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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[91]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}. Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth. 2. One of several western American species of the genus {Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[91]}; as, the gray gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher ({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}. See {Spermophile}. 3. A large land tortoise ({Testudo Carilina}) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows. 4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the Southern United States. {Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. --Raymond. | |
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Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saturated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saturating}.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See {Satire}.] 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. --Emerson. 2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine. | |
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Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, p. a. [L. saturatus, p. p.] Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. Dries his feathers saturate with dew. --Cowper. The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs. --Longfellow. | |
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Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saturated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saturating}.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See {Satire}.] 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. --Emerson. 2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine. | |
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Saturated \Sat"u*ra`ted\, a. 1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt. 2. (Chem.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with {unsaturated}. Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange. {Saturated color} (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum. | |
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Saturated \Sat"u*ra`ted\, a. 1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt. 2. (Chem.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with {unsaturated}. Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange. {Saturated color} (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum. | |
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Steam \Steam\, n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[a0]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. [?] to erect, [?] a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The elastic, a[89]riform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor. 2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage. 3. Any exhalation. [bd]A steam og rich, distilled perfumes.[b8] --Milton. {Dry steam}, steam which does not contain water held in suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to superheated steam. {Exhaust steam}. See under {Exhaust}. {High steam}, [or] {High-pressure steam}, steam of which the pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere. {Low steam}, [or] {Low-pressure steam}, steam of which the pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above, that of the atmosphere. {Saturated steam}, steam at the temperature of the boiling point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also applied to {wet steam}. {Superheated steam}, steam heated to a temperature higher than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water, and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged steam}, {anhydrous steam}, and {steam gas}. {Wet steam}, steam which contains water held in suspension mechanically; -- called also {misty steam}. Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived from steam, in distinction from other sources of power; as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc. {Steam blower}. (a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire. (b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine. {Steam boiler}, a boiler for producing steam. See {Boiler}, 3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues, which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler, enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g the safety value; hthe water gauge. {Steam car}, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a locomotive. {Steam carriage}, a carriage upon wheels moved on common roads by steam. {Steam casing}. See {Steam jacket}, under {Jacket}. {Steam chest}, the box or chamber from which steam is distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump, etc., and which usually contains one or more values; -- called also {valve chest}, and {valve box}. See Illust. of {Slide valve}, under {Slide}. {Steam chimney}, an annular chamber around the chimney of a boiler furnace, for drying steam. {Steam coil}, a coil of pipe, or collection of connected pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying, etc. {Steam colors} (Calico Printing), colors in which the chemical reaction fixed the coloring matter in the fiber is produced by steam. {Steam cylinder}, the cylinder of a steam engine, which contains the piston. See Illust. of {Slide valve}, under {Slide}. {Steam dome} (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the boiler, from which steam is conduced to the engine. See Illust. of Steam boiler, above. {Steam fire engine}, a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling. {Steam fitter}, a fitter of steam pipes. {Steam fitting}, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter; also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes. {Steam gas}. See {Superheated steam}, above. {Steam gauge}, an instrument for indicating the pressure of the steam in a boiler. The {mercurial steam gauge} is a bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which is connected with the boiler while the other is open to the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the mercury in the long limb of the tume to a height proportioned to that pressure. A more common form, especially for high pressures, consists of a spring pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube, closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or a mass of confined air, etc. {Steam gun}, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles may be thrown by the elastic force of steam. {Steam hammer}, a hammer for forging, which is worked directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end of the cylinder. {Steam heater}. (a) A radiator heated by steam. (b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator, piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam. {Steam jacket}. See under {Jacket}. {Steam packet}, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and running periodically between certain ports. {Steam pipe}, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine. {Steam plow} [or] {plough}, a plow, or gang of plows, moved by a steam engine. {Steam port}, an opening for steam to pass through, as from the steam chest into the cylinder. {Steam power}, the force or energy of steam applied to produce results; power derived from a steam engine. {Steam propeller}. See {Propeller}. {Steam pump}, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is usually direct-acting. {Steam room} (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam. {Steam table}, a table on which are dishes heated by steam for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel, restaurant, etc. {Steam trap}, a self-acting device by means of which water that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will be discharged without permitting steam to escape. {Steam tug}, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling ships. {Steam vessel}, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship; -- a steamer. {Steam whistle}, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a warning signal. The steam issues from a narrow annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it, and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a common whistle. | |
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Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saturated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saturating}.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See {Satire}.] 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. --Emerson. 2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine. | |
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Saturation \Sat`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. saturatio: cf. F. saturation.] 1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation. 2. (Chem.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent. 3. (Optics) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors. Note: The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white. | |
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Saturator \Sat"u*ra`tor\, n. [L.] One who, or that which, saturates. | |
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Saturday \Sat"ur*day\ (?; 48), n. [OE. Saterday, AS. S[91]terd[91]g, S[91]ternd[91]g, S[91]ternesd[91]g, literally, Saturn's day, fr. L. Saturnus Saturn + AS. d[91]g day; cf. L. dies Saturni.] The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday. | |
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Saturity \Sa*tu"ri*ty\, n. [L. saturitas, fr. satur full of food, sated.] The state of being saturated; fullness of supply. [Obs.] --Warner. | |
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Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scattering}.] [OE. scateren. See {Shatter}.] 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. And some are scattered all the floor about. --Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains? --Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior. 2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak. 3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like. Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew. | |
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Scattered \Scat"tered\, a. 1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread. 2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. -- {Scat"tered*ly}, adv. -- {Scat"tered*ness}, n. | |
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Scattered \Scat"tered\, a. 1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread. 2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. -- {Scat"tered*ly}, adv. -- {Scat"tered*ness}, n. | |
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Scattered \Scat"tered\, a. 1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread. 2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. -- {Scat"tered*ly}, adv. -- {Scat"tered*ness}, n. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout. (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague. (c) A California fish of the family {Chirid[91]}, especially {Hexagrammus decagrammus}; -- called also {spotted rock trout}. See {Rock trout}, under {Rock}. (d) A California sci[91]noid fish ({Cynoscion nobilis}); -- called also {white sea bass}. | |
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Squeteague \Sque*teague"\ (skw[esl]*t[emac]g"), n. [from the North American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) An American sci[91]noid fish ({Cynoscion regalis}), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also {weakfish}, {squitee}, {chickwit}, and {sea trout}. The spotted squeteague ({C. nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also {spotted weakfish}, and, locally, {sea trout}, and {sea salmon}. | |
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the sewen. The most important American species are the brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada; the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma}); the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted, mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout (see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been introduced into America. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also {salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}. {Trout perch} (Zo[94]l.), a small fresh-water American fish ({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but resembling a perch in its scales and mouth. | |
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Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as {Salmo trutta} and {S. Cambricus}, which ascend rivers; -- called also {sea trout}. (b) {Salvelinus malma} of California and Oregon; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout} and {red-spotted trout}. (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout. (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague. (c) A California fish of the family {Chirid[91]}, especially {Hexagrammus decagrammus}; -- called also {spotted rock trout}. See {Rock trout}, under {Rock}. (d) A California sci[91]noid fish ({Cynoscion nobilis}); -- called also {white sea bass}. | |
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Squeteague \Sque*teague"\ (skw[esl]*t[emac]g"), n. [from the North American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) An American sci[91]noid fish ({Cynoscion regalis}), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also {weakfish}, {squitee}, {chickwit}, and {sea trout}. The spotted squeteague ({C. nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also {spotted weakfish}, and, locally, {sea trout}, and {sea salmon}. | |
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the sewen. The most important American species are the brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada; the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma}); the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted, mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout (see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been introduced into America. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also {salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}. {Trout perch} (Zo[94]l.), a small fresh-water American fish ({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but resembling a perch in its scales and mouth. | |
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Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as {Salmo trutta} and {S. Cambricus}, which ascend rivers; -- called also {sea trout}. (b) {Salvelinus malma} of California and Oregon; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout} and {red-spotted trout}. (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout. (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague. (c) A California fish of the family {Chirid[91]}, especially {Hexagrammus decagrammus}; -- called also {spotted rock trout}. See {Rock trout}, under {Rock}. (d) A California sci[91]noid fish ({Cynoscion nobilis}); -- called also {white sea bass}. | |
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Squeteague \Sque*teague"\ (skw[esl]*t[emac]g"), n. [from the North American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) An American sci[91]noid fish ({Cynoscion regalis}), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also {weakfish}, {squitee}, {chickwit}, and {sea trout}. The spotted squeteague ({C. nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also {spotted weakfish}, and, locally, {sea trout}, and {sea salmon}. | |
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the sewen. The most important American species are the brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada; the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma}); the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted, mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout (see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been introduced into America. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also {salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}. {Trout perch} (Zo[94]l.), a small fresh-water American fish ({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but resembling a perch in its scales and mouth. | |
