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Sheet \Sheet\, n. [OE. shete, schete, AS. sc[emac]te, sc[ymac]te, fr. sce[a0]t a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat, Icel. skaut, Goth. skauts the hem of a garment); originally, that which shoots out, from the root of AS. sce[a2]tan to shoot. [root]159. See {Shoot}, v. t.] In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies. Specifically: (a) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body. He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x. 10, 11. If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets. --Shak. (b) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc. (c) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; in pl., the book itself. To this the following sheets are intended for a full and distinct answer. --Waterland. (d) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf. (e) A broad expanse of water, or the like. [bd]The two beautiful sheets of water.[b8] --Macaulay. (f) A sail. --Dryden. (g) (Geol.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. 2. [AS. sce[a0]ta. See the Etymology above.] (Naut.) (a) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom. (b) pl. The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets. Note: Sheet is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote that the substance to the name of which it is prefixed is in the form of sheets, or thin plates or leaves; as, sheet brass, or sheet-brass; sheet glass, or sheet-glass; sheet gold, or sheet-gold; sheet iron, or sheet-iron, etc. {A sheet in the wind}, half drunk. [Sailors' Slang] {Both sheets in the wind}, very drunk. [Sailors' Slang] {In sheets}, lying flat or expanded; not folded, or folded but not bound; -- said especially of printed sheets. {Sheet bend} (Naut.), a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye. {Sheet lightning}, {Sheet piling}, etc. See under {Lightning}, {Piling}, etc. | |
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Sidebone \Side"bone`\, n. (Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse. --J. H. Walsh. | |
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Skidpan \Skid"pan`\, n. See {Skid}, n., 1. [Eng.] | |
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Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.] (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. {Caustic soda}, sodium hydroxide. {Cooking soda}, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.] {Sal soda}. See {Sodium carbonate}, under {Sodium}. {Soda alum} (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda. {Soda ash}, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort ({Salsola}). See under {Sodium}. {Soda fountain}, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc. {Soda lye}, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making. {Soda niter}. See {Nitratine}. {Soda salts}, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts. {Soda waste}, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali waste}. {Soda water}, originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate, with some acid to cause effervescence; now, in common usage, a beverage consisting of water highly charged with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid). Fruit sirups, cream, etc., are usually added to give flavor. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Washing soda}, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.] | |
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Stab \Stab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stabbing}.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf. {Staff}.] 1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person. 2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation. | |
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Stabbingly \Stab"bing*ly\, adv. By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly. --Bp. Parker. | |
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Staff \Staff\, n.; pl. {Staves} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) or {Staffs}in senses 1-9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS. st[91]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sth[be]pay to cause to stand, to place. See {Stand}, and cf. {Stab}, {Stave}, n.] 1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal. --Ex. xxxviii. 7. With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden. 2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds. [bd]Hooked staves.[b8] --Piers Plowman. The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak. He spoke of it [beer] in [bd]The Earnest Cry,[b8] and likewise in the [bd]Scotch Drink,[b8] as one of the staffs of life which had been struck from the poor man's hand. --Prof. Wilson. 3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff. Methought this staff, mine office badge in court, Was broke in twain. --Shak. All his officers brake their staves; but at their return new staves were delivered unto them. --Hayward. 4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. 5. The round of a ladder. [R.] I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves. --Dr. J. Campbell (E. Brown's Travels). 6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden. 7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. 8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. 9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder. 10. [From {Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See {[90]tat Major}. 11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper. {Jacob's staff} (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass. {Staff angle} (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged. {The staff of life}, bread. [bd]Bread is the staff of life.[b8] --Swift. {Staff tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Celastrus}, mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The American species ({C. scandens}) is commonly called {bittersweet}. See 2d {Bittersweet}, 3 (b) . {To set}, [or] {To put}, {up, [or] down}, {one's staff}, to take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.] | |
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Staffman \Staff"man\, n.; pl. {Staffmen}. A workman employed in silk throwing. | |
