STUBBINESSStub"bi*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being stubby.
STUBBLE Stub"ble, n. Etym: [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.]
Defn: The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left inthe ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle."After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble."Mortimer. Stubble goose (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.]Chaucer.— Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.
STUBBLEDStub"bled, a.
1. Covered with stubble. A crow was strutting o'er the stubbled plain. Gay.
2. Stubbed; as, stubbled legs. [Obs.] Skelton.
STUBBLYStub"bly, a.
Defn: Covered with stubble; stubbled.
STUBBORN Stub"born, a. Etym: [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See Stub.]
Defn: Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; — said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. "Bow, stubborn knees." Shak. "Stubborn attention and more than common application." Locke. "Stubborn Stoics." Swift. And I was young and full of ragerie [wantonness] Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie. Chaucer. These heretics be so stiff and stubborn. Sir T. More. Your stubborn usage of the pope. Shak.
Syn.— Obstinate; inflexible; obdurate; headstrong; stiff; hardy; firm;refractory; intractable; rugged; contumacious; heady.— Stubborn, Obstinate. Obstinate is used of either active orpassive persistence in one's views or conduct, in spite of the wishesof others. Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy.— Stub"born*ly, adv.— Stub"born*ness, n.
STUBBYStub"by, a.
1. Abounding with stubs.
2. Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles.
STUCCO Stuc"co, n.; pl. Stuccoes, Stuccos. Etym: [It., fr. OHG. stucchi a crust, piece, G. stück piece; akin to AS. stycce. See Stock.]
1. Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work.
2. Work made of stucco; stuccowork.
STUCCOStuc"co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuccoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stuccoing.]
Defn: To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.
STUCCOERStuc"co*er, n.
Defn: One who stuccoes.
STUCCOWORKStuc"co*work`, n.
Defn: Work done in stucco.
STUCKStuck,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Stick.
STUCKStuck, n. Etym: [Cf. 1st Stoccado.]
Defn: A thrust. [Obs.] Shak.
STUCKLEStuc"kle, n. Etym: [From Stook.]
Defn: A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
STUCK-UPStuck"-up`, a.
Defn: Self-important and supercilious, [Colloq.]The airs of small, stuck-up, men. A. K. H. Boyd.
STUD Stud, n. Etym: [OE. stod, stood, AS. stod; akin to OHG. stuota, G. stute a mare, Icel. sto stud, Lith. stodas a herd, Russ. stado, and to E. stand. The sense is properly, a stand, an establishment. *163. See Stand, and cf. Steed.]
Defn: A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc. In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size. Sir W. Temple. He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories. Macaulay.
STUD Stud, n. Etym: [AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. stöd a prop, Icel. sto a post, sty to prop, and probably ultimately to E. stand; cf. D. stut a prop, G. stütze. See Stand.]
1. A stem; a trunk. [Obs.] Seest not this same hawthorn stud Spenser.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
3. A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss. A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs. Marlowe. Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems And studs of pearl. Milton.
4. An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
5. (Mach.) (a) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal. (b) A stud bolt.
6. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable. Stud bolt, a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; — called also standing bolt.
STUDStud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Studded; p. pr. & vb. n. Studding.]
1. To adorn with shining studs, or knobs. Thy horses shall be trapped, Their harness studded all with gold and pearl. Shak.
2. To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs. The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial, neat, and commodious dwellings of freemen. Bp. Hobart.
STUDBOOKStud"book`, n.
Defn: A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
STUDDERYStud"der*y, n.
Defn: A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud. [Obs.] King Henry the Eighth erected a noble studdery. Holinshed.
STUDDINGStud"ding, n.
Defn: Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.
STUDDING SAILStud"ding sail`. (Naut.)
Defn: A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. Toten.
STUDENTStu"dent, n. Etym: [L. studens, -entis, p.pr. of studere to study.See Study, n.]
1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student. Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book. Shak.
2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.
STUDENTRYStu"dent*ry, n.
Defn: A body of students. [R.]
STUDENTSHIPStu"dent*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a student.
