Sciadopityaceae
         n 1: family comprising a single genus that until recently was
               considered part of Taxodiaceae [syn: {Sciadopityaceae},
               {family Sciadopityaceae}]

English Dictionary: St. Peter's wreath	by the DICT Development Group
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Sciadopitys n type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines Synonym(s): Sciadopitys, genus Sciadopitys
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Sciadopitys verticillata n tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs Synonym(s): Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata
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seed beetle n a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes [syn: seed beetle, seed weevil]
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seedbed n a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting
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seedpod n a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant Synonym(s): pod, seedpod
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set about v begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" Synonym(s): set about, go about, approach enter upon an activity or enterprise Synonym(s): undertake, set about, attempt take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" Synonym(s): get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence Antonym(s): end, terminate
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shot put n an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled as far as possible
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shot putter n an athlete who competes in the shot put
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soda bottle n a bottle for holding soft drinks [syn: pop bottle, {soda bottle}]
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South Vietnam n a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam
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St Patrick's Day n a day observed by the Irish to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland Synonym(s): St Patrick's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, March 17
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St Peter's wort n European perennial St John's wort; Ireland and France to western Siberia Synonym(s): St Peter's wort, Hypericum tetrapterum, Hypericum maculatum
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St. Baeda n (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) Synonym(s): Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede
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St. Beda n (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) Synonym(s): Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede
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St. Bede n (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) Synonym(s): Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede
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St. David n patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600) [syn: David, {Saint David}, St. David]
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St. Patrick n Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century Synonym(s): Patrick, Saint Patrick, St. Patrick
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St. Peter n disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope Synonym(s): Peter, Simon Peter, Saint Peter, St. Peter, Saint Peter the Apostle, St. Peter the Apostle
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St. Peter the Apostle n disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope Synonym(s): Peter, Simon Peter, Saint Peter, St. Peter, Saint Peter the Apostle, St. Peter the Apostle
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St. Peter's wreath n shrub having copious small white flowers in spring [syn: bridal wreath, bridal-wreath, Saint Peter's wreath, St. Peter's wreath, Spiraea prunifolia]
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St. Petersburg n a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort Synonym(s): St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia Synonym(s): St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg
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St. Vitus n Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300) Synonym(s): Vitus, St. Vitus
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St. Vitus dance n chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever Synonym(s): Sydenham's chorea, Saint Vitus dance, St. Vitus dance
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staff tree n any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus
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staff-tree family n trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright- colored fruits Synonym(s): Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family
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stapedectomy n surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear
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stave wood n large tree of Australasia [syn: red beech, brown oak, booyong, crow's foot, stave wood, silky elm, Heritiera trifoliolata, Terrietia trifoliolata]
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stay put v stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" Synonym(s): stay, stick, stick around, stay put Antonym(s): move
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step dancing n dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures Synonym(s): step dancing, hoofing
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step down v give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" Synonym(s): leave office, quit, step down, resign Antonym(s): take office reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de- escalate a crisis" Synonym(s): de-escalate, weaken, step down Antonym(s): escalate, intensify, step up
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step out v go outside a room or building for a short period of time
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step to the fore v make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers" Synonym(s): come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out
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step-down n the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down] Antonym(s): increase, step-up
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step-down transformer n a transformer that reduces voltage
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stepdaughter n a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
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stepfather n the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage
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stephead n a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right Synonym(s): dropline, drop line, stepped line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead
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stepped line n a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right Synonym(s): dropline, drop line, stepped line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead
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stevedore n a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]
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stiff-tailed adj having a stiff tail
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stoop to v make concessions to
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stooped adj having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" Synonym(s): hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked
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stop bath n an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer [syn: stop bath, short-stop, short-stop bath]
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stop dead v stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" Synonym(s): freeze, stop dead
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stop watch n a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) Synonym(s): stopwatch, stop watch
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stopped adj (of a nose) blocked; "a stopped (or stopped-up) nose" Synonym(s): stopped, stopped-up(a), stopped up(p)
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stopped up adj (of a nose) blocked; "a stopped (or stopped-up) nose" Synonym(s): stopped, stopped-up(a), stopped up(p)
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stopped-up adj (of a nose) blocked; "a stopped (or stopped-up) nose" Synonym(s): stopped, stopped-up(a), stopped up(p) having narrow opening filled Synonym(s): chinked, stopped-up
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stopwatch n a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) Synonym(s): stopwatch, stop watch
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stub out v extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" [syn: {stub out}, crush out, extinguish, press out]
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stuffed adj filled with something; "a stuffed turkey" crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed"
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stuffed cabbage n parboiled head of cabbage scooped out and filled with a hash of chopped e.g. beef or ham and baked; served with tomato or cheese sauce
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stuffed derma n (Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet Synonym(s): kishke, stuffed derma
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stuffed egg n halved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the white Synonym(s): deviled egg, stuffed egg
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stuffed grape leaves n well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock Synonym(s): dolmas, stuffed grape leaves
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stuffed mushroom n mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach
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stuffed peppers n parboiled green peppers stuffed usually with rice and meat and baked briefly
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stuffed shirt n a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned