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Staffman \Staff"man\, n.; pl. {Staffmen}. A workman employed in silk throwing. | |
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Stave \Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staved}or {Stove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Staving}.] [From {Stave}, n., or {Staff}, n.] 1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat. 2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off. The condition of a servant staves him off to a distance. --South. 3. To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project. And answered with such craft as women use, Guilty or guilties, to stave off a chance That breaks upon them perilously. --Tennyson. 4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask. All the wine in the city has been staved. --Sandys. 5. To furnish with staves or rundles. --Knolles. 6. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run. {To stave and tail}, in bear baiting, (to stave) to interpose with the staff, doubtless to stop the bear; (to tail) to hold back the dog by the tail. --Nares. | |
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Staving \Stav"ing\, n. A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel. | |
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Steepen \Steep"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steepened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steepening}.] To become steep or steeper. As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path. --H. Miller. | |
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Steepen \Steep"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steepened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steepening}.] To become steep or steeper. As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path. --H. Miller. | |
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Steepen \Steep"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steepened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steepening}.] To become steep or steeper. As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path. --H. Miller. | |
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Steepiness \Steep"i*ness\, n. Steepness. --Howell. | |
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Steep \Steep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steeped} (st[emac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Steeping}.] [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of st[umac]pa to stoop; cf. Sw. st[94]pa to cast, to steep, Dan. st[94]be, D. & G. stippen to steep, to dip. Cf. {Stoop}, v. t.] To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively. Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. --Shak. In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling flowers. --Wordsworth. The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin. --Earle. | |
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Steepness \Steep"ness\, n. 1. Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof. 2. Height; loftiness. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Steeve \Steeve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steeved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steeving}.] [Cf. OD. steve staff, E. stem, n.] (Shipbuilding) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc. | |
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Steeve \Steeve\, n. (Naut.) (a) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also {steeving}. (b) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly. | |
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Steeving \Steev"ing\, n. 1. The act or practice of one who steeves. 2. (Naut.) See {Steeve}, n. (a) . | |
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Steeve \Steeve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steeved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steeving}.] [Cf. OD. steve staff, E. stem, n.] (Shipbuilding) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc. | |
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Steeve \Steeve\, n. (Naut.) (a) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also {steeving}. (b) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly. | |
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Steeving \Steev"ing\, n. 1. The act or practice of one who steeves. 2. (Naut.) See {Steeve}, n. (a) . | |
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Steeve \Steeve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steeved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steeving}.] [Cf. OD. steve staff, E. stem, n.] (Shipbuilding) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc. | |
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Steeve \Steeve\, n. (Naut.) (a) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also {steeving}. (b) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly. | |
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Steeving \Steev"ing\, n. 1. The act or practice of one who steeves. 2. (Naut.) See {Steeve}, n. (a) . | |
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Stephanion \Ste*pha"ni*on\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a crown.] (Anat.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture. | |
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Stephanite \Steph"an*ite\, n. [So named after the Archduke Stephan, mining director of Austria.] (Min.) A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also {black silver}, and {brittle silver ore}. | |
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d8Stephanotis \[d8]Steph`a*no"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fit for a crown, fr. [?] crown.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes. 2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of {Stephanotis floribunda}. | |
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Stepmother \Step"moth`er\, n. [AS. ste[a2]pm[d3]der.] The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage. | |
