three millions of the species. Burke. — To stand in hand, to conduce to one's interest; to be serviceable or advantageous. — To stand off. (a) To keep at a distance. (b) Not to comply. (c) To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquaintance. (d) To appear prominent; to have relief. "Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved." Sir H. Wotton. — To stand off and on (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it. — To stand on (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or course. — To stand out. (a) To project; to be prominent. "Their eyes stand out with fatness." Psalm lxxiii. 7. (b) To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede. His spirit is come in, That so stood out against the holy church. Shak. — To stand to. (a) To ply; to urge; to persevere in using. "Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars." Dryden. (b) To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. "I will stand to it, that this is his sense." Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contrast, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to one's word. (d) Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's ground. "Their lives and fortunes were put in safety, whether they stood to it or ran away." Bacon. (e) To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands to reason that he could not have done so. (f) To support; to uphold. "Stand to me in this cause." Shak. — To stand together, to be consistent; to agree. — To stand to sea (Naut.), to direct the course from land. — To stand under, to undergo; to withstand. Shak. — To stand up. (a) To rise from sitting; to be on the feet. (b) To arise in order to speak or act. "Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed." Acts xxv. 18. (c) To rise and stand on end, as the hair. (d) To put one's self in opposition; to contend. "Once we stood up about the corn." Shak. — To stand up for, to defend; to justify; to support, or attempt to support; as, to stand up for the administration. — To stand upon. (a) To concern; to interest. (b) To value; to esteem. "We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth." Ray. (c) To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony. (d) To attack; to assault. [A Hebraism] "So I stood upon him, and slew him." 2 Sam. i. 10. — To stand with, to be consistent with. "It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally." Sir J. Davies.
STANDStand, v. t.
1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. "Love stood the siege." Dryden. He stood the furious foe. Pope.
3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer. Bid him disband his legions, . . . And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. Addison.
4. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
5. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat. [Colloq.] Tackeray. To stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way. — To stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. "Pleasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers." Macaulay. — To stand trial, to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.
STANDStand, n. Etym: [As. stand. See Stand, v. i.]
1. The act of standing. I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into thier several ladings. Spectator.
2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand. Vice is at stand, and at the highest flow. Dryden.
3. A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something. I have found you out a stand most fit, Where you may have such vantage on the duke, He shall not pass you. Shak.
4. A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand. Dickens.
5. A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
6. A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
7. A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
8. The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business. [U. S.]
9. Rank; post; station; standing. Father, since your fortune did attain So high a stand, I mean not to descend. Daniel.
10. A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do. L'Estrange.
11. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
12. (Com.)
Defn: A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, — used in weighing pitch. Microscope stand, the instrument, excepting the eyepiece, objective, and other removable optical parts. — Stand of ammunition, the projectile, cartridge, and sabot connected together. — Stand of arms. (Mil.) See under Arms. — Stand of colors (Mil.), a single color, or flag. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.) — To be at a stand, to be stationary or motionless; to be at a standstill; hence, to be perplexed; to be embarrassed. — To make a stand, to halt for the purpose of offering resistance to a pursuing enemy.
Syn. — Stop; halt; rest; interruption; obstruction; perplexity; difficulty; embarrassment; hesitation.
STANDAGEStand"age, n. (Mining)
Defn: A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
STANDARDStand"ard, n. Etym: [OF. estendart, F. étendard, probably fr. L.extendere to spread out, extend, but influenced by E. stand. SeeExtend.]
1. A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign. His armies, in the following day, On those fair plains their standards proud display. Fairfax.
2. That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
3. That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test. The court, which used to be the standard of property and correctness of speech. Swift. A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Burke.
4. (Coinage)
Defn: The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy establishedby authority.By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coinedout of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot.
5. (Hort.)
Defn: A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis. In France part of their gardens is laid out for flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some against walls. Sir W. Temple.
6. (Bot.)