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Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as {Salmo trutta} and {S. Cambricus}, which ascend rivers; -- called also {sea trout}. (b) {Salvelinus malma} of California and Oregon; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout} and {red-spotted trout}. (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube. | |
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Sea turtle \Sea" tur"tle\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas. (b) The sea pigeon, or guillemot. | |
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Millet \Mil"let\, n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. [?], AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are {Panicum miliaceum}, and {Setaria Italica}. | |
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Note: {Arabian millet} is {Sorghum Halepense}. {Egyptian [or] East Indian}, {millet} is {Penicillaria spicata}. {Indian millet} is {Sorghum vulgare}. (See under {Indian}.) {Italian millet} is {Setaria Italica}, a coarse, rank-growing annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also {Hungarian grass}. {Texas millet} is {Panicum Texanum}. {Wild millet}, or {Millet grass}, is {Milium effusum}, a tail grass growing in woods. | |
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Moha \Mo"ha\, n. (Bot.) A kind of millet ({Setaria Italica}); German millet. | |
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German \Ger"man\, a. [L. Germanus. See {German}, n.] Of or pertaining to Germany. {German Baptists}. See {Dunker}. {German bit}, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew point. {German carp} (Zo[94]l.), the crucian carp. {German millet} (Bot.), a kind of millet ({Setaria Italica}, var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food. {German paste}, a prepared food for caged birds. {German process} (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary. --Raymond. {German sarsaparilla}, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract. {German sausage}, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly cooked. {German silver} (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy {packfong}. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. {German steel} (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel. {German text} (Typog.), a character resembling modern German type, used in English printing for ornamental headings, etc., as in the words, Note: This line is German Text. {German tinder}. See {Amadou}. | |
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the sewen. The most important American species are the brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada; the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma}); the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted, mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout (see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been introduced into America. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also {salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}. {Trout perch} (Zo[94]l.), a small fresh-water American fish ({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but resembling a perch in its scales and mouth. | |
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Shatter \Shat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shattering}.] [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf. {Scatter}.] 1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning. A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects. --Locke. 2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor. --Norris. 3. To scatter about. [Obs.] Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. --Milton. | |
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Shudder \Shud"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shuddered};p. pr. & vb. n. {Shuddering}.] [OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, sch[81]tteln to shake, sch[81]tten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.] To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. [bd]With shuddering horror pale.[b8] --Milton. The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. --Goldsmith. | |
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Shuttered \Shut"tered\, a. Furnished with shutters. | |
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{Side cut}, a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] {Side dish}, one of the dishes subordinate to the main course. {Side glance}, a glance or brief look to one side. {Side hook} (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. {Side lever}, a working beam of a side-lever engine. {Side-lever engine}, a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them. {Side pipe} (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine. {Side plane}, a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the side of the stock. {Side posts} (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc. {Side rod}. (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See {Parallel rod}, under {Parallel}. {Side screw} (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock is secured to the side of a firearm stock. {Side table}, a table placed either against the wall or aside from the principal table. {Side tool} (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point. {Side wind}, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. --Wright. | |
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Siderated \Sid"er*a`ted\, a. [L. sideratus, p. p. of siderari to be blasted by a constellation, fr. sidus, sideris, a constellation.] Planet-struck; blasted. [Obs.] | |
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Sideration \Sid`er*a"tion\, n. [L. sideratio.] The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. [Obs.] --Ray. | |
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Siderite \Sid"er*ite\, n. [L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?][?], of iron, from [?][?][?][?] iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also {sparry iron}, {spathic iron}. (b) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. (c) An indigo-blue variety of quartz. (d) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone. 2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Sideritis}; ironwort. | |
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Skid road \Skid road\ (Logging) (a) A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; -- called also {travois, [or] travoy, road}. (b) A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called skids) at intervals of about five feet. | |
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Skutterudite \Skut"ter*ud*ite\, n. [From Skutterud, in Norway, whence it is obtained.] (Min.) A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consists of arsenic and cobalt. | |
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Southward \South"ward\, a. Toward the south. | |
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Southward \South"ward\, n. The southern regions or countries; the south. --Sir W. Raleigh. | |
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Southward \South"ward\ (?; colloq. [?]), Southwards \South"wards\ (?; colloq. [?]), adv. Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward. | |
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Southwardly \South"ward*ly\, adv. In a southern direction. | |
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Southward \South"ward\ (?; colloq. [?]), Southwards \South"wards\ (?; colloq. [?]), adv. Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward. | |
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Stair \Stair\, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[?]ger, from [?]igan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.] 1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building. 2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only. [bd]I a winding stair found.[b8] --Chaucer's Dream. {Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are. {Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story. {Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n., 1. {Run of stars} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next. {Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place. {Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary. | |
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Stairhead \Stair"head`\, n. The head or top of a staircase. | |
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Star drift \Star drift\ (Astron.) Similar and probably related motion of the stars of an asterism, as distinguished from apparent change of place due to solar motion.-- ##?? = star streaming? | |
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{Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc. {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules. {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne. {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}. {Star flower}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum}; star-of-Bethlehem. (b) See {Starwort} (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis} ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray. {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. {Star grass}. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}. {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla} ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}. {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}. {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}. {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike flower. {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago} ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore. {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster. {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}. {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean. {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes occur at fixed periods. {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms. | |
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}. {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel. {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe}, {Melon}, etc. {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}. {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}. {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}. {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See {Cereus}. {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}. {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under {Goldfinch}. {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also {painted lady}. {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza militaria}). [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth. | |
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Stare \Stare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {stared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {staring}.] [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. star[c7]n, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. [?] solid (E. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. [fb]166. Cf. {Sterile}.] 1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. --Chaucer. Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. --Shak. 2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors. 3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.] Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. --Shak. Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. --Mortimer. Syn: To gaze; to look earnestly. See {Gaze}. | |
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{Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc. {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules. {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne. {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}. {Star flower}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum}; star-of-Bethlehem. (b) See {Starwort} (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis} ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray. {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. {Star grass}. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}. {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla} ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}. {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}. {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}. {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike flower. {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago} ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore. {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster. {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}. {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean. {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes occur at fixed periods. {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms. | |
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Star-read \Star"-read`\, n. Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy. [Obs.] Which in star-read were wont have best insight. --Spenser. | |
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Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starred} (st[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starring}.] To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. [bd]A sable curtain starred with gold.[b8] --Young. | |
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Starling \Star"ling\, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[91]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[91]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to {Sturnus} and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris}) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also {stare}, and {starred}. The pied starling of India is {Sternopastor contra}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A California fish; the rock trout. 3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also {sterling}. {Rose-colored starling}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pastor}. | |
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Starred \Starred\, a. [From {Star}.] 1. Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled. 2. Influenced in fortune by the stars. [Obs.] My third comfort, Starred most unluckily. --Shak. | |
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Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starred} (st[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starring}.] To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. [bd]A sable curtain starred with gold.[b8] --Young. | |
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Starling \Star"ling\, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[91]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[91]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to {Sturnus} and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris}) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also {stare}, and {starred}. The pied starling of India is {Sternopastor contra}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A California fish; the rock trout. 3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also {sterling}. {Rose-colored starling}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pastor}. | |
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Starred \Starred\, a. [From {Star}.] 1. Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled. 2. Influenced in fortune by the stars. [Obs.] My third comfort, Starred most unluckily. --Shak. | |
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Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starred} (st[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starring}.] To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. [bd]A sable curtain starred with gold.[b8] --Young. | |