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Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[icr]n"d[etil]r*p[ecr]st), n. [G., fr. rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.] A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also {cattle plague}, {Russian cattle plague}, and {steppe murrain}. | |
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Steppe \Steppe\, n. [From Russ. stepe, through G. or F. steppe.] One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See {Savanna}. {Steppe murrain}. (Far.) See {Rinderpest}. | |
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Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[icr]n"d[etil]r*p[ecr]st), n. [G., fr. rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.] A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also {cattle plague}, {Russian cattle plague}, and {steppe murrain}. | |
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Steppe \Steppe\, n. [From Russ. stepe, through G. or F. steppe.] One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See {Savanna}. {Steppe murrain}. (Far.) See {Rinderpest}. | |
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Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stepping}.] [AS. st[91]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D. stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr. [?] to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp}, n. & a.] 1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession. 2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors. 3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely. Home the swain retreats, His flock before him stepping to the fold. --Thomson. 4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination. They are stepping almost three thousand years back into the remotest antiquity. --Pope. {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to retire from company. {To step forth}, to move or come forth. {To step} {in [or] into}. (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to advance suddenly in. Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. --John v. 4. (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the house. (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate. {To step out}. (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity, of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches. (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time. {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of the step according to the established rules. | |
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Stepping-stone \Step"ping-stone`\, n. 1. A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking. 2. Fig.: A means of progress or advancement. These obstacles his genius had turned into stepping-stones. --Macaulay. That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. --Tennyson. | |
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Steven \Ste"ven\, n. [AS. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to D. stem, G. stimme, Goth. stibna.] 1. Voice; speech; language. [Obs. or Scot.] Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven. --Chaucer. 2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.] --Spenser. {To set steven}, to make an appointment. [Obs.] They setten steven for to meet To playen at the dice. --Chaucer. | |
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Stewpan \Stew"pan`\, n. A pan used for stewing. | |
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Stibine \Stib"ine\, n. (Chem.) Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also {antimoniureted hydrogen}. | |
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Stibnite \Stib"nite\, n. (Min.) A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also {antimony glance}, and {gray antimony}. | |
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Stibonium \Sti*bo"ni*um\, n. (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {SbH4}, analogous to ammonium; -- called also {antimonium}. | |
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Neck \Neck\, n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk. 2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal; as: (a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd. (b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts. (c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board. 3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft. 4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root. {Neck and crop}, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.] {Neck and neck} (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side. {Neck of a capital}. (Arch.) See {Gorgerin}. {Neck of a cascabel} (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the base of the breech. {Neck of a gun}, the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle. {Neck of a tooth} (Anat.), the constriction between the root and the crown. {Neck or nothing} (Fig.), at all risks. {Neck verse}. (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, [bd]Miserere mei,[b8] etc. --Sir W. Scott. (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth. These words, [bd]bread and cheese,[b8] were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing [bd]broad and cause,[b8] being presently put to death. --Fuller. {Neck yoke}. (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses. (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's shoulders. {On the neck of}, immediately after; following closely. [bd]Commiting one sin on the neck of another.[b8] --W. Perkins. {Stiff neck}, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. [bd]I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck.[b8] --Deut. xxxi. 27. {To break the neck of}, to destroy the main force of. [bd]What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Stiff \Stiff\, a. [Compar. {Stiffer}; superl. {Stiffest}.] [OE. stif, AS. st[c6]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st[c6]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. Cf. {Costive}, {Stifle}, {Stipulate}, {Stive} to stuff.] 1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints. [They] rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid a[89]rial sky. --Milton. 2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff. 3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze. 4. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary. It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument. --Jer. Taylor. A war ensues: the Cretans own their cause, Stiff to defend their hospitable laws. --Dryden. 5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style. The French are open, familiar, and talkative; the Italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved. --Addison. 6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. [Obs. or Colloq.] [bd]This is stiff news.[b8] --Shak. 7. (Naut.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to {crank}. --Totten. 8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price. [Slang] {Stiff neck}, a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain. Syn: Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected; starched; rigorous. | |