Defn: The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
7. (Mech. & Carp.)
Defn: An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
8. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
9. The sheth of a plow.
10. A large drinking cup. Greene. Standard bearer, an officer of an army, company, or troop, who bears a standard; — commonly called color sergeantor color bearer; hence, the leader of any organization; as, the standard bearer of a political party.
STANDARDStand"ard, a.
1. Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
3. (Hort.) (a) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees. (b) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree. Standard candle, Standard gauge. See under Candle, and Gauge. — Standard solution. (Chem.) See Standardized solution, under Solution.
STANDARD-BREDStand"ard-bred`, a.
Defn: Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. [U. S.]
STANDARDIZEStand"ard*ize, v. t. (Chem.)
Defn: To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.
STANDARD-WINGStand"ard-wing`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.
STAND-BYStand"-by`, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.
STANDELStand"el, n.
Defn: A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut.[Obs.] Fuller.
STANDERStand"er, n.
1. One who stands.
2. Same as Standel. [Obs.] Ascham.
STANDERATH; STANDERATStän"de*rath`, or Stän"de*rat`, n. [G.] (Switzerland)
Defn: See Legislature, above.
STANDER-BYStand"er-by`, n.
Defn: One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
STANDERGRASSStand"er*grass`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant (Orchis mascula); — called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.
STANDGALEStand"gale`, n.
Defn: See Stannel. [Prov. Eng.]
STANDINGStand"ing, a.
1. Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
2. Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
3. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
4. Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
5. Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed). Standing army. See Standing army, under Army. — Standing bolt. See Stud bolt, under Stud, a stem. — Standing committee, in legislative bodies, etc., a committee appointed for the consideration of all subjects of a particular class which shall arise during the session or a stated period. — Standing cup, a tall goblet, with a foot and a cover. — Standing finish (Arch.), that part of the interior fittings, esp. of a dwelling house, which is permanent and fixed in its place, as distinguished from doors, sashes, etc. — Standing order (Eccl.), the denomination (Congregiational) established by law; — a term formerly used in Connecticut. See also under Order. — Standing part. (Naut.) (a) That part of a tackle which is made fast to a block, point, or other object. (b) That part of a rope around which turns are taken with the running part in making a knot of the like. — Standing rigging (Naut.), the cordage or rope which sustain the masts and remain fixed in their position, as the shrouds and stays, - - distinguished from running rigging.
STANDINGStand"ing, n.
1. The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
2. Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing. An ancient thing of long standing. Bunyan.
3. Place to stand in; station; stand. I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. Bacon. I think in deep mire, where there is no standing. Ps. lxix. 2.
4. Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing. Standing off (Naut.), sailing from the land. — Standing on (Naut.), sailing toward land.
STANDISHStand"ish, n. Etym: [Stand + dish.]
Defn: A stand, or case, for pen and ink.I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish. Swift.
STANDPIPEStand"pipe`, n.
1. (Engin.)
Defn: A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance.
2. (Steam Boiler)
Defn: A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam. Knight.
STANDPOINTStand"point`, n. Etym: [Cf. G. standpunkt.]
Defn: A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
STANDSTILLStand"still`, n.
Defn: A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
STANEStane, n.
Defn: A stone. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
STANGStang,
Defn: imp. of Sting. [Archaic]
STANG Stang, n. Etym: [OE. stange, of Scand. or Dutch origin; cf. Icel. stöng, akin to Dan. stang, Sw. stång, D. stang, G. stange, OHG. stanga, AS. steng; from the root of E. sting.]
1. A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
2. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift. Stang ball, a projectile consisting of two half balls united by a bar; a bar shot. See Illust. of Bar shot, under Bar. — To ride the stang, to be carried on a pole on men's shoulders. This method of punishing wife beaters, etc., was once in vogue in some parts of England.
STANG Stang, v. i. Etym: [Akin to sting; cf. Icel. stanga to prick, to goad.]