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stuffed tomato n tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold Synonym(s): stuffed tomato, cold stuffed tomato tomato cases filled with various mixtures and baked briefly Synonym(s): stuffed tomato, hot stuffed tomato
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stupid adj lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity [ant: smart] in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue" Synonym(s): dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid(p) lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers" Synonym(s): unintelligent, stupid Antonym(s): intelligent n a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!" Synonym(s): stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock
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stupid person n a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!" Synonym(s): stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock
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stupidity n a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience Antonym(s): intelligence a stupid mistake Synonym(s): stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility
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stupidly adv in a stupid manner; "he had stupidly bought a one way ticket" Synonym(s): stupidly, doltishly
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styptic adj tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels Synonym(s): styptic, hemostatic n a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals Synonym(s): astringent, astringent drug, styptic
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styptic weed n very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia Synonym(s): coffee senna, mogdad coffee, styptic weed, stinking weed, Senna occidentalis, Cassia occidentalis
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Sudafed n vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation Synonym(s): naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed
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suet pudding n a sweet or savory pudding made with suet and steamed or boiled
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sweet potato n pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh Synonym(s): sweet potato, sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes Synonym(s): ocarina, sweet potato
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sweet potato vine n pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh Synonym(s): sweet potato, sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas
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sweet vetch n perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints Synonym(s): sweet vetch, Hedysarum boreale
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sweet-potato ring rot n disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot
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sweet-potato whitefly n a variety of whitefly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scutiped \Scu"ti*ped\, a. [L. scutum a shield + pes, pedis, a       foot: cf. F. scutip[8a]de.] (Zo[94]l.)       Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with       scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete       bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of       certain birds.
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Sea daffodil \Sea" daf"fo*dil\ (Bot.)       A European amarylidaceous plant ({Pancratium maritimum}).
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Seed \Seed\, n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS.       s[?]d, fr. s[be]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat,       Icel. s[be][?], s[?][?]i, Goth. manas[?]ps seed of men.       world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf. {Colza}.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or                   more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a                   currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.             (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a                   pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper;                   as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.                               And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,                            the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree                            yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in                            itself.                                       --Gen. i. 11.          Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and                within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is                either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the                albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of                the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where                the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the                closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.          2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;             -- not used in the plural.          3. That from which anything springs; first principle;             original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.          4. The principle of production.                         Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which                      may the like in coming ages breed.      --Waller.          5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of             Abraham; the seed of David.          Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to                any number collectively, and admits of the plural form,                though rarely used in the plural.          6. Race; generation; birth.                         Of mortal seed they were not held.      --Waller.          {Seed bag} (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation             of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag             encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which             swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and             the sides of the hole.          {Seed bud} (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the             embryo state; the ovule.          {Seed coat} (Bot.), the covering of a seed.          {Seed corn}, [or] {Seed grain} (Bot.), corn or grain for             seed.          {Seed down} (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as             cotton seed.          {Seed drill}. See 6th {Drill}, 2             (a) .          {Seed eater} (Zo[94]l.), any finch of the genera             {Sporophila}, and {Crithagra}. They feed mainly on seeds.                      {Seed gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall which resembles a seed,             formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some             species of Phylloxera.          {Seed leaf} (Bot.), a cotyledon.          {Seed lobe} (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.          {Seed oil}, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.          {Seed oyster}, a young oyster, especially when of a size             suitable for transplantation to a new locality.          {Seed pearl}, a small pearl of little value.          {Seed plat}, [or] {Seed plot}, the ground on which seeds are             sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.          {Seed stalk} (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a             funicle.          {Seed tick} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of ticks             resembling seeds in form and color.          {Seed vessel} (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the             seeds; a pericarp.          {Seed weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small weevels,             especially those of the genus {Apion}, which live in the             seeds of various plants.          {Seed wool}, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds.             [Southern U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shadow \Shad"ow\ (sh[acr]d"[osl]), n. [Originally the same word       as shade. [root]162. See {Shade}.]       1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of             light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of             the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the             shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note             under {Shade}, n., 1.          2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.                         Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. --Denham.          3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.                         In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed                      of lilies softly laid.                        --Spenser.          4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. --Shak.          5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a             shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious             follower.                         Sin and her shadow Death.                  --Milton.          6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. [bd]Hence, horrible             shadow![b8] --Shak.          7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration;             indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical             representation; type.                         The law having a shadow of good things to come.                                                                               --Heb. x. 1.                         [Types] and shadows of that destined seed. --Milton.          8. A small degree; a shade. [bd]No variableness, neither             shadow of turning.[b8] --James i. 17.          9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A             Latinism] --Nares.                         I must not have my board pastered with shadows That                      under other men's protection break in Without                      invitement.                                       --Massinger.          {Shadow of death}, darkness or gloom like that caused by the             presence or the impending of death. --Ps. xxiii. 4.