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Starling \Star"ling\, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[91]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[91]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to {Sturnus} and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris}) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also {stare}, and {starred}. The pied starling of India is {Sternopastor contra}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A California fish; the rock trout. 3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also {sterling}. {Rose-colored starling}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pastor}. | |
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Starred \Starred\, a. [From {Star}.] 1. Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled. 2. Influenced in fortune by the stars. [Obs.] My third comfort, Starred most unluckily. --Shak. | |
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Start \Start\, n. 1. The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion. The fright awakened Arcite with a start. --Dryden. 2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. For she did speak in starts distractedly. --Shak. Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry. --L'Estrange. 3. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy. To check the starts and sallies of the soul. --Addison. 4. The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to {finish}. The start of first performance is all. --Bacon. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. --Shak. {At a start}, at once; in an instant. [Obs.] At a start he was betwixt them two. --Chaucer. {To get}, [or] {have}, {the start}, to before another; to gain or have the advantage in a similar undertaking; -- usually with of. [bd]Get the start of the majestic world.[b8] --Shak. [bd]She might have forsaken him if he had not got the start of her.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Start \Start\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr. & vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten 8hurl, rush, fall, G. st[81]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st[94]ra to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. [fb]166. Cf. {Start} a tail.] 1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.] 2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer. I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden. Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. --I. Watts. But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak. 3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden. At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron. 4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. {To start after}, to set out after; to follow; to pursue. {To start against}, to act as a rival candidate against. {To start for}, to be a candidate for, as an office. {To start up}, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance. | |
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Start \Start\, v. t. 1. To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox. Upon malicious bravery dost thou come To start my quiet? --Shak. Brutus will start a spirit as soon as C[91]sar. --Shak. 2. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start. --Sir W. Temple. 3. To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business. I was engaged in conversation upon a subject which the people love to start in discourse. --Addison. 4. To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel. One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman. 5. [Perh. from D. storten, which has this meaning also.] (Naut.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask. | |
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Start \Start\, n. [OE. stert a tail, AS. steort; akin to LG. stert, steert, D. staart, G. sterz, Icel. stertr, Dan. stiert, Sw. stjert. [fb]166. Cf. Stark naked, under {Stark}, {Start}, v. i.] 1. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. 2. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. [Prov. Eng.] 3. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. 4. (Mining) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. | |
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Start \Start\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr. & vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten 8hurl, rush, fall, G. st[81]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st[94]ra to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. [fb]166. Cf. {Start} a tail.] 1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.] 2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer. I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden. Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. --I. Watts. But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak. 3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden. At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron. 4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. {To start after}, to set out after; to follow; to pursue. {To start against}, to act as a rival candidate against. {To start for}, to be a candidate for, as an office. {To start up}, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance. | |
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Starter \Start"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race. 2. A dog that rouses game. | |
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Startful \Start"ful\, a. Apt to start; skittish. [R.] | |
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Startfulness \Start"ful*ness\, n. Aptness to start. [R.] | |
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Starthroat \Star"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any humming bird of the genus {Heliomaster}. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster. | |
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Start \Start\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr. & vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten 8hurl, rush, fall, G. st[81]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st[94]ra to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. [fb]166. Cf. {Start} a tail.] 1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.] 2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer. I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden. Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. --I. Watts. But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak. 3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden. At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron. 4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. {To start after}, to set out after; to follow; to pursue. {To start against}, to act as a rival candidate against. {To start for}, to be a candidate for, as an office. {To start up}, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance. | |
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Starting \Start"ing\, a. & n. from {Start}, v. {Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in starting an engine. {Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] {Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts. {Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. | |
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Start \Start\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr. & vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten 8hurl, rush, fall, G. st[81]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st[94]ra to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. [fb]166. Cf. {Start} a tail.] 1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.] 2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer. I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden. Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. --I. Watts. But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak. 3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden. At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron. 4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. {To start after}, to set out after; to follow; to pursue. {To start against}, to act as a rival candidate against. {To start for}, to be a candidate for, as an office. {To start up}, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance. | |
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Starting \Start"ing\, a. & n. from {Start}, v. {Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in starting an engine. {Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] {Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts. {Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. | |
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Starting \Start"ing\, a. & n. from {Start}, v. {Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in starting an engine. {Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] {Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts. {Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. | |
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Starting \Start"ing\, a. & n. from {Start}, v. {Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in starting an engine. {Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] {Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts. {Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. | |
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Starting \Start"ing\, a. & n. from {Start}, v. {Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in starting an engine. {Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] {Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts. {Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. | |
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Starting \Start"ing\, a. & n. from {Start}, v. {Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in starting an engine. {Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] {Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts. {Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. | |
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Startingly \Start"ing*ly\, adv. By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically. --Shak. | |
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Startish \Start"ish\, a. Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse. [Colloq.] | |
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Startle \Star"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Startled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Startling}.] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? --Addison. | |
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Startle \Star"tle\, v. t. 1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us. --Locke. 2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] --Clarendon. Syn: To start; shock; fright; frighten; alarm. | |
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Startle \Star"tle\, n. A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger. After having recovered from my first startle, I was very well pleased with the accident. --Spectator. | |
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Startle \Star"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Startled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Startling}.] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? --Addison. | |
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Startle \Star"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Startled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Startling}.] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? --Addison. | |
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Startlingly \Star"tling*ly\, adv. In a startling manner. | |
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Startlish \Star"tlish\, a. Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a hourse. [Colloq.] | |
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Start-up \Start"-up`\, n. 1. One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. A kind of high rustic shoe. [Obs.] --Drayton. A startuppe, or clownish shoe. --Spenser. | |
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Start-up \Start"-up`\, a. Upstart. [R.] --Walpole. | |
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Staurotide \Stau"ro*tide\, n. [F. staurotide, from Gr. [?] cruciform (from Gr. [?] a cross) + [?] form.] (Min.) Staurolite. | |
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Stay \Stay\, n. [Cf. OF. estai, F. [82]tai support, and E. stay a rope to support a mast.] 1. That which serves as a prop; a support. [bd]My only strength and stay.[b8] --Milton. Trees serve as so many stays for their vines. --Addison. Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry. --Coleridge. 2. pl. A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. --Gay. 3. Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city. Make haste, and leave thy business and thy care; No mortal interest can be worth thy stay. --Dryden. Embrace the hero and his stay implore. --Waller. 4. Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop. Made of sphere metal, never to decay Until his revolution was at stay. --Milton. Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay. --Hayward. 5. Hindrance; let; check. [Obs.] They were able to read good authors without any stay, if the book were not false. --Robynson (more's Utopia). 6. Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety. [Obs.] [bd]Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds and stays.[b8] --Herbert. The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king. --Bacon. With prudent stay he long deferred The rough contention. --Philips. 7. (Engin.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them. {Stay bolt} (Mech.), a bolt or short rod, connecting opposite plates, so as to prevent them from being bulged out when acted upon by a pressure which tends to force them apart, as in the leg of a steam boiler. {Stay busk}, a stiff piece of wood, steel, or whalebone, for the front support of a woman's stays. Cf. {Busk}. {Stay rod}, a rod which acts as a stay, particularly in a steam boiler. | |
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Stearate \Ste"a*rate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium stearates. | |
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Steer \Steer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steering}.] [OE. steeren, steren, AS. sti[82]ran, st[?]ran, ste[a2]ran; akin to OFries. stiora, stiura, D. sturen, OD. stieren, G. steuren, OHG. stiuren to direct, support, G. steuer contribution, tax, Icel. st[?]ra to steer, govern,Sw. styra, Dan. styre, Goth. stiurjan to establish, AS. ste[a2]r a rudder, a helm, and probably to Icel. staurr a pale, stake, Gr. [?], and perhaps ultimately to E. stand. [fb]168. Cf. {Starboard}, {Stern}, n.] To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water. That with a staff his feeble steps did steer. --Spenser. | |
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Stereotomic \Ste`re*o*tom"ic\, Stereotomical \Ste`re*o*tom"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy. | |
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Stereotomic \Ste`re*o*tom"ic\, Stereotomical \Ste`re*o*tom"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy. | |
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Stereotomy \Ste`re*ot"o*my\, n. [Stereo- + Gr. [?] to cut: cf. F. st[82]r[82]otomie.] The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting. | |
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Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, n. [Stereo- + -type: cf. F. st[82]r[82]otype.] 1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing. Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type. 2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them. {Stereotype block}, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing. | |