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Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.] 1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak. 2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste. 3. To make torpid; to benumb. | |
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Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. i. To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. Like bristles rose my stiffening hair. --Dryden. The tender soil then stiffening by degrees. --Dryden. Some souls we see, Grow hard and stiffen with adversity. --Dryden. | |
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Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.] 1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak. 2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste. 3. To make torpid; to benumb. | |
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Stiffener \Stiff"en*er\, n. One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat. | |
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Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.] 1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak. 2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste. 3. To make torpid; to benumb. | |
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Stiffening \Stiff"en*ing\, n. 1. Act or process of making stiff. 2. Something used to make anything stiff. {Stiffening order} (Com.), a permission granted by the customs department to take cargo or ballast on board before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship. | |
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Stiffening \Stiff"en*ing\, n. 1. Act or process of making stiff. 2. Something used to make anything stiff. {Stiffening order} (Com.), a permission granted by the customs department to take cargo or ballast on board before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship. | |
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Stiff-necked \Stiff"-necked`\, a. Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. --Ex. xxxii. 9. | |
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Stiff-neckedness \Stiff"-neck`ed*ness\, n. The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness. | |
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Stiffness \Stiff"ness\, n. The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too. --South. | |
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Stipend \Sti"pend\, n. [L. stipendium; stips, gen. stipis, a gift, donation, given in small coin + pendere to weigh or pay out.] Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually. | |
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Stipend \Sti"pend\, v. t. To pay by settled wages. [R.] | |
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Stipendiarian \Sti*pen`di*a"ri*an\, a. Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary. --A. Seward. | |
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Stipendiary \Sti*pen"di*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Stipendiaries}. One who receives a stipend. If thou art become A tyrant's vile stipendiary. --Glover. | |
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Stipendiary \Sti*pen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. stipendiarius: cf. F. stipendiaire.] Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation. His great stipendiary prelates came with troops of evil-appointed horseman not half full. --Knolles. | |
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Stipendiary \Sti*pen"di*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Stipendiaries}. One who receives a stipend. If thou art become A tyrant's vile stipendiary. --Glover. | |
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Stipendiate \Sti*pen"di*ate\, v. t. [L. stipendiatus, p. p. of stipendiari to receive pay.] To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay. --Evelyn. It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs, and to stipendiate professors. --I. Taylor. | |
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Stipendless \Sti"pend*less\ (st[imac]"p[ecr]nd*l[ecr]s), a. Having no stipend. | |
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Stive \Stive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stiving}.] [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. {Stevedore}, {Stiff}.] To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling. --Sandys. His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Stoop \Stoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stooping}.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st[?]pian, OD. stuypen, Icel. st[umac]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th {Steep}.] 1. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position. 2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong. --Dryden. These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome. --Addison. 3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. [bd]She stoops to conquer.[b8] --Goldsmith. Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly. --Bacon. 4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. The bird of Jove, stooped from his a[89]ry tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. --Milton. 5. To sink when on the wing; to alight. And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden. Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing. --Milton. Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink. | |