STUDFISHStud"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, as F. catenatus.
STUD-HORSEStud"-horse`, n. Etym: [AS. stod-hors.]
Defn: A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding.
STUDIEDStud"ied, a.
1. Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.
2. Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry. I shrewdly suspect that he is little studied of a theory of moral proportions. Burke.
3. Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult. "Studied magnificence." Hawthorne.
4. Intent; inclined. [Obs.] Shak.
STUDIEDLYStud"ied*ly, adv.
Defn: In a studied manner.
STUDIERStud"i*er, n.
Defn: A student. [R.] W. Irving.Lipsius was a great studier of the stoical philosophy. Tillotson.
STUDIOStu"di*o, n.; pl. Studios. Etym: [It. studio, properly, study. SeeStudy.]
Defn: The working room of an artist.
STUDIOUSStu"di*ous, a. Etym: [L. studious: cf. F. studieux. See Study.]
1. Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.
2. Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative. Locke.
3. Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; — usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies. You that are so studious Of my affairs, wholly neglect your own. Massinger.
4. Planned with study; deliberate; studied. For the frigid villainy of studious lewdness, . . . with apology can be invented Rambler.
5. Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade. [Poetic] But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale. Milton. — Stu"di*ous*ly, adv. — Stu"di*ous*ness, n.
STUDYStud"y, n.; pl. Studies. Etym: [OE. studie, L. studium, akin tostudere to study; possibly akin to Gr. estudie, estude, F. étude. Cf.Etude, Student, Studio, Study, v. i.]
1. A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge. Hammond . . . spent thirteen hours of the day in study. Bp. Fell. Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace. Sir W. Temple.
2. Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation. Just men they seemed, and all their study bent To worship God aright, and know his works. Milton.
3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration. The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study. Law. The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.
4. A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. "His cheery little study." Hawthorne.
5. (Fine Arts)
Defn: A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture.
6. (Mus.)
Defn: A piece for special practice. See Etude.
STUDYStud"y, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Studied; p. pr. & vb. n. Studying.] Etym:[OE. studien, OF. estudier, F. étudier. See Study, n.]
1. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder. Chaucer. I found a moral first, and then studied for a fable. Swift.
2. To apply the mind to books or learning. Shak.
3. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous. 1 Thes. iv. 11.
STUDYStud"y, v. t.
1. To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
2. To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature. Study thyself; what rank or what degree The wise Creator has ordained for thee. Dryden.
3. To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to study a speech.
4. To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study variety in composition. For their heart studieth destruction. Prov. xxiv. 2.
STUFAStu"fa, n. Etym: [It. stufa a stove. See Stove.]
Defn: A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth.
STUFF Stuff, n. Etym: [OF. estoffe, F. étoffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. Stuff, v. t.]
1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. Ex. xxxvi. 7. Ambitions should be made of sterner stuff. Shak. The workman on his stuff his skill doth show, And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill. Sir J. Davies.
2. The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence. Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience To do no contrived murder. Shak.
3. Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber. What stuff wilt have a kirtle of Shak. It [the arras] was of stuff and silk mixed, though, superior kinds were of silk exclusively. F. G. Lee.
4. Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils. He took away locks, and gave away the king's stuff. Hayward.
5. A medicine or mixture; a potion. Shak.
6. Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash. Anger would indite Such woeful stuff as I or Shadwell write. Dryden.
7. (Naut.)
Defn: A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
8. Paper stock ground ready for use.
Note: When partly ground, called half stuff. Knight. Clear stuff. See under Clear. — Small stuff (Naut.), all kinds of small cordage. Ham. Nav. Encyc. — Stuff gown, the distinctive garb of a junior barrister; hence, a junior barrister himself. See Silk gown, under Silk.stuff and nonsense. (See def. 6 for stuff) balderdash, twaddle, nonsense, foolishness.
STUFF Stuff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stuffing.] Etym: [OE. stoffen; cf. OF. estoffer, F. étoffer, to put stuff in, to stuff, to line, also, OF. estouffer to stifle, F. étouffer; both perhaps of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stop. Cf. Stop, v. t., Stuff, n.]