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Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stereotyped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stereotyping}.] [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]otyper.] 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible. 2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887). | |
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Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, n. [Stereo- + -type: cf. F. st[82]r[82]otype.] 1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing. Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type. 2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them. {Stereotype block}, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing. | |
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Stereotyped \Ste"re*o*typed\, a. 1. Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates. 2. Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stereotyped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stereotyping}.] [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]otyper.] 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible. 2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887). | |
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Stereotyper \Ste"re*o*ty`per\, n. One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry. | |
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Stereotypery \Ste"re*o*ty`per*y\, n. 1. The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates. 2. A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry. | |
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Stereotypic \Ste`re*o*typ"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates. | |
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Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stereotyped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stereotyping}.] [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]otyper.] 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible. 2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887). | |
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Stereotypist \Ste"re*o*ty`pist\, n. A stereotyper. | |
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Stereotypographer \Ste`re*o*ty*pog"ra*pher\, n. A stereotype printer. | |
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Stereotypography \Ste`re*o*ty*pog"ra*phy\, n. [Stereo- + typography.] The act or art of printing from stereotype plates. | |
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Stereotypy \Ste"re*o*ty`py\, n. [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]otypie.] The art or process of making stereotype plates. | |
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Sterhydraulic \Ster`hy*drau"lic\, a. [Stereo- + hydraulic.] Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a press in action or principle. {Sterhydraulic press}, an hydraulic press producing pressure or motion by the introduction of a solid substance (as a long rod, or a cord wound on a roller) into a cylinder previously filled with a liquid. | |
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Sterhydraulic \Ster`hy*drau"lic\, a. [Stereo- + hydraulic.] Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a press in action or principle. {Sterhydraulic press}, an hydraulic press producing pressure or motion by the introduction of a solid substance (as a long rod, or a cord wound on a roller) into a cylinder previously filled with a liquid. | |
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Stert \Stert\, obs. p. p. of {Start}. Started. --Chaucer. | |
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Sterte \Ster"te\, obs. p. p. of {Start}. --Chaucer. | |
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Stertorious \Ster*to"ri*ous\, a. Stertorous. [R.] | |
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Stertorous \Ster"to*rous\, a. [L. stertere to snore: cf. F. stertoreux.] Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring. Burning, stertorous breath that hurt her cheek. --Mrs. Browning. The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room, before his stertorous breathing lulls. --Dickens. | |
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Steward \Stew"ard\, n. [OE. stiward, AS. st[c6]weard, stigweard, literally, a sty ward; stigu sty + weard warden, guardian, -- his first duty having been probably to attend to the domestic animals. [fb]164. See {Sty} pen for swine, {Ward}.] 1. A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like. Worthy to be stewards of rent and land. --Chaucer. They came near to the steward of Joseph's house. --Gen. xliii. 19. As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. --1 Pet. iv. 10. 2. A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge. 3. A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church. 4. In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students. 5. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands. --Erskine. {Lord high steward}, formerly, the first officer of the crown; afterward, an officer occasionally appointed, as for a coronation, or upon the trial of a peer. [Eng.] | |
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Steward \Stew"ard\, v. t. To manage as a steward. [Obs.] | |
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Stewardess \Stew"ard*ess\, n. A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers. | |
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Stewardly \Stew"ard*ly\, adv. In a manner, or with the care, of a steward. [R.] To be stewardly dispensed, not wastefully spent. --Tooker. | |
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Stewardship \Stew"ard*ship\, n. The office of a steward. --Shak. | |
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Stewartry \Stew"art*ry\, n. 1. An overseer or superintendent. [R.] [bd]The stewartry of provisions.[b8] --Tooke. 2. The office of a steward; stewardship. [R.] --Byron. 3. In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction. | |
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Stiriated \Stir"i*a`ted\, a. [L. stiria an icicle.] Adorned with pendants like icicles. | |
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Stir \Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st[94]ren, OHG. st[d3]ren to scatter, destroy. [fb]166.] 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move. My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. --Sir W. Temple. 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon. My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. --Shak. 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. Stir not questions of jurisdiction. --Bacon. 4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. [bd]To stir men to devotion.[b8] --Chaucer. An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak. And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden. Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke. | |
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Stirt \Stirt\, obs. p. p. of {Start}, v. i. Started; leaped. They privily be stirt into a well. --Chaucer. | |
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Stirte \Stir"te\, obs. imp. of {Start}, v. i. & t. --Chaucer. | |
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Stored \Stored\, a. Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity. It is charged with stored virtue. --Bagehot. | |
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Store \Store\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storing}.] [OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore, store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in + staurare (in comp.) Cf. {Instore}, {Instaurate}, {Restore}, {Story} a floor.] 1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away. Dora stored what little she could save. --Tennyson. 2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time. Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior. Wise Plato said the world with men was stored. --Denham. Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish. --Sir M. Hale. 3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods. | |
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Storied \Sto"ried\, a. [From {Story}.] 1. Told in a story. 2. Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past. Some greedy minion, or imperious wife, The trophied arches, storied halls, invade. --Pope. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? --Gray. 3. Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house. | |
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Story \Sto"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Storied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storying}.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. --Shak. It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Story-teller \Sto"ry-tell`er\, n. 1. One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller. 2. An historian; -- in contempt. --Swift. 3. A euphemism or child's word for [bd]a liar.[b8] | |
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Story-telling \Sto"ry-tell`ing\, a. Being accustomed to tell stories. -- n. The act or practice of telling stories. | |
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Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straddling}.] [Freq. from the root of stride.] 1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart. 2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub. | |
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Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. t. To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse. | |
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Straddle \Strad"dle\, n. 1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart. 2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle. 3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a [bd]put[b8] and a [bd]call,[b8] i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. [Broker's Cant] | |
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Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straddling}.] [Freq. from the root of stride.] 1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart. 2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub. | |
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Straddling \Strad"dling\, a. Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See {Straddle}, v. i., and {Straddle}, v. t., 3. --Knight. | |
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Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straddling}.] [Freq. from the root of stride.] 1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart. 2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub. | |
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Stradometrical \Strad`o*met"ric*al\, a. [It. strada street or road + E. metrical.] Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. [R.] | |
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Strait \Strait\, v. t. To put to difficulties. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Strait \Strait\, adv. Strictly; rigorously. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Strait \Strait\, n.; pl. {Straits}. [OE. straight, streit, OF. estreit, estroit. See {Strait}, a.] 1. A narrow pass or passage. He brought him through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. --Spenser. Honor travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast. --Shak. 2. Specifically: (Geog.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw. We steered directly through a large outlet which they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles broad. --De Foe. 3. A neck of land; an isthmus. [R.] A dark strait of barren land. --Tennyson. 4. Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits. For I am in a strait betwixt two. --Phil. i. 23. Let no man, who owns a Providence, grow desperate under any calamity or strait whatsoever. --South. Ulysses made use of the pretense of natural infirmity to conceal the straits he was in at that time in his thoughts. --Broome. | |
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Strait \Strait\, a. A variant of {Straight}. [Obs.] | |
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Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. {Straiter}; superl. {Straitest}.] [OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F. [82]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p. p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd {Strait}, and cf. {Strict}.] 1. Narrow; not broad. Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. --Matt. vii. 14. Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson. 2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak. 3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] [bd]A strait degree of favor.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. 4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak. The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5 (Rev. Ver.). 5. Difficult; distressful; straited. To make your strait circumstances yet straiter. --Secker. 6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.] I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait, And so ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak. | |
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Straiten \Strait"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. --Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton. 2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten. They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope. 3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances. | |
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Straiten \Strait"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. --Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton. 2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten. They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope. 3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances. | |
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Straiten \Strait"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. --Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton. 2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten. They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope. 3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances. | |
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Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. {Straiter}; superl. {Straitest}.] [OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F. [82]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p. p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd {Strait}, and cf. {Strict}.] 1. Narrow; not broad. Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. --Matt. vii. 14. Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson. 2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak. 3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] [bd]A strait degree of favor.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. 4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak. The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5 (Rev. Ver.). 5. Difficult; distressful; straited. To make your strait circumstances yet straiter. --Secker. 6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.] I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait, And so ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak. | |