Defn: To shoot with pain. [Prov. Eng.]
STANHOPEStan"hope, n.
Defn: A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; — so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.
STANIELStan"iel, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Stannel.
STANIELRYStan"iel*ry, n.
Defn: Hawking with staniels, — a base kind of falconry. [Obs.]
STANKStank, a. Etym: [OF. estanc, or It. stanco. See Stanch, a.]
Defn: Weak; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser.
STANKStank, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sw. stånka to pant. *165.]
Defn: To sigh. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
STANKStank, imp. of Stink.
Defn: Stunk.
STANKStank, n. Etym: [OF. estang, F. étang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf.Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]
1. Water retained by an embankment; a pool water. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Robert of Brunne.
2. A dam or mound to stop water. [Prov. Eng.] Stank hen (Zoöl.), the moor hen; — called also stankie. [Prov. Eng.]
STANNARYStan"na*ry, a. Etym: [L. stannum tin, an alloy of silver and lead.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works. The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record. Blackstone.
STANNARYStan"na*ry, n.; pl. Stannaries. Etym: [LL. stannaria.]
Defn: A tin mine; tin works. Bp. Hall.
STANNATEStan"nate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stannate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of stannic acid.
STANNELStan"nel, n. Etym: [AS. stangella, stangilla; properly, stone yeller,i.e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See Stone, and Yell, and cf.Stonegall.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The kestrel; — called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. [Written also staniel, stannyel, and stanyel.] With what wing the staniel checks at it. Shak.
STANNICStan"nic, a. Etym: [L. stannum tin: cf. F. stannique.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds. Stannic acid. (a) A hypothetical substance, Sn(OH)4, analogous to silic acid, and called also normal stannic acid. (b) Metastannic acid. — Stannic chloride, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, SnCl4, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; — formerly called spirit of tin, or fuming liquor of Libavius. — Stannic oxide, tin oxide, SnO2, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of putty powder, for polishing glass, etc.
STANNIFEROUSStan*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. stannum tin + -ferous.]
Defn: Containing or affording tin.
STANNINE; STANNITEStan"nine, Stan"nite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A mineral of a steel
STANNO-Stan"no-. Etym: [L. stannum tin.] (Chem.)
Defn: A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, tin, or including tin as an ingredient.
STANNOFLUORIDEStan`no*flu"or*ide, n. (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element.
STANNOSO-Stan*no"so-, a. (Chem.)
Defn: A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain stannnous compounds.
STANNOTYPEStan"no*type, n. Etym: [Stanno- + -type.] (Photog.)
Defn: A photograph taken upon a tin plate; a tintype.
STANNOUSStan"nous, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds. Stannous chloride (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, SnCl2.(H2O)2, obtained by dissolving tin in hydrochloric acid. It is used as a mordant in dyeing.
STANNUMStan"num, n. Etym: [L., alloy of silver and lead; later, tin.](Chem.)
Defn: The technical name of tin. See Tin.
STANNYEL; STANYELStann"yel, Stan"yel, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Stannel.
STANT; STONTStant, Stont, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Stand, for standeth.
Defn: Stands. Chaucer.
STANZAStan"za, n.; pl. Stanzas. Etym: [It. stanza a room, habitation, astanza, i. e., a stop, fr. L. stans, p.pr. of stare to stand. SeeStand, and cf. Estancia, Stance, Stanchion.]
1. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. Dryden.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
STANZAICStan*za"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.
STAPEDIALSta*pe"di*al, a. Etym: [LL. stapes stirrup.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to stapes.
STAPELIA Sta*pe"li*a, n. Etym: [NL. So named after John Bodæus a Stapel, a physician of Amsterdam.] (Bot.)
Defn: An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceæ (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.
STAPESSta"pes, n. Etym: [LL., a stirrup.] (Anat.)
Defn: The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; — so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
STAPHYLINEStaph"y*line, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
STAPHYLINIDStaph`y*li"nid, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any rove beetle.