1. To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick. Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown, And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown. Gay. Lest the gods, for sin, Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin. Dryden.
2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack. Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing them close together . . . and they retain smell and color. Bacon.
3. To fill by being pressed or packed into. With inward arms the dire machine they load, And iron bowels stuff the dark abode. Dryden.
4. (Cookery)
Defn: To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration. I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. Shak.
6. To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; — said of birds or other animals.
7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. An Eastern king put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence, and ordered his hide to be stuffed into a cushion, and placed upon the tribunal. Swift.
8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]
STUFFStuff, v. i.
Defn: To feed gluttonously; to cram.Taught harmless man to cram and stuff. Swift.
STUFFERStuff"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, stuffs.
STUFFINESSStuff"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being stuffy.
STUFFINGStuff"ing, n.
1. That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.
2. (Cookery)
Defn: Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather. Stuffing box, a device for rendering a joint impervious where there is a hole through which a movable cylindrical body, as the paston rod of a steam engine, or the plunger of a pump, slides back and forth, or in which a shaft turns. It usually consists of a box or chamber, made by an enlargement of part of the hole, forming a space around the rod or shaft for containing packing which is compressed and made to fill the space closely by means of a sleeve, called the gland, which fits loosely around the rod, and is pressed upon the packing by bolts or other means.
STUFFYStuff"y, a.
1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]
3. Ill-ventilated; close.
STUKEStuke, n.
Defn: Stucco. [Obs.]
STULLStull, n. Etym: [CF. Stum.]
Defn: A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones. [Prov. Eng.]
STULMStulm, n. Etym: [Cf. G. stollen a post, a stulm, E. stall, stand.]
Defn: A shaft or gallery to drain a mine. [Local, Eng.] Bailey.
STULPStulp, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. stolpi, Dan., Sw., & OD. stolpe.]
Defn: A short, stout post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary.[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
STULTIFICATIONStul`ti*fi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.
STULTIFIERStul"ti*fi`er, n.
Defn: One who stultifies.
STULTIFYStul"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stultified; p. pr. & vb. n.Stultifying.] Etym: [L. stultus foolish + -fy.]
1. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. Burke.
2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own. Hazlitt.
3. (Law)
Defn: To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.
STULTILOQUENCE Stul*til"o*quence, n. Etym: [L. stultiloquentia; stultus foolish + loquentia a talking, fr. loquens, p.pr. of loqui to talk.]
Defn: Silly talk; babbling.
STULTILOQUENTStul*til"o*quent, a. Etym: [Cf. L. stultiloquus. See Stultiloquence.]
Defn: Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling.— Stul*til"o*quent*ly, adv.
STULTILOQUYStul*til"o*quy, n. Etym: [L. stultiloquium.]
Defn: Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling. Jer. Taylor.
STULTYStul"ty, a. Etym: [L. stultus foolish.]
Defn: Foolish; silly. [Obs.] Testament of Love.
STUM Stum, n. Etym: [D. stom must, new wort, properly, dumb; cf. F. vin muet stum. Cf. Stammer, Stoom.]
1. Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must. Let our wines, without mixture of stum, be all fine. B. Jonson. And with thy stum ferment their fainting cause. Dryden.
2. Wine revived by new fermentation, reulting from the admixture of must. Hudibras.
STUMStum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stumming.]
Defn: To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a newfermentation.We stum our wines to renew their spirits. Floyer.
STUMBLEStum"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stumbling.]Etym: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer.See Stammer.]
1. To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step. There stumble steeds strong and down go all. Chaucer. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know at what they stumble. Prov. iv. 19.
2. To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner. He stumbled up the dark avenue. Sir W. Scott.
3. To fall into a crime or an error; to err. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion og stumbling in him. 1 John ii. 10.
4. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; — with on, upon, or against. Ovid stumbled, by some inadvertency, upon Livia in a bath. Dryden. Forth as she waddled in the brake, A gray goose stumbled on a snake. C. Smart.