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John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.]       A proper name of a man.          {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same             as {Apple-john}.          {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical             characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English             people.          {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving.          {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious             plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W.          {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) +             Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European             food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive,             with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round             dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and             {St. Peter's fish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stab \Stab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stabbing}.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave,       staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E.       staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf.       {Staff}.]       1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the             thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a             dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a             person.          2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or             slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
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Stafette \Sta*fette"\, n. [Cf. G. stafette. See {Estafet}.]       An estafet. [R.] --arlyle.
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Staff \Staff\, n.; pl. {Staves} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) or       {Staffs}in senses 1-9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS.       st[91]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries stef, G. stab,       Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element,       rudiment, Skr. sth[be]pay to cause to stand, to place. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Stab}, {Stave}, n.]       1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an             instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many             purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or             pike.                         And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of                      the altar to bear it withal.               --Ex. xxxviii.                                                                               7.                         With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden.          2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a             person walking; hence, a support; that which props or             upholds. [bd]Hooked staves.[b8] --Piers Plowman.                         The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak.                         He spoke of it [beer] in [bd]The Earnest Cry,[b8]                      and likewise in the [bd]Scotch Drink,[b8] as one of                      the staffs of life which had been struck from the                      poor man's hand.                                 --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.          3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a             badge of office; as, a constable's staff.                         Methought this staff, mine office badge in court,                      Was broke in twain.                           --Shak.                         All his officers brake their staves; but at their                      return new staves were delivered unto them.                                                                               --Hayward.          4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.          5. The round of a ladder. [R.]                         I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and                      thirty-nine staves.                           --Dr. J.                                                                               Campbell (E.                                                                               Brown's                                                                               Travels).          6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,             the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.                         Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for                      an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden.          7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is             written; -- formerly called stave.          8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.          9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife,             used in cutting for stone in the bladder.          10. [From {Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An             establishment of officers in various departments attached             to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander             of an army. The general's staff consists of those             officers about his person who are employed in carrying             his commands into execution. See {[90]tat Major}.          11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect             the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff             of a newspaper.          {Jacob's staff} (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff,             pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the             ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used,             instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.          {Staff angle} (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush             with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles             of plastering, to prevent their being damaged.          {The staff of life}, bread. [bd]Bread is the staff of             life.[b8] --Swift.          {Staff tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Celastrus},             mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The             American species ({C. scandens}) is commonly called             {bittersweet}. See 2d {Bittersweet}, 3             (b) .          {To set}, [or] {To put}, {up, [or] down}, {one's staff}, to             take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]
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Stapedial \Sta*pe"di*al\, a. [LL. stapes stirrup.] (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to stapes.
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Stave \Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staved}or {Stove}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Staving}.] [From {Stave}, n., or {Staff}, n.]       1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in;             to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave             in a boat.          2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off.                         The condition of a servant staves him off to a                      distance.                                          --South.          3. To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with             off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.                         And answered with such craft as women use, Guilty or                      guilties, to stave off a chance That breaks upon                      them perilously.                                 --Tennyson.          4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.                         All the wine in the city has been staved. --Sandys.          5. To furnish with staves or rundles. --Knolles.          6. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking             iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which             lead has been run.          {To stave and tail}, in bear baiting, (to stave) to interpose             with the staff, doubtless to stop the bear; (to tail) to             hold back the dog by the tail. --Nares.
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Stavewood \Stave`wood`\, n. (Bot.)       A tall tree ({Simaruba amara}) growing in tropical America.       It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
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Steep-down \Steep"-down`\, a.       Deep and precipitous, having steep descent. [R.]                   Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire. --Shak.
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Steep \Steep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steeped} (st[emac]pt); p.       pr. & vb. n. {Steeping}.] [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel.       steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast       metals, causative of st[umac]pa to stoop; cf. Sw. st[94]pa to       cast, to steep, Dan. st[94]be, D. & G. stippen to steep, to       dip. Cf. {Stoop}, v. t.]       To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of       by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often       used figuratively.                   Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. --Shak.                   In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling                flowers.                                                --Wordsworth.                   The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.                                                                               --Earle.
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Steeve \Steeve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steeved}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Steeving}.] [Cf. OD. steve staff, E. stem, n.]       (Shipbuilding)       To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with       the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
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Stepdame \Step"dame`\, n.       A stepmother. --Spenser.
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Stepdaughter \Step"daugh`ter\, n. [AS. ste[a2]pdohtor.]       A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
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Step-down \Step"-down`\, a. (Elec.)       Transforming or converting a current of high potential or       pressure into one of low pressure; as, a step-down       transformer.