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Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. {Straiter}; superl. {Straitest}.] [OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F. [82]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p. p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd {Strait}, and cf. {Strict}.] 1. Narrow; not broad. Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. --Matt. vii. 14. Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson. 2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak. 3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] [bd]A strait degree of favor.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. 4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak. The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5 (Rev. Ver.). 5. Difficult; distressful; straited. To make your strait circumstances yet straiter. --Secker. 6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.] I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait, And so ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak. | |
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Strait-handed \Strait"-hand`ed\, a. Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] -- {Strait"-hand`ed*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Strait-handed \Strait"-hand`ed\, a. Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] -- {Strait"-hand`ed*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Strait-jacket \Strait"-jack`et\, n. A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back. | |
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Strait-laced \Strait"-laced`\, a. 1. Bound with stays. Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. --Locke. 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller. 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals. | |
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Straitly \Strait"ly\, adv. 1. In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously. --Mark i. 43. 2. Closely; intimately. [Obs.] | |
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Straitness \Strait"ness\, n. The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances. | |
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Strait \Strait\, n.; pl. {Straits}. [OE. straight, streit, OF. estreit, estroit. See {Strait}, a.] 1. A narrow pass or passage. He brought him through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. --Spenser. Honor travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast. --Shak. 2. Specifically: (Geog.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw. We steered directly through a large outlet which they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles broad. --De Foe. 3. A neck of land; an isthmus. [R.] A dark strait of barren land. --Tennyson. 4. Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits. For I am in a strait betwixt two. --Phil. i. 23. Let no man, who owns a Providence, grow desperate under any calamity or strait whatsoever. --South. Ulysses made use of the pretense of natural infirmity to conceal the straits he was in at that time in his thoughts. --Broome. | |
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Strait-waistcoat \Strait"-waist`coat\, n. Same as {Strait-jacket}. | |
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Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire. See {Second}, a.] 1. Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. Wheresoever there is normal right on the one hand, no secondary right can discharge it. --L'Estrange. Two are the radical differences; the secondary differences are as four. --Bacon. 2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands. 3. (Chem.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. {primary}. 4. (Min.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird. 6. (Med.) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis. {Secondary accent}. See the Note under {Accent}, n., 1. {Secondary age}. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the Tertiary. See {Mesozoic}, and Note under {Age}, n., 8. {Secondary alcohol} (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols which contain the radical {CH.OH} united with two hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols form ketones. {Secondary amputation} (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided. {Secondary axis} (Opt.), any line which passes through the optical center of a lens but not through the centers of curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes through the center of curvature but not through the center of the mirror. {Secondary battery}. (Elec.) See under {Battery}, n., 4. {Secondary circle} (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle passes through the poles of another great circle and is therefore perpendicular to its plane. {Secondary circuit}, {Secondary coil} (Elec.), a circuit or coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the primary circuit or coil. {Secondary color}, a color formed by mixing any two primary colors in equal proportions. {Secondary coverts} (Zo[94]l.), the longer coverts which overlie the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See Illust. under {Bird}. {Secondary crystal} (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the primary forms. {Secondary current} (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also at the end of the passage of the primary current. {Secondary evidence}, that which is admitted upon failure to obtain the primary or best evidence. {Secondary fever} (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the eruption in smallpox. {Secondary hemorrhage} (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased. {Secondary planet}. (Astron.) See the Note under {Planet}. {Secondary qualities}, those qualities of bodies which are not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for their development and intensity on the organism of the percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc. {Secondary quills} [or] {remiges} (Zo[94]l.), the quill feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a row continuous with the primaries; -- called also {secondaries}. See Illust. of {Bird}. {Secondary rocks} [or] {strata} (Geol.), those lying between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see {Primary rocks}, under {Primary}); -- later restricted to strata of the Mesozoic age, and at but little used. {Secondary syphilis} (Med.), the second stage of syphilis, including the period from the first development of constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the internal organs become involved. {Secondary tint}, any subdued tint, as gray. {Secondary union} (Surg.), the union of wounds after suppuration; union by the second intention. Syn: Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior. | |
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Strata \Stra"ta\, n., pl. of {Stratum}. | |
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Stratum \Stra"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Stratums}, L. {Strata}. The latter is more common. [L., from sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to Gr. [?] to spread, strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Consternation}, {Estrade}, {Prostrate}, {Stratus}, {Street}.] 1. (Geol.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively. 2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course. | |
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Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire. See {Second}, a.] 1. Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. Wheresoever there is normal right on the one hand, no secondary right can discharge it. --L'Estrange. Two are the radical differences; the secondary differences are as four. --Bacon. 2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands. 3. (Chem.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. {primary}. 4. (Min.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird. 6. (Med.) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis. {Secondary accent}. See the Note under {Accent}, n., 1. {Secondary age}. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the Tertiary. See {Mesozoic}, and Note under {Age}, n., 8. {Secondary alcohol} (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols which contain the radical {CH.OH} united with two hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols form ketones. {Secondary amputation} (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided. {Secondary axis} (Opt.), any line which passes through the optical center of a lens but not through the centers of curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes through the center of curvature but not through the center of the mirror. {Secondary battery}. (Elec.) See under {Battery}, n., 4. {Secondary circle} (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle passes through the poles of another great circle and is therefore perpendicular to its plane. {Secondary circuit}, {Secondary coil} (Elec.), a circuit or coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the primary circuit or coil. {Secondary color}, a color formed by mixing any two primary colors in equal proportions. {Secondary coverts} (Zo[94]l.), the longer coverts which overlie the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See Illust. under {Bird}. {Secondary crystal} (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the primary forms. {Secondary current} (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also at the end of the passage of the primary current. {Secondary evidence}, that which is admitted upon failure to obtain the primary or best evidence. {Secondary fever} (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the eruption in smallpox. {Secondary hemorrhage} (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased. {Secondary planet}. (Astron.) See the Note under {Planet}. {Secondary qualities}, those qualities of bodies which are not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for their development and intensity on the organism of the percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc. {Secondary quills} [or] {remiges} (Zo[94]l.), the quill feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a row continuous with the primaries; -- called also {secondaries}. See Illust. of {Bird}. {Secondary rocks} [or] {strata} (Geol.), those lying between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see {Primary rocks}, under {Primary}); -- later restricted to strata of the Mesozoic age, and at but little used. {Secondary syphilis} (Med.), the second stage of syphilis, including the period from the first development of constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the internal organs become involved. {Secondary tint}, any subdued tint, as gray. {Secondary union} (Surg.), the union of wounds after suppuration; union by the second intention. Syn: Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior. | |
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Strata \Stra"ta\, n., pl. of {Stratum}. | |
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Stratum \Stra"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Stratums}, L. {Strata}. The latter is more common. [L., from sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to Gr. [?] to spread, strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Consternation}, {Estrade}, {Prostrate}, {Stratus}, {Street}.] 1. (Geol.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively. 2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course. | |
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Stratagem \Strat"a*gem\, n. [F. stratag[8a]me (cf. Sp. estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be leader of an army, fr. [?] a general; [?] an army (probably as being spread out; cf. {Stratum}) + [?] to lead. See {Agent}.] An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak. Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. --Pope. | |
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Stratagemical \Strat`a*gem"ic*al\, a. Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle. [R.] --Swift. | |
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Stratarithmetry \Strat`a*rith"me*try\, n. [Gr. [?] army + [?] number + -metry.] (Mil.) The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure. | |
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Strategetic \Strat`e*get"ic\, Strategetical \Strat`e*get"ic*al\, a. Strategic. | |
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Strategetic \Strat`e*get"ic\, Strategetical \Strat`e*get"ic*al\, a. Strategic. | |
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Strategetics \Strat`e*get"ics\, n. Strategy. | |
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d8Strategus \[d8]Stra*te"gus\, n.; pl. {Strategi}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Stratagem}.] (Gr. Antiq.) The leader or commander of an army; a general. | |
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Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] of or for a general: cf. F. strat[82]gique.] Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- {Stra*te"gic*al*ly}, adv. {Strategic line} (Mil.), a line joining strategic points. {Strategic point} (Mil.), any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc. | |
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Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] of or for a general: cf. F. strat[82]gique.] Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- {Stra*te"gic*al*ly}, adv. {Strategic line} (Mil.), a line joining strategic points. {Strategic point} (Mil.), any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc. | |
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Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] of or for a general: cf. F. strat[82]gique.] Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- {Stra*te"gic*al*ly}, adv. {Strategic line} (Mil.), a line joining strategic points. {Strategic point} (Mil.), any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc. | |
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Position \Po*si"tion\, n. [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere, positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. [?]) + sinere to leave, let, permit, place. See {Site}, and cf. {Composite}, {Compound}, v., {Depone}, {Deposit}, {Expound}, {Impostor}, {Opposite}, {Propound}, {Pose}, v., {Posit}, {Post}, n.] 1. The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position. We have different prospects of the same thing, according to our different positions to it. --Locke. 2. The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position. 3. Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position. Let not the proof of any position depend on the positions that follow, but always on those which go before. --I. Watts. 4. Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position. 5. (Arith.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the {rule of trial and error}. {Angle of position} (Astron.), the angle which any line (as that joining two stars) makes with another fixed line, specifically with a circle of declination. {Double position} (Arith.), the method of solving problems by proceeding with each of two assumed numbers, according to the conditions of the problem, and by comparing the difference of the results with those of the numbers, deducing the correction to be applied to one of them to obtain the true result. {Guns of position} (Mil.), heavy fieldpieces, not designed for quick movements. {Position finder} (Mil.), a range finder. See under {Range}. {Position micrometer}, a micrometer applied to the tube of an astronomical telescope for measuring angles of position in the field of view. {Single position} (Arith.), the method of solving problems, in which the result obtained by operating with an assumed number is to the true result as the number assumed is to the number required. {Strategic position} (Mil.), a position taken up by an army or a large detachment of troops for the purpose of checking or observing an opposing force. Syn: Situation; station; place; condition; attitude; posture; proposition; assertion; thesis. | |
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Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] of or for a general: cf. F. strat[82]gique.] Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- {Stra*te"gic*al*ly}, adv. {Strategic line} (Mil.), a line joining strategic points. {Strategic point} (Mil.), any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc. | |