STUMBLEStum"ble, v. t.
1. To cause to stumble or trip.
2. Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or tofall.False and dazzling fires to stumble men. Milton.One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis.Locke.
STUMBLEStum"ble, n.
1. A trip in walking or running.
2. A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude. One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. L'Estrange.
STUMBLERStum"bler, n.
Defn: One who stumbles.
STUMBLING-BLOCKStum"bling-block`, n.
Defn: Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error. We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 23.
STUMBLINGLYStum"bling*ly, adv.
Defn: In a stumbling manner.
STUMBLING-STONEStum"bling-stone`, n.
Defn: A stumbling-block.This stumbling-stone we hope to take away. T. Burnet.
STUMPStump, n. Etym: [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf,Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.]
1. The 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; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.
3. pl.
Defn: The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Slang]
4. (Cricket)
Defn: One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
5. A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.
6. A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece. Leg stump (Cricket), the stump nearest to the batsman. — Off stump (Cricket), the stump farthest from the batsman. — Stump tracery (Arch.), a term used to describe late German Gothic tracery, in which the molded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the molding is seen at the end of each similar stump. — To go on the stump, or To take the stump, to engage in making public addresses for electioneering purposes; — a phrase derived from the practice of using a stump for a speaker's platform in newly- settled districts. Hence also the phrases stump orator, stump speaker, stump speech, stump oratory, etc. [Colloq. U.S.]
STUMPStump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stumping.]
1. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. Dr. H. More.
2. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. [Colloq.]
3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [Colloq.]
4. To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n. [Colloq. U.S.]
5. (Cricket) (a) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; — sometimes with out. T. Hughes. (b) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket. A herd of boys with clamor bowled, And stumped the wicket. Tennyson. To stump it. (a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape. [Slang] Ld. Lytton. (b) To make electioneering speeches. [Colloq. U.S.]
STUMPStump, v. i.
Defn: To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. To stump up, to pay cash.[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
STUMPAGEStump"age, n.
1. Timber in standing trees, — often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared. [Local, U.S.] Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land. C. S. Sargent.
2. A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber. [Local, U.S.] The Nation.
STUMPERStump"er, n.
1. One who stumps.
2. A boastful person. [Slang]
3. A puzzling or incredible story. [Slang, U.S.]
STUMPINESSStump"i*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being stumpy.
STUMP-TAILEDStump"-tailed`, a.
Defn: Having a short, thick tail. Stump-tailed lizard (Zoöl.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; — called also sleeping lizard.
STUMPYStump"y, a.
1. Full of stumps; hard; strong.
2. Short and thick; stubby. [Colloq.] "A stumpy little man." J. C. Harris.
STUNStun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunning.] Etym:[OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian to resound (cf. D.stenen to groan, G. stöhnen, Icel. stynja, Gr. stan to thunder, andE. thunder), or from the same source as E. astonish. *168.]
1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head. One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. Dryden.
2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing. And stunned him with the music of the spheres. Pope.
3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder. William was quite stunned at my discourse. De Foe.
STUNStun, n.
Defn: The condition of being stunned.
STUNDIST Stun"dist, n. [Russ. shtundist, prob. fr. G. stunde hour; — from their meetings for Bible reading.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a large sect of Russian dissenters founded, about 1860, in the village of Osnova, near Odessa, by a peasant, Onishchenko, who had apparently been influenced by a German sect settled near there. They zealously practice Bible reading and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship. — Stun"dism (#), n.
STUNGStung,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Sting.
STUNKStunk,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Stink.
STUNNERStun"ner, n.
1. One who, or that which, stuns.
2. Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence. [Slang] Thackeray.
STUNNINGStun"ning, a.
1. Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise.
2. Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. [Slang] C. Kingsley. — Stun"ning*ly, adv. [Slang]
STUNSAILStun"sail, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A contraction of Studding sail.With every rag set, stunsails, sky scrapers and all. Lowell.
STUNTStunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.] Etym:[See Stint.]