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Stepfather \Step"fa`ther\, n. [AS. ste[a2]pf[91]der.]       The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
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Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stepping}.] [AS. st[91]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.       stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe       a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.       [?] to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp},       n. & a.]       1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by             raising and moving one of the feet to another resting             place, or by moving both feet in succession.          2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;             as, to step to one of the neighbors.          3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.                         Home the swain retreats, His flock before him                      stepping to the fold.                        --Thomson.          4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.                         They are stepping almost three thousand years back                      into the remotest antiquity.               --Pope.          {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to             retire from company.          {To step forth}, to move or come forth.          {To step} {in [or] into}.             (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to                   advance suddenly in.                               Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the                            water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever                            disease he had.                           --John v. 4.             (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the                   house.             (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon                   easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.          {To step out}.             (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,                   of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.             (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.          {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of             the step according to the established rules.
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Stepped \Stepped\, a.       Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or       parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.          {Stepped gear}, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face             in a series of steps.
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Stepped \Stepped\, a.       Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or       parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.          {Stepped gear}, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face             in a series of steps.
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Stevedore \Ste"ve*dore`\, n. [Sp. estivador a packer, a stower,       fr. estivar to pack, to stow, L. stipare to press, compress,       probably akin to E. stiff. See {Stiff}, {Stive} to stuff.]       One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port;       one who stows a cargo in a hold.
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Stewpot \Stew"pot`\, n.       A pot used for stewing.
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Stibiated \Stib"i*a`ted\, a. [NL. stibiatus, from L. stibium       antimony.] (Med. Chem.)       Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).          {Stibiated tartar}. See {Tartar emetic}, under {Tartar}.
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Stibiated \Stib"i*a`ted\, a. [NL. stibiatus, from L. stibium       antimony.] (Med. Chem.)       Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).          {Stibiated tartar}. See {Tartar emetic}, under {Tartar}.
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Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS.       rudig. See {Rud}, n.]       1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy             flame. --Milton.                         They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.                                                                               7.          2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in             high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.          {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura             rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail             composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich             brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the             top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the             cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed             with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also             {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail},             {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck},             {spoonbill}, etc.          {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling.
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Stifftail \Stiff"tail`\, n.       The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]
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Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS.       rudig. See {Rud}, n.]       1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy             flame. --Milton.                         They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.                                                                               7.          2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in             high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.          {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura             rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail             composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich             brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the             top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the             cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed             with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also             {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail},             {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck},             {spoonbill}, etc.          {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling.
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Stifftail \Stiff"tail`\, n.       The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]
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Stiff-tailed \Stiff"-tailed`\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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Stipitate \Stip"i*tate\, a. [NL. stipitatus, from L. stipes,       gen. stipitis, a stock. See {Stipe}.] (Bot.)       Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of       most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.
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d8Stipes \[d8]Sti"pes\ (-p[emac]z), n.; pl. {Stipites}. [L., a       stock.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a             crustacean.       (b) An eyestalk.
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Stipitiform \Stip"i*ti*form\, a. [Stipes + -form.] (Bot.)       Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.
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Emu wren \E"mu wren`\ (Zo[94]l.)       A small wrenlike Australian bird ({Stipiturus malachurus}),       having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu       feathers.
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Stiptic \Stip"tic\, a. & n. (Med.)       See {Styptic}.
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Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       contract.]       Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality       of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;       astringent. [Written also {stiptic}.]          {Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia             occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna.
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Stiptic \Stip"tic\, a. & n. (Med.)       See {Styptic}.
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Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       contract.]       Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality       of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;       astringent. [Written also {stiptic}.]          {Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia             occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna.
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Stive \Stive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stived}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stiving}.] [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L.       stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. {Stevedore},       {Stiff}.]       To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and       close; to render stifling. --Sandys.                   His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors                of one kind or other.                              --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.
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Stoop \Stoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stooping}.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st[?]pian, OD.       stuypen, Icel. st[umac]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th       {Steep}.]       1. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward;             to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or             walking; to assume habitually a bent position.          2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume             a position of humility or subjection.                         Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet                      stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong.                                                                               --Dryden.                         These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does                      not stoop to Rome.                              --Addison.          3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. [bd]She             stoops to conquer.[b8] --Goldsmith.                         Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it                      multiplieth riches exceedingly.         --Bacon.          4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to             souse; to swoop.                         The bird of Jove, stooped from his a[89]ry tour, Two                      birds of gayest plume before him drove. --Milton.          5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.                         And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden.                         Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on                      his wing.                                          --Milton.          Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower;                shrink.