STAPHYLOMAStaph`y*lo"ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.
STAPHYLOMATOUSStaph`y*lo"ma*tous, a. (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.
STAPHYLOPLASTYStaph"y*lo*plas`ty, n. Etym: [Gr. -plasty.] (Surg.)
Defn: The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost. Dunglison. — Staph`y*lo*plas"tic, a.
STAPHYLORAPHY; STAPHYLORRHAPHY Staph`y*lor"a*phy, Staph`y*lor"rha*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. staphylorraphie.]
Defn: The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft. — Staph`y*lo*raph"ic, Staph`y*lor*rhaph"ic, a.
STAPHYLOTOMYStaph`y*lot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
STAPLE Sta"ple, n. Etym: [AS. stapul, stapol, stapel, a step, a prop, post, table, fr. stapan to step, go, raise; akin to D. stapel a pile, stocks, emporium, G. stapela heap, mart, stake, staffel step of a ladder, Sw. stapel, Dan. stabel, and E. step cf. OF. estaple a mart, F. étape. See Step.]
1. A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic. The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade. Arbuthnot. For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Woodstock, her majesty was minded to erect the town into a staple for wool. Sir W. Scott.
Note: In England, formerly, the king's staple was established in certain ports or towns, and certain goods could not be exported without being first brought to these places to be rated and charged with the duty payable of the king or the public. The principal commodities on which customs were lived were wool, skins, and leather; and these were originally the staple commodities.
2. Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head. Whitehall naturally became the chief staple of news. Whenever there was a rumor that any thing important had happened or was about to happen, people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain head. Macaulay.
3. The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States. We should now say, Cotton is the great staple, that is, the established merchandize, of Manchester. Trench.
4. The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
5. Unmanufactured material; raw material.
6. The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
7. A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.
8. (Mining) (a) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels. (b) A small pit.
9. A district granted to an abbey. [Obs.] Camden.
STAPLESta"ple, a.
1. Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town. [R.]
2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade. Dryden.
3. Fit to be sold; marketable. [R.] Swift.
4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief. Wool, the great staple commodity of England. H
STAPLESta"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. stapled; p. pr. & vb. n. stapling.]
Defn: To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
STAPLERSta"pler, n.
1. A dealer in staple goods.
2. One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
STAR Star, n. Etym: [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. staírno, Armor. & Corn. stern, L. stella, Gr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to seater, Skr. st, L. sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally applied to the stars as beingstrewn over the sky, or as beingscatterers or spreaders of light. *296. Cf. Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar.]
1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulæ. His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the stars in the frosty night. Chaucer.
Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and fixed stars. SeePlanet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and Magnitude of a star underMagnitude.
2. The polestar; the north star. Shak.
3. (Astrol.)
Defn: A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) aconfiguration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune.O malignant and ill-brooding stars. Shak.Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. Addison.
4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars. Tennyson.
5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; — used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
6. (Pyrotechny)
Defn: A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding of a air, presents a starlike appearance.
7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc.
Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words generally or obvious signification: as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star- bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled, star-wreathed.
Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting star, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc. — Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. — Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; — so called from its star-shaped capsules. — Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Chrysophyllum Cainito), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceæ) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. — Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. Gascoigne. — Star coral (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to Astræa, Orbicella, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. — Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber. — Star flower. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum; star- of-Bethlehem. (b) See Starwort (b). (c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis (Trientalis Americana). Gray. — Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; — whence the name. — Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. — Star grass. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See Colicroot. — Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla (S. autumnalis); — called also star-headed hyacinth. — Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants (Nostoc commune, N. edule, etc.). See Nostoc. — Star lizard. (Zoöl.) Same as Stellion. — Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant (Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike flower. — Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago (P. coronopus), growing upon the seashore. — Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. — Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. D. Webster. — Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting. — Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea solstitialis) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. — Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. — Star worm (Zoöl.), a gephyrean. — Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. — Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; - - called periodical star when its changes occur at fixed periods. — Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
STARStar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Starred; p. pr. & vb. n. Starring.]