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Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] of or for a general: cf. F. strat[82]gique.] Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- {Stra*te"gic*al*ly}, adv. {Strategic line} (Mil.), a line joining strategic points. {Strategic point} (Mil.), any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc. | |
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Strategics \Stra*te"gics\, n. Strategy. | |
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Strategist \Strat"e*gist\, n. [Cf. F. strat[82]giste.] One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements. | |
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Strategy \Strat"e*gy\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. strat[82]gie. See {Stratagem}.] 1. The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship. 2. The use of stratagem or artifice. | |
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Strath \Strath\, n. [Gael. srath.] A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore. [Scot.] The long green strath of Napa valley. --R. L. Stevenson. | |
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Strathspey \Strath"spey`\, n. [So called from the district of Strath Spey in Scotland.] A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune. | |
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Straticulate \Stra*tic"u*late\, a. [Dim. Fr. stratum.] (Min.) Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate. | |
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Stratification \Strat`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stratification.] 1. The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers. 2. (Physiol.) The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance. | |
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Stratified \Strat"i*fied\, a. Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock. | |
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Stratify \Strat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stratified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stratifying}.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.] To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata. | |
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Stratiform \Strat"i*form\, a. Having the form of strata. | |
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Stratify \Strat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stratified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stratifying}.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.] To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata. | |
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Stratify \Strat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stratified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stratifying}.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.] To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata. | |
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Stratigraphic \Strat`i*graph"ic\, -ical \-ic*al\, a. (Mil.) See {Stratographic}. | |
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Stratigraphic \Strat`i*graph"ic\, Stratigraphical \Strat`i*graph"ic*al\, a. (Geol.) Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence. -- {Strat`i*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Stratigraphic \Strat`i*graph"ic\, Stratigraphical \Strat`i*graph"ic*al\, a. (Geol.) Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence. -- {Strat`i*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Stratigraphic \Strat`i*graph"ic\, Stratigraphical \Strat`i*graph"ic*al\, a. (Geol.) Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence. -- {Strat`i*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Stratigraphy \Stra*tig"ra*phy\, n. [Stratum + -graphy.] That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata. | |
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Water soldier \Wa"ter sol`dier\ (Bot.) An aquatic European plant ({Stratiotes aloides}) with bayonet-shaped leaves. | |
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Strato-cirrus \Stra`to-cir"rus\, n. [Stratus + cirrus.] (Meteor.) An alto-stratus cloud. | |
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Stratocracy \Stra*toc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. [?] an army + -cracy, as in democracy: cf. F. stratocratie.] A military government; government by military chiefs and an army. | |
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Strato-cumulus \Stra`to-cu"mu*lus\, n. [Stratus + cumulus.] (Meteor.) Large balls or rolls of dark cloud which frequently cover the whole sky, esp. in winter, and give it at times an undulated appearance. | |
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Stratographic \Strat`o*graph"ic\, Stratographical \Strat`o*graph"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to stratography. | |
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Stratographic \Strat`o*graph"ic\, Stratographical \Strat`o*graph"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to stratography. | |
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Stratography \Stra*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] an army + -graphy.] A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army. | |
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Stratonic \Stra*ton"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] an army.] Of or pertaining to an army. [R.] | |
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Stratotic \Stra*tot"ic\, a. Warlike; military. [R.] | |
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Stratum \Stra"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Stratums}, L. {Strata}. The latter is more common. [L., from sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to Gr. [?] to spread, strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Consternation}, {Estrade}, {Prostrate}, {Stratus}, {Street}.] 1. (Geol.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively. 2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course. | |
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Stratum \Stra"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Stratums}, L. {Strata}. The latter is more common. [L., from sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to Gr. [?] to spread, strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Consternation}, {Estrade}, {Prostrate}, {Stratus}, {Street}.] 1. (Geol.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively. 2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course. | |
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Stratus \Stra"tus\, n. [L. stratus a spreading out, scattering, from sternere, stratum, to spread.] (Meteor.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See {Cloud}. | |
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Cloud \Cloud\ (kloud), n. [Prob. fr. AS. cl[umac]d a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.] 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) {Cirrus}. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) {Cumulus}. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) {Stratus}. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) {Nimbus}. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) {Cirro-cumulus}. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) {Cirro-stratus}. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) {Cumulo-stratus}. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- {Fog}, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- {Storm scud}, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind. 2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. [bd]A thick cloud of incense.[b8] --Ezek. viii. 11. 3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title. 4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect. 5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. [bd]So great a cloud of witnesses.[b8] --Heb. xii. 1. 6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. {Cloud on a} (or the) {title} (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. {To be under a cloud}, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. {In the clouds}, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary. | |
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{Straw bail}, worthless bail, as being given by irresponsible persons. [Colloq. U.S.] {Straw bid}, a worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill. [Colloq. U.S.] {Straw cat} (Zo[94]l.), the pampas cat. {Straw color}, the color of dry straw, being a delicate yellow. {Straw drain}, a drain filled with straw. {Straw plait}, [or] {Straw plat}, a strip formed by plaiting straws, used for making hats, bonnets, etc. {To be in the straw}, to be brought to bed, as a pregnant woman. [Slang] | |
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Strawed \Strawed\, imp. & p. p. of {Straw}. [Obs.] | |
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Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Strayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straying}.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj., stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved road. See {Street}, and {Stray}, a.] 1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham. 2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray. Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak. A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak. 3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --[?][?][?] of Com. Prayer. While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. --Cowper. Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander. | |
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Street \Street\ (str[emac]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[aemac]t, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & a.] Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. --Coverdale. At home or through the high street passing. --Milton. Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay. {The street} (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. {Street Arab}, {Street broker}, etc. See under {Arab}, {Broker}, etc. {Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street. Syn: See {Way}. | |
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Street \Street\ (str[emac]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[aemac]t, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & a.] Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. --Coverdale. At home or through the high street passing. --Milton. Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay. {The street} (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. {Street Arab}, {Street broker}, etc. See under {Arab}, {Broker}, etc. {Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street. Syn: See {Way}. | |
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Arab \Ar"ab\ (?; 277), n. [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. [?].] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. {Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor. The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. --Lond. Sat. Rev. | |
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Street \Street\ (str[emac]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[aemac]t, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & a.] Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. --Coverdale. At home or through the high street passing. --Milton. Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay. {The street} (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. {Street Arab}, {Street broker}, etc. See under {Arab}, {Broker}, etc. {Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street. Syn: See {Way}. | |
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Broker \Bro"ker\ (br[omac]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. br[umac]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See {Brook}, v. t.] 1. One who transacts business for another; an agent. 2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. --Story. 3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc. 4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.] 5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] --Shak. {Bill broker}, one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange. {Curbstone broker} or {Street broker}, an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.] {Exchange broker}, one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money. {Insurance broker}, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. {Pawn broker}. See {Pawnbroker}. {Real estate broker}, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. {Ship broker}, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. {Stock broker}. See {Stockbroker}. | |
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Car \Car\, n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. {Chariot}.] 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart. 2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.] Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See {Train}. 3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic]. The gilded car of day. --Milton. The towering car, the sable steeds. --Tennyson. 4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. --Dryden. 5. The cage of a lift or elevator. 6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc. 7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [U. S.] {Car coupling}, or {Car coupler}, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.] {Dummy car} (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. {Freight car} (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] {Hand car} (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] {Horse car}, or {Street car}, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.] {Palace car}, {Drawing-room car}, {Sleeping car}, {Parlor car}, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers. | |
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Street \Street\ (str[emac]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[aemac]t, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & a.] Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. --Coverdale. At home or through the high street passing. --Milton. Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay. {The street} (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. {Street Arab}, {Street broker}, etc. See under {Arab}, {Broker}, etc. {Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street. Syn: See {Way}. | |
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Streetwalker \Street"walk`er\, n. A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers. | |
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Streetward \Street"ward`\, n. An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [Obs.] --Cowell. | |
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Streetward \Street"ward\, a. Facing toward the street. Their little streetward sitting room. --Tennyson. | |
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Streit \Streit\, a. [See {Stretch}.] Drawn. [Obs.] Pyrrhus with his streite sword. --Chaucer. | |
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Streit \Streit\, a. Close; narrow; strict. [Obs.] See {Strait}. | |
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Streite \Streite\, adv. Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [Obs.] | |
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Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[84]cka, Dan. str[91]kke; cf. AS. str[91]ck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. {Straight}.] 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. --Chaucer. I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak. 2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. 3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. 4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. --Shak. 5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge. 6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. --Burke. | |