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Stop \Stop\, n.       1. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped;             hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression;             interruption; check; obstruction.                         It is doubtful . . . whether it contributed anything                      to the stop of the infection.            --De Foe.                         Occult qualities put a stop to the improvement of                      natural philosophy.                           --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.                         It is a great step toward the mastery of our desires                      to give this stop to them.                  --Locke.          2. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an             impediment; an obstruction.                         A fatal stop traversed their headlong course.                                                                               --Daniel.                         So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal                      to oppose some stop to the rising torrent. --Rogers.          3. (Mach.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc.,             for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the             position to which another part shall be brought.          4. (Mus.)             (a) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or                   pressure of the finger upon the string, of an                   instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence,                   any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical                   instrument are regulated.                               The organ sound a time survives the stop.                                                                               --Daniel.             (b) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side                   of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off                   any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as,                   the vox humana stop.          5. (Arch.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate             piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window             shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a             rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from             sliding too far.          6. A point or mark in writing or printing intended to             distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or             clauses; a mark of punctuation. See {Punctuation}.          7. (Opt.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut             off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing             through lenses.          8. (Zo[94]l.) The depression in the face of a dog between the             skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the             bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.          9. (Phonetics) Some part of the articulating organs, as the             lips, or the tongue and palate, closed             (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice                   through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a                   lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.),                   or             (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the                   passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants                   so formed. --H. Sweet.          {Stop bead} (Arch.), the molding screwed to the inner side of             a window frame, on the face of the pulley stile,             completing the groove in which the inner sash is to slide.                      {Stop motion} (Mach.), an automatic device for arresting the             motion of a machine, as when a certain operation is             completed, or when an imperfection occurs in its             performance or product, or in the material which is             supplied to it, etc.          {Stop plank}, one of a set of planks employed to form a sort             of dam in some hydraulic works.          {Stop valve}, a valve that can be closed or opened at will,             as by hand, for preventing or regulating flow, as of a             liquid in a pipe; -- in distinction from a valve which is             operated by the action of the fluid it restrains.          {Stop watch}, a watch the hands of which can be stopped in             order to tell exactly the time that has passed, as in             timing a race. See {Independent seconds watch}, under             {Independent}, a.          Syn: Cessation; check; obstruction; obstacle; hindrance;                impediment; interruption.
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Stop \Stop\, n.       1. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped;             hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression;             interruption; check; obstruction.                         It is doubtful . . . whether it contributed anything                      to the stop of the infection.            --De Foe.                         Occult qualities put a stop to the improvement of                      natural philosophy.                           --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.                         It is a great step toward the mastery of our desires                      to give this stop to them.                  --Locke.          2. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an             impediment; an obstruction.                         A fatal stop traversed their headlong course.                                                                               --Daniel.                         So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal                      to oppose some stop to the rising torrent. --Rogers.          3. (Mach.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc.,             for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the             position to which another part shall be brought.          4. (Mus.)             (a) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or                   pressure of the finger upon the string, of an                   instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence,                   any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical                   instrument are regulated.                               The organ sound a time survives the stop.                                                                               --Daniel.             (b) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side                   of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off                   any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as,                   the vox humana stop.          5. (Arch.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate             piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window             shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a             rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from             sliding too far.          6. A point or mark in writing or printing intended to             distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or             clauses; a mark of punctuation. See {Punctuation}.          7. (Opt.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut             off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing             through lenses.          8. (Zo[94]l.) The depression in the face of a dog between the             skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the             bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.          9. (Phonetics) Some part of the articulating organs, as the             lips, or the tongue and palate, closed             (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice                   through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a                   lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.),                   or             (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the                   passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants                   so formed. --H. Sweet.          {Stop bead} (Arch.), the molding screwed to the inner side of             a window frame, on the face of the pulley stile,             completing the groove in which the inner sash is to slide.                      {Stop motion} (Mach.), an automatic device for arresting the             motion of a machine, as when a certain operation is             completed, or when an imperfection occurs in its             performance or product, or in the material which is             supplied to it, etc.          {Stop plank}, one of a set of planks employed to form a sort             of dam in some hydraulic works.          {Stop valve}, a valve that can be closed or opened at will,             as by hand, for preventing or regulating flow, as of a             liquid in a pipe; -- in distinction from a valve which is             operated by the action of the fluid it restrains.          {Stop watch}, a watch the hands of which can be stopped in             order to tell exactly the time that has passed, as in             timing a race. See {Independent seconds watch}, under             {Independent}, a.          Syn: Cessation; check; obstruction; obstacle; hindrance;                impediment; interruption.
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Stope \Stope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stoping}.] (Mining)       (a) To excavate in the form of stopes.       (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore             has been worked out.
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Stop \Stop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stopping}.] [OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian (in comp.); akin to       LG. & D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel. stoppa, Sw. stoppa, Dan.       stoppe; all probably fr. LL. stopare, stupare, fr. L. stuppa       the coarse part of flax, tow, oakum. Cf. {Estop}, {Stuff},       {Stupe} a fomentation.]       1. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing;             as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.             --Shak.          2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way,             road, or passage.          3. To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut             in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a             stream, or a flow of blood.          4. To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or             efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain;             to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the             execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the             approaches of old age or infirmity.                         Whose disposition all the world well knows Will not                      be rubbed nor stopped.                        --Shak.          5. (Mus.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by             pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or             by shortening in any way the vibrating part.          6. To point, as a composition; to punctuate. [R.]                         If his sentences were properly stopped. --Landor.          7. (Naut.) To make fast; to stopper.          Syn: To obstruct; hinder; impede; repress; suppress;                restrain; discontinue; delay; interrupt.          {To stop off} (Founding), to fill (a part of a mold) with             sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is             not wanted for the casting.          {To stop the mouth}. See under {Mouth}.