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Stooping \Stoop"ing\, a. & n. from {Stoop}. -- {Stoop"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Stooping \Stoop"ing\, a. & n. from {Stoop}. -- {Stoop"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Stop \Stop\, n. 1. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction. It is doubtful . . . whether it contributed anything to the stop of the infection. --De Foe. Occult qualities put a stop to the improvement of natural philosophy. --Sir I. Newton. It is a great step toward the mastery of our desires to give this stop to them. --Locke. 2. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction. A fatal stop traversed their headlong course. --Daniel. So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal to oppose some stop to the rising torrent. --Rogers. 3. (Mach.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought. 4. (Mus.) (a) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated. The organ sound a time survives the stop. --Daniel. (b) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop. 5. (Arch.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far. 6. A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See {Punctuation}. 7. (Opt.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. 8. (Zo[94]l.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds. 9. (Phonetics) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed. --H. Sweet. {Stop bead} (Arch.), the molding screwed to the inner side of a window frame, on the face of the pulley stile, completing the groove in which the inner sash is to slide. {Stop motion} (Mach.), an automatic device for arresting the motion of a machine, as when a certain operation is completed, or when an imperfection occurs in its performance or product, or in the material which is supplied to it, etc. {Stop plank}, one of a set of planks employed to form a sort of dam in some hydraulic works. {Stop valve}, a valve that can be closed or opened at will, as by hand, for preventing or regulating flow, as of a liquid in a pipe; -- in distinction from a valve which is operated by the action of the fluid it restrains. {Stop watch}, a watch the hands of which can be stopped in order to tell exactly the time that has passed, as in timing a race. See {Independent seconds watch}, under {Independent}, a. Syn: Cessation; check; obstruction; obstacle; hindrance; impediment; interruption. | |
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Stope \Stope\, Stopen \Sto"pen\, p. p. of {Step}. Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. --Chaucer. | |
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Stope \Stope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stoping}.] (Mining) (a) To excavate in the form of stopes. (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out. | |
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Stoping \Stop"ing\, n. (Mining) The act of excavating in the form of stopes. | |
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Stop \Stop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stopping}.] [OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian (in comp.); akin to LG. & D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel. stoppa, Sw. stoppa, Dan. stoppe; all probably fr. LL. stopare, stupare, fr. L. stuppa the coarse part of flax, tow, oakum. Cf. {Estop}, {Stuff}, {Stupe} a fomentation.] 1. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound. --Shak. 2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage. 3. To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood. 4. To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity. Whose disposition all the world well knows Will not be rubbed nor stopped. --Shak. 5. (Mus.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. 6. To point, as a composition; to punctuate. [R.] If his sentences were properly stopped. --Landor. 7. (Naut.) To make fast; to stopper. Syn: To obstruct; hinder; impede; repress; suppress; restrain; discontinue; delay; interrupt. {To stop off} (Founding), to fill (a part of a mold) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting. {To stop the mouth}. See under {Mouth}. | |
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Stopping \Stop"ping\, n. 1. Material for filling a cavity. 2. (Mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air. 3. (Far.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist. --Youatt. | |
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Stopping-out \Stop"ping-out`\, n. A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts. | |
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Storm \Storm\, n. {Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm}, {anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran}, etc. {Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See {Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\ . [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer, Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.) A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino compound containing benzol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local an[91]sthetic, esp. by injection into the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[91]sthesia below the point of introduction. | |
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Stove \Stove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stoving}.] 1. To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees. --Bacon. 2. To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers. | |
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Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. [?].] 1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer. And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. --Dryden. 2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. 4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. 5. A pen with a short, blunt nib. 6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. {Stub end} (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened. {Stub iron}, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels. {Stub mortise} (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed. {Stub nail}, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail. {Stub short}, [or] {Stub shot} (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off. {Stub twist}, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined. | |