Defn: To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; 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 energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. Burke.
STUNTStunt, n.
1. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
2. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
STUNTEDStunt"ed, a.
Defn: Dwarfed.— Stunt"ed*ness, n.
STUNTNESSStunt"ness, n.
Defn: Stuntedness; brevity. [R.] Earle.
STUPAStu"pa (stoo"pa), n. Etym: [Skr. stupa.]
Defn: A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
STUPAStu"pa (stu"pa), n. Etym: [L.] (Med.)
Defn: See 1st Stupe.
STUPEStupe, n. Etym: [L. stupa, or better stuppa, tow. Cf. Stop, v. t.](Med.)
Defn: Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.
STUPEStupe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stuping.]
Defn: To foment with a stupe. Wiseman.
STUPEStupe, n. Etym: [See Stupid.]
Defn: A stupid person. [Obs.]
STUPEFACIENTStu`pe*fa"cient, a. Etym: [L. stupefaciens, p.pr. of stupefacere tostupefy; stupere to be stupefied + facere to make. Cf. Stupefy.][Written also stupifacient.]
Defn: Producing stupefaction; stupefactive.— n. (Med.)
Defn: Anything promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.
STUPEFACTIONStu`pe*fac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stupéfaction. See Stupefacient.]
Defn: The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.[Written also stupifaction.]Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness andstupefaction upon it. South.
STUPEFACTIVE Stu`pe*fac"tive, a. & n. Etym: [Cf. F. stupéfactif, LL. stupefactivus.]
Defn: Same as Stupefacient. [Written also stupifactive.]
STUPEFIEDStu"pe*fied, a.
Defn: Having been made stupid.
STUPEFIEDNESSStu"pe*fied`ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being stupid.
STUPEFIERStu"pe*fi`er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, stupefies; a stupefying agent.
STUPEFYStu"pe*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stupefied; p. pr. & vb. n.Stupefying.] Etym: [F. stupéfier, fr. L. stupere to be stupefied +ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See Stupid, Fact, and cf.Stupefacient.] [Written also stupify, especially in England.]
1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid. The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain. South.
2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.] It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupefied. Bacon.
STUPENDOUS Stu*pen"dous, a. Etym: [L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. Stupid.]
Defn: Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing inmagnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. "A stupendous sum."Macaulay.All are but parts of one stupendous whole. Pope.— Stu*pen"dous*ly, adv.— Stu*pen"dous*ness, n.
STUPEOUS Stu"pe*ous, a. Etym: [L. stupa, or better stuppa, tow; cf. L. stuppeus made of tow. Cf. Stupose.]
Defn: Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose.
STUPID Stu"pid, a. Etym: [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied: cf. F. stupide.]
1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; — said of persons. O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God! Milton. With wild surprise, A moment stupid, motionless he stood. Thomson.
2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; — said of things. Observe what loads of stupid rhymes Oppress us in corrupted times. Swift.
Syn.— Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish; sottish; dull;heavy; clodpated.— Stu"pid*ly, adv.— Stu"pid*ness, n.
STUPIDITYStu*pid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. stupiditas: cf. F. stupidité.]
1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [R.] A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with fear. Chapman.
STUPIFYStu"pi*fy, v. t.
Defn: See Stupefy.
STUPORStu"por, n. Etym: [L., from stupere to be struck senseless.]
1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
STUPOSEStu*pose, a. Etym: [L. stupa, or better stuppa, tow. Cf. Stupeous.](Bot.)
Defn: Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow; stupeous.
STUPRATE Stu"prate, v. t. Etym: [L. stupratus, p.p. of stuprare to ravish, fr. stuprum defilement.]
Defn: To ravish; to debauch. [R.] Heywood.
STUPRATIONStu*pra"tion, n.
Defn: Violation of chastity by force; rape. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
STUPRUMStu"prum, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Stupration.
STURBSturb, v. t.
Defn: To disturb. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STURDILYStur"di*ly, adv.
Defn: In a sturdy manner.
STURDINESSStur"di*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being sturdy.