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Stopped \Stopped\, a. (Phonetics)       Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said       of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.). --H. Sweet.
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Diapason \Di`a*pa"son\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] (i. e., [?] [?] [?]       the concord of the first and last notes, the octave); dia`       through + [?], gen. pl. of [?] all: cf. F. diapason. Cf.       {Panacea}.]       1. (Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the             tones of the diatonic scale.          2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony.                         The fair music that all creatures made . . . In                      perfect diapason.                              --Milton.          3. The entire compass of tones.                         Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The                      diapason closing full in man.            --Dryden.          4. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal             diapason.          5. One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they             extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of             several kinds, as {open diapason}, {stopped diapason},             {double diapason}, and the like.
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Stove \Stove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoved}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stoving}.]       1. To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as,             to stove orange trees. --Bacon.          2. To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
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Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe,       LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf.       Gr. [?].]       1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which             remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; --             applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.                         Stubs sharp and hideous to behold.      --Chaucer.                         And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton.          3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has             been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and             thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.          4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn             out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the             check are usually recorded.          5. A pen with a short, blunt nib.          6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.          {Stub end} (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to             which the strap is fastened.          {Stub iron}, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe             nails, -- used in making gun barrels.          {Stub mortise} (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through             the timber in which it is formed.          {Stub nail}, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also,             a short, thick nail.          {Stub short}, [or] {Stub shot} (Lumber Manuf.), the part of             the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place             where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in             connection with the log, until it is split off.          {Stub twist}, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally             welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.
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Stubbed \Stub"bed\, a.       1. Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something             truncated; blunt; obtuse.          2. Abounding in stubs; stubby.                         A bit of stubbed ground, once a wood. --R. Browning.          3. Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged. [bd]Stubbed, vulgar             constitutions.[b8] --Berkley.
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Stub \Stub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stubbing}.]       1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up             edible roots.                         What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to                      a piece of land.                                 --Berkley.          2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.          3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other             fixed object. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stubbedness \Stub"bed*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being stubbed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stuff \Stuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stuffing}.] [OE. stoffen; cf. OF. estoffer, F. [82]toffer,       to put stuff in, to stuff, to line, also, OF. estouffer to       stifle, F. [82]touffer; both perhaps of Teutonic origin, and       akin to E. stop. Cf. {Stop}, v. t., {Stuff}, n.]       1. To fill by crowding something into; to cram with             something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.                         Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown, And                      stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown. --Gay.                         Lest the gods, for sin, Should with a swelling                      dropsy stuff thy skin.                        --Dryden.          2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.                         Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing                      them close together . . . and they retain smell and                      color.                                                --Bacon.          3. To fill by being pressed or packed into.                         With inward arms the dire machine they load, And                      iron bowels stuff the dark abode.      --Dryden.          4. (Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread,             meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.          5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some             obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.                         I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. --Shak.          6. To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a             specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.          7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.                         An Eastern king put a judge to death for an                      iniquitous sentence, and ordered his hide to be                      stuffed into a cushion, and placed upon the                      tribunal.                                          --Swift.          8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to             crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.          9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stupe \Stupe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stuping}.]       To foment with a stupe. --Wiseman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stupid \Stu"pid\, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied:       cf. F. stupide.]       1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in             understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; --             said of persons.                         O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As                      to forsake the living God!                  --Milton.                         With wild surprise, A moment stupid, motionless he                      stood.                                                --Thomson.          2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without             skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.                         Observe what loads of stupid rhymes Oppress us in                      corrupted times.                                 --Swift.          Syn: Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish;                sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. -- {Stu"pid*ly}, adv.                -- {Stu"pid*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stupidity \Stu*pid"i*ty\, n. [L. stupiditas: cf. F.       stupidit[82].]       1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of             perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.          2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [R.]                         A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with                      fear.                                                --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stupid \Stu"pid\, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied:       cf. F. stupide.]       1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in             understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; --             said of persons.                         O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As                      to forsake the living God!                  --Milton.                         With wild surprise, A moment stupid, motionless he                      stood.                                                --Thomson.          2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without             skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.                         Observe what loads of stupid rhymes Oppress us in                      corrupted times.                                 --Swift.          Syn: Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish;                sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. -- {Stu"pid*ly}, adv.                -- {Stu"pid*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stupid \Stu"pid\, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied:       cf. F. stupide.]       1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in             understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; --             said of persons.                         