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Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. [?].] 1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer. And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. --Dryden. 2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. 4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. 5. A pen with a short, blunt nib. 6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. {Stub end} (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened. {Stub iron}, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels. {Stub mortise} (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed. {Stub nail}, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail. {Stub short}, [or] {Stub shot} (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off. {Stub twist}, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined. | |
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Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. [?].] 1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer. And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. --Dryden. 2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. 4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. 5. A pen with a short, blunt nib. 6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. {Stub end} (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened. {Stub iron}, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels. {Stub mortise} (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed. {Stub nail}, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail. {Stub short}, [or] {Stub shot} (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off. {Stub twist}, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stubbiness \Stub"bi*ness\, n. The state of being stubby. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stub \Stub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stubbing}.] 1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. --Berkley. 2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. 3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stuffiness \Stuff"i*ness\, n. The quality of being stuffy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stuff \Stuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stuffing}.] [OE. stoffen; cf. OF. estoffer, F. [82]toffer, to put stuff in, to stuff, to line, also, OF. estouffer to stifle, F. [82]touffer; 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) 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.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stuffing \Stuff"ing\, n. 1. That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion. 2. (Cookery) 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stuffing \Stuff"ing\, n. 1. That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion. 2. (Cookery) 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stupendous \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. {Stupid}.] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. [bd]A stupendous sum.[b8] --Macaulay. All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ly}, adv. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stupendous \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. {Stupid}.] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. [bd]A stupendous sum.[b8] --Macaulay. All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ly}, adv. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stupendous \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. {Stupid}.] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. [bd]A stupendous sum.[b8] --Macaulay. All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ly}, adv. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stupe \Stupe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stuping}.] To foment with a stupe. --Wiseman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Styphnate \Styph"nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of styphnic acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Styphnic \Styph"nic\, a. [Gr. (spurious) sty`fein to contract.] (Chem.) 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swath \Swath\ (sw[add]th; 277), n. [AS. swa[edh]u a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. {Swathe}, v. t.] 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath. 3. A band or fillet; a swathe. --Shak. {Swath bank}, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shady Point, OK (town, FIPS 66550) Location: 35.13520 N, 94.66165 W Population (1990): 597 (254 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74956 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Bend, IN (city, FIPS 71000) Location: 41.67530 N, 86.26570 W Population (1990): 105511 (45757 housing units) Area: 94.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46601, 46613, 46614, 46615, 46616, 46617, 46619, 46628, 46635, 46637 South Bend, NE (village, FIPS 45680) Location: 41.00205 N, 96.24617 W Population (1990): 93 (40 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) South Bend, WA (city, FIPS 65625) Location: 46.67065 N, 123.80304 W Population (1990): 1551 (726 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98586 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Bound Broo, NJ Zip code(s): 08880 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Bound Brook, NJ (borough, FIPS 68730) Location: 40.55395 N, 74.52810 W Population (1990): 4185 (1677 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Effingham, NH Zip code(s): 03882 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Haven, IN (CDP, FIPS 71288) Location: 41.54358 N, 87.13391 W Population (1990): 6112 (1934 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) South Haven, KS (city, FIPS 66650) Location: 37.04913 N, 97.40032 W Population (1990): 420 (191 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67140 South Haven, MI (city, FIPS 