Defn: To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. "A sable curtain starred with gold." Young.
STARStar, v. i.
Defn: To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star. W. Irving.
STAR-BLINDStar"-blind`, a.
Defn: Half blind.
STARBOARDStar"board`, n. Etym: [OE. sterbord, AS. steórbord, i.e., steerboard. See Steer, v. t., Board of a vessel, and cf. Larboard.](Naut.)
Defn: That side of a vessel which is one of the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; — opposed to Ant: larboard, or Ant: port.
STARBOARDStar"board`, a. (Naut.)
Defn: Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.
STARBOARDStar"board`, v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.
STAR-BOWLINESStar-"bow`lines, n. pl. (Naut.)
Defn: The men in the starboard watch. [Obs.] R. H. Dana, Jr.
STARCHStarch, a. Etym: [AS. stearc stark, strong, rough. See Stark.]
Defn: Stiff; precise; rigid. [R.] Killingbeck.
STARCH Starch, n. Etym: [From starch stiff, cf. G. stärke, fr. stark strong.]
1. (Chem.)
Defn: A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
Note: Starch is a carbohydrate, being the typical amylose, C6H10O5, and is detected by the fine blue color given to it by free iodine. It is not fermentable as such, but is changed by diastase into dextrin and maltose, and by heating with dilute acids into dextrose. Cf. Sugar, Inulin, and Lichenin.
2. Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. Addison. Starch hyacinth (Bot.), the grape hyacinth; — so called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. See under Grape.
STARCHStarch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Starched; p. pr. & vb. n. Starching.]
Defn: To stiffen with starch.
STAR-CHAMBER Star"-cham`ber, n. Etym: [So called (as conjectured by Blackstone) from being held in a room at the Exchequer where the chests containing certain Jewish comtracts and obligations called starrs (from the Heb. shetar, pron. shtar) were kept; or from the stars with which the ceiling is supposed to have been decorated.] (Eng. Hist.)
Defn: An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641. Encyc. Brit.
STARCHEDStarched, a.
1. Stiffened with starch.
2. Stiff; precise; formal. Swift.
STARCHEDNESSStarch"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
STARCHERStarch"er, n.
Defn: One who starches.
STARCHLYStarch"ly, adv.
Defn: In a starched or starch manner.
STARCHNESSStarch"ness, n.
Defn: Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
STARCHWORTStarch"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
STARCHYStarch"y, a.
Defn: Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
STARCRAFTStar"craft, n.
Defn: Astrology. [R.] Tennyson.
STAR-CROSSEDStar"-crossed`, a.
Defn: Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic] Shak.Such in my star-crossed destiny. Massinger.
STAR DRIFTStar drift. (Astron.)
Defn: Similar and probably related motion of the stars of an asterism, as distinguished from apparent change of place due to solar motion.— ## = star streaming —
STAREStare, n. Etym: [AS. stær. See Starling.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The starling. [Obs.]
STARE Stare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. stared; p. pr. & vb. n. staring.] Etym: [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. staren, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. *166. Cf. Sterile.]
1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. Chaucer. Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. Shak.
2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.
3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.] Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. Shak. Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. Mortimer.
Syn.— To gaze; to look earnestly. See Gaze.
STAREStare, v. t.
Defn: To look earnestly at; to gaze at. I will stare him out of his wits. Shak. To stare in the face, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. "The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it." Locke.
STAREStare, n.
Defn: The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare." Churchill.
STARERStar"er, n.
Defn: One who stares, or gazes.
STARFStarf, obs. imp. of Starve.
Defn: Starved. Chaucer.
STARFINCHStar"finch`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European redstart.
STARFISHStar"fish, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid.
Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes. SeeBrittle star, and Ophiuroidea.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dollar fish, or butterfish.
STARGASERStar"gas`er, n.