STURDY Stur"dy, a. [Compar. Sturdier; superl. Sturdiest.] Etym: [OE. sturdi inconsiderable, OF. estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, F. étourdi, p.p. of OF. estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, F. étourdir; of uncertain origin. The sense has probably been influenced by E. stout.]
1. Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern. This sturdy marquis gan his hearte dress To rue upon her wifely steadfastness. Chaucer. This must be done, and I would fain see Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay. Hudibras. A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps. Atterbury.
2. Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism.
3. Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout. How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Gray.
4. Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak. Milton. He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.
Syn.— Hardy; stout; strong; firm; robust; stiff.
STURDYStur"dy, n. Etym: [OF. estourdi giddiness, stupefaction.] (Vet.)
Defn: A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.
STURGEONStur"geon, n. Etym: [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo,G. stör; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridæ. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
Note: The common North American species are Acipenser sturio of the Atlantic coast region, A. transmontanus of the Pacific coast, and A. rubicundus of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In Europe, the common species is Acipenser sturio, and other well-known species are the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head, and has four barbels in front. Shovel-nosed sturgeon. (Zoöl.) See Shovelnose (d).
STURIONESStu`ri*o"nes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from LL. sturio. See Sturgeon.](Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of fishes including the sturgeons.
STURIONIANStu`ri*o"ni*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type.
STURKSturk, n.
Defn: See Stirk. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
STURNOIDStur"noid, a. Etym: [L. sturnus a starling + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or pertaining to the starlings.
STURTSturt, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Start, v. i.]
Defn: To vex; to annoy; to startle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
STURTSturt, n.
1. Disturbance; annoyance; care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] "Sturt and care." J. Rolland.
2. (Mining)
Defn: A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.Raymond.
STURTIONStur"tion, n.
Defn: A corruption of Nasturtion.
STUTStut, v. i.
Defn: To stutter. [Obs.] Skelton.
STUTTER Stut"ter, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Stuttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stuttering.] Etym: [Freq. of stut, OE. stoten; probably of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. D. & LG. stotteren, G. stottern, D. stooten to push, to strike; akin to G. stossen, Icel. stauta, Sw. stöta, Dan. stöde, Goth. stautan, L. tundere, Skr. tud to thrust. Cf. Contuse, Obtuse.]
Defn: To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer. Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor. Macaulay.
STUTTERStut"ter, n.
1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.
2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] Bacon.
STUTTERERStut"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who stutters; a stammerer.
STUTTERINGStut"ter*ing, n.
Defn: The act of one who stutters; — restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering.
STUTTERINGStut"ter*ing, a.
Defn: Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering.— Stut"ter*ing*ly, adv.
STY Sty, n.; pl. Sties (. [Written also stigh.] Etym: [AS. stigu, fr. stigan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. *164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.]
1. A pen or inclosure for swine.
2. A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.
STYSty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying.]
Defn: To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.
STY Sty, v. i. Etym: [OE. stien, sti, AS. stigan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. stigan, G. steigen, Icel. stiga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, Stair steps, Stirrup, Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vestige.]
Defn: To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [Obs.]With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of thisFaery Queene. Spenser.
STYSty, n. Etym: [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye,AS. stigend (sc. eáge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p.p.of stigan to rise. See Sty, v. i.] (Med.)
Defn: An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.[Written also stye.]
STYANSty"an, n.
Defn: See Sty, a boil. [R.] De quincey.
STYCASty"ca, n. Etym: [LL., fr. AS. stic, styc, stycge.]
Defn: An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing. S. M. Leake.
STYCERINSty"cer*in, n. Etym: [Styryl + glycerin.] (Chem.)
Defn: A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; - - called also phenyl glycerin.
STYEStye, n.
Defn: See Sty, a boil.
STYGIALStyg"i*al, a.
Defn: Stygian. [R.] Skelton.
STYGIANStyg"i*an, a. Etym: [L. Stygius, fr. Styx, Stygis, Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal.See Styx.At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng Bent their aspect.Milton.