74980) Location: 42.40037 N, 86.27255 W Population (1990): 5563 (2819 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49090 South Haven, MN (city, FIPS 61402) Location: 45.29147 N, 94.21586 W Population (1990): 193 (75 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55382 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Point, OH (village, FIPS 73670) Location: 38.41921 N, 82.57423 W Population (1990): 3823 (1454 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45680 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Pomfret, VT Zip code(s): 05067 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Venice, FL (CDP, FIPS 68100) Location: 27.04260 N, 82.41427 W Population (1990): 11951 (5637 housing units) Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34293 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Vienna, OH (village, FIPS 73796) Location: 39.92868 N, 83.61175 W Population (1990): 550 (198 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45369 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Vinemont, AL (town, FIPS 71900) Location: 34.23614 N, 86.86259 W Population (1990): 543 (240 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southaven, MS (city, FIPS 69280) Location: 34.97435 N, 89.99901 W Population (1990): 17949 (6312 housing units) Area: 33.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38671 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
St. Bonaventure, NY (CDP, FIPS 64551) Location: 42.08023 N, 78.47525 W Population (1990): 2397 (240 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
St. Bonifacius, MN (city, FIPS 56770) Location: 44.90495 N, 93.74700 W Population (1990): 1180 (418 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
St. Vincent, MN (city, FIPS 58144) Location: 48.97140 N, 97.22529 W Population (1990): 116 (56 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stebbins, AK (city, FIPS 72960) Location: 63.47847 N, 162.22735 W Population (1990): 400 (87 housing units) Area: 92.6 sq km (land), 4.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99671 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Steffenville, MO Zip code(s): 63470 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephen, MN (city, FIPS 62698) Location: 48.45148 N, 96.87717 W Population (1990): 707 (342 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56757 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephens, AR (city, FIPS 66860) Location: 33.42007 N, 93.06743 W Population (1990): 1137 (507 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71764 Stephens, GA Zip code(s): 30667 Stephens, KY Zip code(s): 41177 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephens City, VA (town, FIPS 75344) Location: 39.09695 N, 78.22141 W Population (1990): 1186 (485 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22655 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephens County, GA (county, FIPS 257) Location: 34.55581 N, 83.29396 W Population (1990): 23257 (10254 housing units) Area: 464.3 sq km (land), 12.9 sq km (water) Stephens County, OK (county, FIPS 137) Location: 34.47810 N, 97.85573 W Population (1990): 42299 (19675 housing units) Area: 2271.8 sq km (land), 36.4 sq km (water) Stephens County, TX (county, FIPS 429) Location: 32.73812 N, 98.83949 W Population (1990): 9010 (4982 housing units) Area: 2317.3 sq km (land), 69.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephensburg, KY Zip code(s): 42724 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephenson, MI (city, FIPS 76380) Location: 45.41368 N, 87.60893 W Population (1990): 904 (401 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49887 Stephenson, VA Zip code(s): 22656 Stephenson, WV Zip code(s): 25928 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephenson County, IL (county, FIPS 177) Location: 42.35010 N, 89.66590 W Population (1990): 48052 (20378 housing units) Area: 1461.5 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephensport, KY Zip code(s): 40170 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephentown, NY Zip code(s): 12168, 12169 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stephenville, TX (city, FIPS 70208) Location: 32.21910 N, 98.21528 W Population (1990): 13502 (6333 housing units) Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76401 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Steuben, ME Zip code(s): 04680 Steuben, WI (village, FIPS 77175) Location: 43.18124 N, 90.85734 W Population (1990): 161 (70 housing units) Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54657 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Steuben County, IN (county, FIPS 151) Location: 41.64411 N, 85.00049 W Population (1990): 27446 (15768 housing units) Area: 799.6 sq km (land), 35.6 sq km (water) Steuben County, NY (county, FIPS 101) Location: 42.26423 N, 77.38538 W Population (1990): 99088 (43019 housing units) Area: 3607.2 sq km (land), 29.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Steubenville, OH (city, FIPS 74608) Location: 40.36700 N, 80.64656 W Population (1990): 22125 (9996 housing units) Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevens, PA Zip code(s): 17578 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevens County, KS (county, FIPS 189) Location: 37.20261 N, 101.31822 W Population (1990): 5048 (2116 housing units) Area: 1884.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Stevens County, MN (county, FIPS 149) Location: 45.58463 N, 96.00057 W Population (1990): 10634 (4108 housing units) Area: 1455.8 sq km (land), 34.1 sq km (water) Stevens County, WA (county, FIPS 65) Location: 48.39702 N, 117.85281 W Population (1990): 30948 (14601 housing units) Area: 6418.9 sq km (land), 161.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevens Point, WI (city, FIPS 77200) Location: 44.52768 N, 89.56051 W Population (1990): 23006 (8627 housing units) Area: 34.6 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54481 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevens Pottery, GA Zip code(s): 31031 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevens Village, AK (CDP, FIPS 73290) Location: 65.99905 N, 149.05465 W Population (1990): 102 (53 housing units) Area: 22.6 sq km (land), 7.