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Stretch \Stretch\, n. 1. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination. By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain. --Dryden. Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative. --L'Estrange. 2. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land. A great stretch of cultivated country. --W. Black. But all of them left me a week at a stretch. --E. Eggleston. 3. The extent to which anything may be stretched. Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind. --Atterbury. This is the utmost stretch that nature can. --Granville. 4. (Naut.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board. 5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. {To be on the stretch}, to be obliged to use one's utmost powers. {Home stretch}. See under {Home}, a. | |
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Stretch \Stretch\, v. i. 1. To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles. As far as stretcheth any ground. --Gower. 2. To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches. 3. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances. The inner membrane . . . because it would stretch and yield, remained umbroken. --Boyle. 4. To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts. [Obs. or Colloq.] 5. (Naut.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Stretch out}, an order to rowers to extend themselves forward in dipping the oar. | |
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Stretch \Stretch\, v. i. 1. To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles. As far as stretcheth any ground. --Gower. 2. To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches. 3. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances. The inner membrane . . . because it would stretch and yield, remained umbroken. --Boyle. 4. To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts. [Obs. or Colloq.] 5. (Naut.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Stretch out}, an order to rowers to extend themselves forward in dipping the oar. | |
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Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[84]cka, Dan. str[91]kke; cf. AS. str[91]ck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. {Straight}.] 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. --Chaucer. I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak. 2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. 3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. 4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. --Shak. 5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge. 6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. --Burke. | |
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Stretcher \Stretch"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, stretches. 2. (Masonry) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall. --Gwilt. 3. (Arch.) A piece of timber used in building. 4. (Naut.) (a) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet. (b) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped. --Dana. 5. A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons. 6. An overstretching of the truth; a lie. [Slang] 7. One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle. 8. An instrument for stretching boots or gloves. 9. The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting. | |
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Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[84]cka, Dan. str[91]kke; cf. AS. str[91]ck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. {Straight}.] 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. --Chaucer. I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak. 2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. 3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. 4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. --Shak. 5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge. 6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. --Burke. | |
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Stretching \Stretch"ing\, a. & n. from {Stretch}, v. {Stretching course} (Masonry), a course or series of stretchers. See {Stretcher}, 2. --Britton. | |
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Stretching \Stretch"ing\, a. & n. from {Stretch}, v. {Stretching course} (Masonry), a course or series of stretchers. See {Stretcher}, 2. --Britton. | |
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d8Stretto \[d8]Stret"to\, n. [It., close or contacted, pressed.] (Mus.) (a) The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue. (b) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time. [Written also {stretta}.] | |
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Strew \Strew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strewed}; p. p. {strewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strewing}.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, stre[a2]wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str[be], Sw. str[94], Dan. str[94]e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. st[?]. [fb]166. Cf. {Stratum}, {Straw}, {Street}.] 1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave. And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. --Dryden. On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. --Beaconsfield. 2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. --Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? --Pope. 3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. She may strew dangerous conjectures. --Shak. | |
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Striate \Stri"ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Striated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Striating}.] [See {Striate}, a.] To mark with stria[91]. [bd]Striated longitudinally.[b8] --Owen. | |
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Striate \Stri"ate\, Striated \Stri"a*ted\, a. [L. striatus, p. p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.] Marked with stria[91], or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber. | |
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Striate \Stri"ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Striated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Striating}.] [See {Striate}, a.] To mark with stria[91]. [bd]Striated longitudinally.[b8] --Owen. | |
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Striate \Stri"ate\, Striated \Stri"a*ted\, a. [L. striatus, p. p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.] Marked with stria[91], or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber. | |
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Striate \Stri"ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Striated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Striating}.] [See {Striate}, a.] To mark with stria[91]. [bd]Striated longitudinally.[b8] --Owen. | |
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Striation \Stri*a"tion\, n. 1. The quality or condition of being striated. 2. A stria; as, the striations on a shell. | |
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Striature \Stri"a*ture\, n. [L. striatura.] A stria. | |
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Strid \Strid\, n. [See {Stride}.] A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride. [Prov. Eng.] --Howitt. This striding place is called the Strid. --Wordsworth. | |
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Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[c6]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[c6]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[c6]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Straddle}.] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. --Dryden. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. | |
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Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[c6]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[c6]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[c6]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Straddle}.] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. --Dryden. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. | |
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Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[c6]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[c6]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[c6]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Straddle}.] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. --Dryden. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. | |
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Stride \Stride\, v. t. 1. To pass over at a step; to step over. [bd]A debtor that not dares to stride a limit.[b8] --Shak. 2. To straddle; to bestride. I mean to stride your steed. --Shak. | |
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Stride \Stride\, n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. --Pope. God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom. --Cowper. | |
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Strident \Stri"dent\, a. [L. stridens, -entis, p. pr. of stridere to make a grating or creaking noise.] Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. [bd]A strident voice.[b8] --Thackeray. | |
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Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[c6]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[c6]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[c6]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Straddle}.] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. --Dryden. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. | |
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Stridulate \Strid"u*late\, v. t. [See {Stridulous}.] To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zo[94]l.), to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects. | |
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Stridulation \Strid`u*la"tion\, n. The act of stridulating. Specifically: (Zo[94]l.) (a) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. (b) The noise itself. Note: The crickets stridulate by rubbing together the strong nervures of the fore wings. Many grasshoppers stridulate by rubbing the hind legs across strong nervures on the fore wings. The green grasshoppers and katydids stridulate by means of special organs at the base of the fore wings. | |
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Stridulator \Strid"u*la`tor\, n. [NL.] That which stridulates. --Darwin. | |
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Stridulatory \Strid"u*la*to*ry\, a. Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation. --Darwin. | |
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Stridulous \Strid"u*lous\, a. [L. stridulus. See {Strident}.] Making a shrill, creaking sound. --Sir T. Browne. The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart. --Longfellow. {Stridulous laryngitis} (Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspn[d2]a, occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or stridulous breathing. | |
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Stridulous \Strid"u*lous\, a. [L. stridulus. See {Strident}.] Making a shrill, creaking sound. --Sir T. Browne. The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart. --Longfellow. {Stridulous laryngitis} (Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspn[d2]a, occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or stridulous breathing. | |
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Strode \Strode\, imp. of {Stride}. | |
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Strode \Strode\, n. See {Strude}. [Obs.] | |
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Strude \Strude\, n. A stock of breeding mares. [Written also {strode}.] [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[c6]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[c6]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[c6]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Straddle}.] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. --Dryden. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. | |
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Strode \Strode\, imp. of {Stride}. | |
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Strode \Strode\, n. See {Strude}. [Obs.] | |
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Strude \Strude\, n. A stock of breeding mares. [Written also {strode}.] [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[c6]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[c6]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[c6]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Straddle}.] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. --Dryden. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. | |
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Strode \Strode\, imp. of {Stride}. | |
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Strode \Strode\, n. See {Strude}. [Obs.] | |
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Strude \Strude\, n. A stock of breeding mares. [Written also {strode}.] [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[c6]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[c6]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[c6]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Straddle}.] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. --Dryden. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. | |
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Stroot \Stroot\, v. t. [Cf. {Strut}, v. i.] To swell out; to strut. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Stroud \Stroud\, n. A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians. | |
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Strouding \Stroud"ing\, n. Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians. | |
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Strout \Strout\, v. i. [See {Strut}.] To swell; to puff out; to project. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Strout \Strout\, v. t. To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Strow \Strow\, v. t. [imp. {Strowed}; p. p. {Strown}[or] {Strowed}.] Same as {Strew}. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa. --Milton. A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished. --M. Arnold. | |
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Strude \Strude\, n. A stock of breeding mares. [Written also {strode}.] [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Strut \Strut\, n. [For senses 2 & 3 cf. LG. strutt rigid.] 1. The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk. 2. (Arch.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See {Brace}, and Illust. of {Frame}, and {Roof}. 3. (Engin.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie. | |
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Strut \Strut\, v. t. To hold apart. Cf. {Strut}, n., 3. | |
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Strut \Strut\, a. Protuberant. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Strut \Strut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strutting}.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.] 1. To swell; to bulge out. [R.] The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden. 2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity. Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait? --Shak. | |
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Struthian \Stru"thi*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Struthious. | |