O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As                      to forsake the living God!                  --Milton.                         With wild surprise, A moment stupid, motionless he                      stood.                                                --Thomson.          2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without             skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.                         Observe what loads of stupid rhymes Oppress us in                      corrupted times.                                 --Swift.          Syn: Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish;                sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. -- {Stu"pid*ly}, adv.                -- {Stu"pid*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       contract.]       Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality       of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;       astringent. [Written also {stiptic}.]          {Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia             occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.)       A styptic medicine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Collodion \Col*lo"di*on\, n. [Gr. [?] like glue; ko`lla glue +       [?] form. Cf. {Colloid}.] (Chem.)       A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether       containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly       adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds;       but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive       film in photography.          {Collodion process} (Photog.), a process in which a film of             sensitized collodion is used in preparing the plate for             taking a picture.          {Styptic collodion}, collodion containing an astringent, as             tannin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colloid \Col"loid\, n.       1. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin,             etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline             nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes             or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do;             -- opposed to crystalloid.          2. (Med.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid             degeneration and colloid cancer.          {Styptic colloid} (Med.), a preparation of astringent and             antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as             collodion, for ready use.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       contract.]       Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality       of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;       astringent. [Written also {stiptic}.]          {Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia             occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Styptical \Styp"tic*al\, a.       Styptic; astringent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stypticity \Styp*tic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. stypticit[82].]       The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE.       swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te,       OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr,       s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for       suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to       sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.]       1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;             saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet             beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.          2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a             sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.                         The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.                                                                               --Longfellow.          3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the             sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet             voice; a sweet singer.                         To make his English sweet upon his tongue.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.          4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;             as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.                         Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,                      and plains.                                       --Milton.          5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.          6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:             (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.             (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,                   sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.          7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;             winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.                         Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?                                                                               --Job xxxviii.                                                                               31.                         Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one                      established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.          Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining                compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,                sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.          {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}.          {Sweet apple}. (Bot.)             (a) Any apple of sweet flavor.             (b) See {Sweet-top}.          {Sweet bay}. (Bot.)             (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}).             (b) Swamp sassafras.          {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora}             ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and             producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.                      {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of the North American plants of the                   umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots                   and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.             (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing                   in England.          {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet             flag}, below.          {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum})             from which the gum ladanum is obtained.          {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}.          {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites             sagittata}) found in Western North America.          {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.             See the Note under {Corn}.          {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub             ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having             sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.                      {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus})             having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent             aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and             America. See {Calamus}, 2.          {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter             fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch             myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}.          {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.          {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar             styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}.          {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary             purposes.          {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.          {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}.          {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}.          {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten.          {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea             Ageratum}) allied to milfoil.          {Sweet oil}, olive oil.          {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}.          {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.          {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag.          {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous             ether}, under {Spirit}.          {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea             moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); --             called also {sultan flower}.          {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for             sweetmeats. [Colloq.]          {Sweet William}.             (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many                   varieties.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also                   {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.]          {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale.          {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}.          {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or             special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.             [Colloq.] --Thackeray.          Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato,       batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably       batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.)             (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade                   family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which                   there are numerous varieties used for food. It is                   native of South America, but a form of the species is                   found native as far north as New Mexico.             (b) The sweet potato (see below).          {Potato beetle}, {Potato bug}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}) which feeds, both                   in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the                   potato, often doing great damage. Called also                   {Colorado potato beetle}, and {Doryphora}. See                   {Colorado beetle}.             (b) The {Lema trilineata}, a smaller and more slender                   striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur                   does less injury than the preceding species.          {Potato fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             blister beetles infesting the potato vine. The black             species ({Lytta atrata}), the striped ({L. vittata}), and             the gray ({L. cinerea, [or] Fabricii}) are the most             common. See {Blister beetle}, under {Blister}.          {Potato rot}, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed             to be caused by a kind of mold ({Peronospora infestans}),             which is first seen upon the leaves and stems.          {Potato weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil ({Baridius             trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of             potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop.          {Potato whisky}, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky             taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made             from potatoes or potato starch.          {Potato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the large green larva of a sphinx,             or hawk moth ({Macrosila quinquemaculata}); -- called also             {tomato worm}. See Illust. under {Tomato}.          {Seaside potato} (Bot.), {Ipom[d2]a Pes-Capr[91]}, a kind of             morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed             leaves. [West Indies]          {Sweet potato} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ipom[d2]a Balatas})             allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a             sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is             probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively             in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far             north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this             plant before it was to the {Solanum tuberosum}, and this             is the [bd]potato[b8] of the Southern United States.          {Wild potato}. (Bot.)             (a) A vine ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) having a pale purplish                   flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy                   places in the United States.             (b) A similar tropical American plant ({I. fastigiata})                   which it is thought may have been the original stock                   of the sweet potato.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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South Bethany, DE (town, FIPS 67700)       Location: 38.51615 N, 75.05838 W       Population (1990): 148 (845 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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South Bethlehem, PA (borough, FIPS 71976)       Location: 40.99963 N, 79.33955 W       Population (1990): 479 (206 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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South Of The Bor, SC       Zip code(s): 29547
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Padre Isla, TX       Zip code(s): 78597
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South Padre Island, TX (town, FIPS 69140)       Location: 26.11089 N, 97.16716 W       Population (1990): 1677 (4082 housing units)       Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
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South Patrick Shores, FL (CDP, FIPS 67725)       Location: 28.20184 N, 80.60975 W       Population (1990): 10249 (4092 housing units)       Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water)
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South Pittsburg, TN (city, FIPS 70060)       Location: 35.01584 N, 85.71142 W       Population (1990): 3295 (1444 housing units)       Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 37380
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South Pottstown, PA (CDP, FIPS 72432)       Location: 40.23702 N, 75.66459 W       Population (1990): 1966 (932 housing units)       Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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St. David, AZ (CDP, FIPS 62280)       Location: 31.90009 N, 110.22939 W       Population (1990): 1468 (648 housing units)       Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    St. David, IL (village, FIPS 66768)       Location: 40.49203 N, 90.05136 W       Population (1990): 603 (267 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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St. Peter, IL (village, FIPS 67132)       Location: 38.86739 N, 88.85180 W       Population (1990): 353 (149 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    St. Peter, MN (city, FIPS 58036)       Location: 44.32902 N, 93.96385 W       Population (1990): 9421 (2869 housing units)       Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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St. Peters, MO (city, FIPS 65126)       Location: 38.77848 N, 90.60528 W       Population (1990): 45779 (15773 housing units)       Area: 40.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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St. Petersburg, FL (city, FIPS 63000)       Location: 27.75800 N, 82.64212 W       Population (1990): 238629 (125452 housing units)       Area: 153.3 sq km (land), 190.3 sq km (water)    St. Petersburg, PA (borough, FIPS 67384)       Location: 41.16088 N, 79.65436 W       Population (1990): 349 (163 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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St. Petersburg Beach, FL (city, FIPS 63025)       Location: 27.71018 N, 82.77881 W       Population (1990): 9200 (7205 housing units)       Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 45.6 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Stupids n.   Term used by {samurai} for the {suit}s who employ    them; succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though    usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers.   There    may be intended reference here to an SF story originally published    in 1952 but much anthologized since, Mark Clifton's "Star, Bright".    In it, a super-genius child classifies humans into a very few    `Brights' like herself, a huge majority of `Stupids', and a minority    of `Tweens', the merely ordinary geniuses.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
stupid-sort n.   Syn. {bogo-sort}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SCSI adaptor          (Or "host adaptor") A device that communicates       between a computer and its {SCSI} {peripherals}.   The SCSI       adaptor is usually assigned {SCSI ID} 7.   It is often a       separate card that is connected to the computer's {bus}       (e.g. {PCI}, {ISA}, {PCMCIA}) though increasinly, SCSI       adaptors are built in to the {motherboard}.   Apart from being       cheaper, busses like PCI are too slow to keep up with the       newer SCSI standards like {Ultra SCSI} and {Ultra-Wide SCSI}.          There are several varieties of SCSI (and their connectors) and       an adaptor will not support them all.          The performance of SCSI devices is limited by the speed of the       SCSI adaptor and its connection to the computer.   An adaptor       that plugs into a parallel port is unlikely to be as fast as       one incorporated into a motherboard.   Fast adaptors use {DMA}       or {bus mastering}.          Some SCSI adaptors include a {BIOS} to allow PCs to {boot}       from a SCSI hard disk, if their own BIOS supports it.          {Adaptec} make the majority of SCSI {chipsets} and many of the       best-selling adaptors.          Note that it is not a "SCSI controller" - it does not control       the devices, and "SCSI interface" is redundant - the "I" of       "SCSI" stands for "interface".          (1999-11-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
STFT          {Short Term Fourier Transform}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
stop bit          In serial communications, where each bit of the message is       transmitted in sequence, stop bits are extra "1" bits which       follow the data and any {parity} bit.   They mark the end of a       unit of transmission (normally a byte or character).          For example, characters on an {EIA-232} {serial line} may have       one or two stop bits added.   Some {UART}s even allow for 1.5       stop bits but one is probably the most commonly used.   A       serial connection may be described as, for example, "8N1"       which means eight data bits, no {parity} and one stop bit.          (1995-01-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Stuffit          (filename extension: .sit) A file       {archiving} and {compression} utility, developed by {Aladdin       Systems, Inc.}.   Stuffit was originally developed for the       {Macintosh} and is still the Mac standard tool for compression       and archiving (compressing multiple files into one).   Stuffit       is now also available for {Microsoft Windows} and {Linux}.       Compared to the standard Windows tool, {WinZip}, it is faster       and gives better compression.          Stuffit archives can be extracted with Stuffit Expander.          {Stuffit Home (http://www.stuffit.com/)}.          (2003-09-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Stupids          Term used by {samurai} for the {suit}s who employ them.       Succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though       usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers.       There may be intended reference here to an SF story originally       published in 1952 but much anthologised since, Mark Clifton's       "Star, Bright".   In it, a super-genius child classifies humans       into a very few "Brights" like herself, a huge majority of       "Stupids", and a minority of "Tweens", the merely ordinary       geniuses.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
stupid-sort          Synonym {bogo-sort}.