STYLAGALMAICSty`la*gal*ma"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Arch.)
Defn: Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatides are stylagalmaic figures or images. [Written also stylogalmaic.]
STYLARSty"lar, a.
Defn: See Stilar.
STYLASTERSty*las"ter, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster.
STYLE Style, n. Etym: [OE. stile, F. style, Of. also stile, L. stilus a style or writing instrument, manner or writing, mode of expression; probably for stiglus, meaning, a pricking instrument, and akin to E. stick. See Stick, v. t., and cf. Stiletto. The spelling with y is due to a supposed connection with Gr.
1. An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.
2. Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use. Specifically: — (a) A pen; an author's pen. Dryden. (b) A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver. (c) A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument. (d) (Zoöl.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects. (e) Etym: [Perhaps fr. Gr.
Defn: The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon. (f) Etym: [Probably fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
3. Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression. High style, as when that men to kinges write. Chaucer. Style is the dress of thoughts. Chesterfield. Proper words in proper places make the true definition of style. Swift. It is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work. I. Disraeli.
4. Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result. The ornamental style also possesses its own peculiar merit. Sir J. Reynolds.
5. Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion. According to the usual style of dedications. C. Middleton.
6. Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty. One style to a gracious benefactor, another to a proud, insulting foe. Burke.
7. (Chron.)
Defn: A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian andGregorian calendars.
Note: Style is Old or New. The Old Style follows the Julian manner of computing the months and days, or the calendar as established by Julius Cæsar, in which every fourth year consists of 366 days, and the other years of 365 days. This is about 11 minutes in a year too much. Pope Georgy XIII. reformed the calendar by retrenching 10 days in October, 1582, in order to bring back the vernal equinox to the same day as at the time of the Council of Nice, A.D. 325. This reformation was adopted by act of the British Parliament in 1751, by which act 11 days in September, 1752, were retrenched, and the third day was reckoned the fourteenth. This mode of reckoning is called New Style, according to which every year divisible by 4, unless it is divisible by 100 without being divisible by 400, has 366 days, and any other year 365 days. Style of court, the practice or manner observed by a court in its proceedings. Ayliffe.
Syn.— Diction; phraseology; manner; course; title. See Diction.
STYLEStyle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Styled; p. pr. & vb. n. Styling.]
Defn: To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate. "Styled great conquerors." Milton. How well his worth and brave adventures styled. Dryden.
Syn.— To call; name; denominate; designate; term; characterize.
STYLETSty"let, n. Etym: [F., dim. of style; cf. It. stiletto. SeeStiletto.]
Defn: A small poniard; a stiletto.
2. (Surg.) (a) An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, — called also specillum. (b) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria.
STYLIFEROUSSty*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Style + -ferous.] (Bot.)
Defn: Bearing one or more styles.
STYLIFORMSty"li*form, a. Etym: [Style + -form: cf. F. styliforme.]
Defn: Having the form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen; styloid.
STYLISHStyl"ish, a.
Defn: Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, thedisplay of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress,house, manner.— Styl"ish*ly, adv.— Styl"ish*ness, n.
STYLISTStyl"ist, n.
Defn: One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style. Distinguished as a stylist, for ease. Fitzed. Hall.
STYLISTICSty*lis"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to style in language. [R.] "Stylistictrifles." J. A. Symonds.The great stylistic differences in the works ascribed to him[Wyclif]. G. P. Marsh.
STYLITESty"lite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; — called also pillarist and pillar saint.
STYLO-Sty"lo-.
Defn: A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.
STYLOBATESty"lo*bate, n. Etym: [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. (Arch.)
Defn: The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.
STYLOGLOSSALSty`lo*glos"sal, a. Etym: [Stylo- + glossal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.
STYLOGRAPHSty"lo*graph, n.
Defn: A stylographic pen.
STYLOGRAPHICSty`lo*graph"ic, a.
1. Of or pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets.
2. Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink. Stylographic pen, a pen with a conical point like that of a style, combined with a reservoir for supplying it with ink. — Stylographic pencil, a pencil used in stylography.