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99774 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevensburg, VA Zip code(s): 22741 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevenson, AL (city, FIPS 73080) Location: 34.87061 N, 85.83310 W Population (1990): 2046 (888 housing units) Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35772 Stevenson, WA (city, FIPS 67875) Location: 45.69362 N, 121.89316 W Population (1990): 1147 (457 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98648 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevensville, MD (CDP, FIPS 75025) Location: 38.99392 N, 76.30893 W Population (1990): 1862 (631 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21666 Stevensville, MI (village, FIPS 76500) Location: 42.01385 N, 86.52522 W Population (1990): 1230 (570 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49127 Stevensville, MT (town, FIPS 71200) Location: 46.50781 N, 114.09093 W Population (1990): 1221 (512 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59870 Stevensville, PA Zip code(s): 18845 Stevensville, VA Zip code(s): 23161 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevensville South, MD (CDP, FIPS 75029) Location: 38.96018 N, 76.32935 W Population (1990): 1751 (735 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stevinson, CA Zip code(s): 95374 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Stephen Cole Kleene {Stephen Kleene} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Stephen Jobs co-founder and ex-president of {Apple Computer}, leader of the team that produced the {Macintosh}. In 1979, when he was president of Apple, Steven Jobs saw a demonstration of {Smalltalk} at {Xerox}'s {Palo Alto Research Center}. He and other Apple employees were "very impressed with the unique and revolutionary user-friendly design". The first {Macintosh} was released in January 1984. Jobs described it as {insanely great}. Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 and founded {Next, Inc.}. In December 1996 he was re-employed by Apple when they bought NeXT. See also {lithium lick}, {Mathematica}. (1997-03-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Stephen Kleene 1994-01-26) /steev'n (kohl) klay'nee/ An American mathematician whose work at the {University of Wisconsin-Madison} helped lay the foundations for modern computer science. Kleene was best known for founding the branch of {mathematical logic} known as {recursion theory} and for inventing {regular expressions}. The {Kleene star} and {Ascending Kleene Chain} are named after him. Kleene was born in Hartford, Conneticut, USA. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Amherst College in 1930. From 1930 to 1935, he was a graduate student and research assistant at {Princeton University} where he received his doctorate in mathematics in 1934. In 1935, he joined UW-Madison mathematics department as an instructor. He became an assistant professor in 1937. From 1939 to 1940, he was a visiting scholar at Princeton's {Institute for Advanced Study} where he laid the foundation for recursive function theory, an area that would be his lifelong research interest. In 1941 he returned to Amherst as an associate professor of mathematics. During World War II Kleene was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy. He was an instructor of navigation at the U.S. Naval Reserve's Midshipmen's School in New York, and then a project director at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. In 1946, he returned to Wisconsin, eventually becoming a full professor. He was chair of mathematics, and computer sciences in 1962 and 1963 and dean of the College of Letters and Science from 1969 to 1974. In 1964 he was named the Cyrus C. MacDuffee professor of mathematics. An avid mountain climber, Kleene had a strong interest in nature and the environment and was active in many conservation causes. He led several professional organisations, serving as president of the {Association of Symbolic Logic} from 1956 to 1958. In 1961, he served as president of the International Union of the History and the Philosophy of Science. Kleene pronounced his last name /klay'nee/. /klee'nee/ and /kleen/ are extremely common mispronunciations. His first name is /steev'n/, not /stef'n/. His son, Ken Kleene pronunciation is incorrect in all known languages. I believe that this novel pronunciation was invented by my father." {(gopher://gopher.adp.wisc.edu/00/.data/.news-rel/.9401/.940126a)}. (1999-03-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
stub network A {network} which only carries {packet}s to and from local {host}s. Even if it has paths to more than one other network, it does not carry traffic for other networks. See also {backbone}, {transit network}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Stephanas crown, a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among those the apostle had baptized (1 Cor. 1:16; 16:15, 17). He has been supposed by some to have been the "jailer of Philippi" (comp. Acts 16:33). The First Epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi some six years after the jailer's conversion, and he was with the apostle there at that time. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Stephen one of the seven deacons, who became a preacher of the gospel. He was the first Christian martyr. His personal character and history are recorded in Acts 6. "He fell asleep" with a prayer for his persecutors on his lips (7:60). Devout men carried him to his grave (8:2). It was at the feet of the young Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus, that those who stoned him laid their clothes (comp. Deut. 17:5-7) before they began their cruel work. The scene which Saul then witnessed and the words he heard appear to have made a deep and lasting impression on his mind (Acts 22:19, 20). The speech of Stephen before the Jewish ruler is the first apology for the universalism of the gospel as a message to the Gentiles as well as the Jews. It is the longest speech contained in the Acts, a place of prominence being given to it as a defence. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Stephanas, crown; crowned | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Stephen, same as Stephanas |