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Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.] (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort ({Saponaria}), in the bark of soap bark ({Quillaia}), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local an[91]sthesia. Formerly called also {struthiin}, {quillaiin}, {senegin}, {polygalic acid}, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type. | |
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Ostrich \Os"trich\, n. [OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF. ostruche, ostruce, F. autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird + struthio ostrich, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] bird, sparrow. Cf. {Aviary}, {Struthious}.] [Formerly written also {estrich}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large bird of the genus {Struthio}, of which {Struthio camelus} of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high. Note: The South African ostrich ({Struthio australis}) and the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes. The body of the male is covered with elegant black plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the most valuable white plumes. {Ostrich farm}, a farm on which ostriches are bred for the sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc. {Ostrich farming}, the occupation of breeding ostriches for the sake of their feathers, etc. {Ostrich fern} (Bot.) a kind of fern ({Onoclea Struthiopteris}), the tall fronds of which grow in a circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in Europe and North America. | |
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Ostrich \Os"trich\, n. [OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF. ostruche, ostruce, F. autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird + struthio ostrich, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] bird, sparrow. Cf. {Aviary}, {Struthious}.] [Formerly written also {estrich}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large bird of the genus {Struthio}, of which {Struthio camelus} of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high. Note: The South African ostrich ({Struthio australis}) and the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes. The body of the male is covered with elegant black plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the most valuable white plumes. {Ostrich farm}, a farm on which ostriches are bred for the sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc. {Ostrich farming}, the occupation of breeding ostriches for the sake of their feathers, etc. {Ostrich fern} (Bot.) a kind of fern ({Onoclea Struthiopteris}), the tall fronds of which grow in a circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in Europe and North America. | |
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d8Struthio \[d8]Stru"thi*o\, n.; pl. {Struthiones}. [L., an ostrich, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches. | |
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Struthionine \Stru`thi*o"nine\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Struthious. | |
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Struthious \Stru"thi*ous\, a. [L. struthius, strutheus.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe. | |
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Strut \Strut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strutting}.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.] 1. To swell; to bulge out. [R.] The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden. 2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity. Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait? --Shak. | |
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Strutter \Strut"ter\, n. One who struts. | |
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Strutting \Strut"ting\, a. & n. from {Strut}, v. -- {Strut"ting*ly}, adv. | |
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Strut \Strut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strutting}.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.] 1. To swell; to bulge out. [R.] The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden. 2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity. Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait? --Shak. | |
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Strutting \Strut"ting\, a. & n. from {Strut}, v. -- {Strut"ting*ly}, adv. | |
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Sturdy \Stur"dy\, a. [Compar. {Sturdier}; superl. {Sturdiest}.] [OE. sturdi inconsiderable, OF. estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, F. [82]tourdi, p. p. of OF. estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, F. [82]tourdir; 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. | |
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Sturdy \Stur"dy\, a. [Compar. {Sturdier}; superl. {Sturdiest}.] [OE. sturdi inconsiderable, OF. estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, F. [82]tourdi, p. p. of OF. estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, F. [82]tourdir; 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. | |
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Sturdily \Stur"di*ly\, adv. In a sturdy manner. | |
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Sturdiness \Stur"di*ness\, n. Quality of being sturdy. | |
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Sturdy \Stur"dy\, n. [OF. estourdi giddiness, stupefaction.] (Vet.) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor. | |
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Sturdy \Stur"dy\, a. [Compar. {Sturdier}; superl. {Sturdiest}.] [OE. sturdi inconsiderable, OF. estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, F. [82]tourdi, p. p. of OF. estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, F. [82]tourdir; 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. | |
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Sturt \Sturt\, n. 1. Disturbance; annoyance; care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [bd]Sturt and care.[b8] --J. Rolland. 2. (Mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits. --Raymond. | |
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Sturt \Sturt\, v. t. [Cf. {Start}, v. i.] To vex; to annoy; to startle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Sturtion \Stur"tion\, n. A corruption of {Nasturtion}. | |
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Suturated \Su"tur*a`ted\, a. Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched. | |
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Sutured \Su"tured\, a. Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. --Pennant. | |
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Sweetheart \Sweet"heart`\, n. A lover of mistress. | |
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Sweethearting \Sweet"heart`ing\, n. Making love. [bd]To play at sweethearting.[b8] --W. Black. | |
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Sweetroot \Sweet"root`\, n. (Bot.) Licorice. | |
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Sweetwort \Sweet"wort`\, n. Any plant of a sweet taste. | |
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Strathmore, CA (CDP, FIPS 75280) Location: 36.14433 N, 119.05968 W Population (1990): 2353 (752 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93267 Strathmore, NJ (CDP, FIPS 71280) Location: 40.40277 N, 74.21888 W Population (1990): 7060 (2388 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Stratmoor, CO (CDP, FIPS 74430) Location: 38.77395 N, 104.77913 W Population (1990): 5854 (2233 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strattanville, PA (borough, FIPS 74728) Location: 41.20294 N, 79.32761 W Population (1990): 490 (233 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16258 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stratton, CO (town, FIPS 74485) Location: 39.30298 N, 102.60379 W Population (1990): 649 (335 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80836 Stratton, ME Zip code(s): 04982 Stratton, NE (village, FIPS 47395) Location: 40.15167 N, 101.22768 W Population (1990): 427 (232 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69043 Stratton, OH (village, FIPS 75000) Location: 40.52494 N, 80.63042 W Population (1990): 278 (140 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Streator, IL (city, FIPS 73170) Location: 41.12527 N, 88.83148 W Population (1990): 14121 (6053 housing units) Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61364 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Streeter, ND (city, FIPS 76620) Location: 46.65692 N, 99.35711 W Population (1990): 161 (140 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58483 Streeter, WV Zip code(s): 25969 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Streetman, TX (town, FIPS 70604) Location: 31.87588 N, 96.32385 W Population (1990): 260 (160 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75859 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Streetsboro, OH (city, FIPS 75014) Location: 41.23885 N, 81.34580 W Population (1990): 9932 (3827 housing units) Area: 62.2 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44241 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stroud, OK (city, FIPS 71000) Location: 35.76915 N, 96.64951 W Population (1990): 2666 (1278 housing units) Area: 28.3 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stroudsburg, PA (borough, FIPS 74888) Location: 40.98363 N, 75.19757 W Population (1990): 5312 (2550 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18360 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Struthers, OH (city, FIPS 75126) Location: 41.05120 N, 80.59312 W Population (1990): 12284 (4948 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44471 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stuart, FL (city, FIPS 68875) Location: 27.19427 N, 80.24318 W Population (1990): 11936 (7021 housing units) Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 5.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34994, 34996, 34997 Stuart, IA (city, FIPS 75990) Location: 41.50236 N, 94.31825 W Population (1990): 1522 (676 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50250 Stuart, NE (village, FIPS 47500) Location: 42.60003 N, 99.14017 W Population (1990): 650 (273 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68780 Stuart, OK (town, FIPS 71050) Location: 34.90075 N, 96.09976 W Population (1990): 228 (112 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74570 Stuart, VA (town, FIPS 76256) Location: 36.64006 N, 80.27402 W Population (1990): 965 (483 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24171 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stuarts Draft, VA (CDP, FIPS 76272) Location: 38.02560 N, 79.02486 W Population (1990): 5087 (1913 housing units) Area: 25.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24477 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sturdivant, MO Zip code(s): 63782 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sturtevant, WI (village, FIPS 77925) Location: 42.70030 N, 87.89912 W Population (1990): 3803 (1337 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53177 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Saturday-night special n. [from police slang for a cheap handgun] A {quick-and-dirty} program or feature kluged together during off hours, under a deadline, and in response to pressure from a {salescritter}. Such hacks are dangerously unreliable, but all too often sneak into a production release after insufficient review. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
star out v. [University of York, England] To replace a user's encrypted password in /etc/passwd with a single asterisk. Under Unix this is not a legal encryption of any password; hence the user is not permitted to log in. In general, accounts like adm, news, and daemon are permanently "starred out"; occasionally a real user might have the this inflicted upon him/her as a punishment, e.g. "Graham was starred out for playing Omega in working hours". Also occasionally known as The Order Of The Gold Star in this context. "Don't do that, or you'll be awarded the Order of the Gold Star..." Compare {disusered}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
strided /stri:'d*d/ adj. [scientific computing] Said of a sequence of memory reads and writes to addresses, each of which is separated from the last by a constant interval called the `stride length'. These can be a worst-case access pattern for the standard memory-caching schemes when the stride length is a multiple of the cache line size. Strided references are often generated by loops through an array, and (if your data is large enough that access-time is significant) it can be worthwhile to tune for better locality by inverting double loops or by partially unrolling the outer loop of a loop nest. This usage is borderline techspeak; the related term `memory stride' is definitely techspeak. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
strudel n. Common (spoken) name for the at-sign (`@', ASCII 1000000) character. See {ASCII} for other synonyms. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Saturday-night special (From police slang for a cheap handgun) A {quick-and-dirty} program or feature {kluge}d together during off hours, under a deadline, and in response to pressure from a {salescritter}. Such hacks are dangerously unreliable, but all too often sneak into a production release after insufficient review. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
start bit a character on a {serial line}. For an {RS-423} signal, the line is normally at logical zero which there is no data and the start bit is a logical one. The zero-one transition tells the receiver when to start sampling the signal to extract the data bits. [Is this upside-down?] (1995-02-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Start Of Header [What header?] (1996-05-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Start Of Text (1996-05-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
start tag {tag} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Stratus computer systems. While virtually all of Stratus' core hardware and software is sold into the financial services, telecommunications, travel and transportation, and gaming these markets, a broad range of {middleware} and {applications} are developed and marketed by Stratus, its subsidiaries, and third party partners. Yearly sales $609M, profits $43.5M (1996). {Home (http://www.stratus,com)}. (1997-04-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
strided /str:'d*d/ (scientific computing) Said of a sequence of memory reads and writes to addresses, each of which is separated from the last by a constant interval called "the stride length", or just "the stride". These can be a worst-case access pattern for {cache} schemes when the stride length is a multiple of the {cache line} size. Strided references are often generated by loops through an {array}, and (if the data is large enough that access-time is significant) it can be worthwhile to tune for better locality by inverting double loops or by partially unrolling the outer loop of a loop nest. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
strudel "@", {ASCII} 64. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
STRUDL STRUctured Design Language. Dynamic and {finite-element analysis}, steel and concrete structures. Subsystem of {ICES}. ["ICES STRUDL-II Engineering User's Manual", R68-91, CE Dept MIT (Nov 1968) Sammet 1969, p.613]. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Street The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to west, about a mile in length, and forming the principal thoroughfare in the city." In Oriental towns streets are usually narrow and irregular and filthy (Ps. 18:42; Isa. 10:6). "It is remarkable," says Porter, "that all the important cities of Palestine and Syria Samaria, Caesarea, Gerasa, Bozrah, Damascus, Palmyra, had their 'straight streets' running through the centre of the city, and lined with stately rows of columns. The most perfect now remaining are those of Palmyra and Gerasa, where long ranges of the columns still stand.", Through Samaria, etc. |