STYLOGRAPHICALSty`lo*graph"ic*al, a.
Defn: Same as Stylographic, 1.— Sty`lo*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
STYLOGRAPHYSty*log"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Style + -graphy.]
Defn: A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.
STYLOHYALSty`lo*hy"al, n. Etym: [Stylo- + the Gr. letter (Anat.)
Defn: A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.
STYLOHYOIDSty`lo*hy"oid, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone.
STYLOIDSty"loid, a. Etym: [Style + -oid: cf. F. styloïde, Gr.
1. Styliform; as, the styloid process.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the styloid process. Styloid process (Anat.), a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals.
STYLOMASTOIDSty`lo*mas"toid, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.
STYLOMAXILLARYSty`lo*max"il*la*ry, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.
STYLOMETERSty*lom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring columns.
STYLOMMATASty*lom"ma*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: Same as Stylommatophora.
STYLOMMATOPHORASty*lom`ma*toph"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
STYLOMMATOPHOROUSSty*lom`ma*toph"o*rous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to Stylommatophora.
STYLOPODIUMSty`lo*po"di*um, n.; pl. Stylopodia. Etym: [NL. See Style, andPodium.] (Bot.)
Defn: An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.
STYLOPSSty"lops, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera.
STYLUSSty"lus, n. Etym: [L. stylus, or better stilus.]
Defn: An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1. That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond. 3. The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record. 4. (Computers)
Defn: A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
STYMIE; STIMYSty"mie, n. Also Sti"my. [Orig. uncertain.] (Golf)
Defn: The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position.
STYMIE; STIMYSty"mie, v. t. Also Sti"my. (Golf)
Defn: To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
STYPHNATEStyph"nate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of styphnic acid.
STYPHNICStyph"nic, a. Etym: [Gr. (spurious) sty`fein to contract.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts.
STYPTICStyp"tic, a. Etym: [L. stypticus, Gr.
Defn: Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.
STYPTICStyp"tic, n. (Med.)
Defn: A styptic medicine.
STYPTICALStyp"tic*al, a.
Defn: Styptic; astringent.
STYPTICITYStyp*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stypticité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
STYRACINStyr"a*cin, n. Etym: [See Styrax.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
STYRAXSty"rax, n. Etym: [L. styrax, storax, Gr. Storax.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalis yields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin.
2. Same as Storax.
STYROLSty"rol, n. Etym: [Styrax + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Styrolene.
STYROLENESty"ro*lene, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; — called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene.
STYRONESty"rone, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; — properly called cinnamic, or styryl, alcohol.
STYRYLSty"ryl, n. Etym: [Styrax + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; — called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl.
STYTHEStythe, n. (Mining)
Defn: Choke damp.
STYTHYStyth"y, n. & v.
Defn: See Stithy.
STYXStyx, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.
SUABILITYSu`a*bil"i*ty, n. (Law)
Defn: Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.
SUABLESu"a*ble, a. (Law)
Defn: Capable of being sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court. Story.
SUADESuade, v. t. Etym: [L. suadere.]
Defn: To persuade. [Obs.]
SUADIBLESuad"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. suadibilis.]
Defn: Suasible. [Obs.] Wyclif (James iii. 17).
SUAGESuage, v. t.
Defn: To assuage. [Obs.] Dryden.
SUANTSu"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. Sue to pursue.]
Defn: Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even. [Written also suent.] [Local, U.S. & Prov. Eng.] — Su"ant*ly, adv. [Local, U.S. & Prov. Eng.]
SUASIBLESua"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. suadere, suasum, to persuade.]
Defn: Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.
SUASION Sua"sion, n. Etym: [L. suasio, fr. suadere, suasum, to advise, persuade, fr. suadus persuading, persuasive; akin to suavis sweet: cf. OF. suasion. See Suave, and cf. Dissuade, Persuade.]
Defn: The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.
SUASIVESua"sive, a.
Defn: Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory. South. "Genial and suasive satire." Earle. — Sua"sive*ly, adv.