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   sheet of paper
         n 1: paper used for writing or printing [syn: {sheet}, {piece of
               paper}, {sheet of paper}]

English Dictionary: staff office by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
side of beef
n
  1. dressed half of a beef carcass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soda pop
n
  1. a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics"
    Synonym(s): pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
staff of life
n
  1. food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
    Synonym(s): bread, breadstuff, staff of life
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
staff office
n
  1. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
    Synonym(s): personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
staff officer
n
  1. a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stave off
v
  1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
    Synonym(s): debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
step up
v
  1. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
    Synonym(s): escalate, intensify, step up
    Antonym(s): de-escalate, step down, weaken
  2. speed up; "let's rev up production"
    Synonym(s): rev up, step up
  3. 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
step-up
n
  1. the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
    Synonym(s): increase, step-up
    Antonym(s): decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
step-up transformer
n
  1. a transformer that increases voltage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stiff upper lip
n
  1. self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief); "the British like to keep a stiff upper lip"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stop over
v
  1. interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"
    Synonym(s): lay over, stop over
  2. interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
    Synonym(s): stop, stop over
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stop up
v
  1. fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
    Synonym(s): plug, stop up, secure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stopover
n
  1. a stopping place on a journey; "there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago"
    Synonym(s): stopover, way station
  2. a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
    Synonym(s): stop, stopover, layover
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stoppable
adj
  1. capable of being stopped; "if we pick up our pace he may be stoppable"
    Antonym(s): unstoppable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stove bolt
n
  1. a small machine bolt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stove poker
n
  1. fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
    Synonym(s): poker, stove poker, fire hook, salamander
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stovepipe
n
  1. chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
  2. a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
    Synonym(s): dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stovepipe iron
n
  1. plate iron that is thinner than tank iron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stovepiped
adj
  1. of or relating to data stored in separate databases; "stovepiped information"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stovepiping
n
  1. retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupefaction
n
  1. a feeling of stupefied astonishment
  2. marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor"
    Synonym(s): grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness
  3. the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; "the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupefied
adj
  1. as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
    Synonym(s): dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken
  2. 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)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupefy
v
  1. make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
    Synonym(s): besot, stupefy
  2. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
    Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
  3. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
    Synonym(s): stun, stupefy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupefying
adj
  1. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
    Synonym(s): astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying
  2. making physically stupid or dull or insensible; "a stupefying blow to the head"; "the stupefying effects of hemp"
  3. shocking with surprise and consternation; "the stupefying impact of the tragedy"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sweet pepper
n
  1. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
    Synonym(s): sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum
  2. large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell- shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sweet pepper plant
n
  1. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
    Synonym(s): sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sweet pepperbush
n
  1. shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
    Synonym(s): sweet pepperbush, pepper bush, summer sweet, white alder, Clethra alnifolia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shoddy fever \Shoddy fever\ (Med.)
      A febrile disease characterized by dyspn[d2]a and bronchitis
      caused by inhaling dust.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sitophobia \Si`to*pho"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] food
      + [?][?][?][?] fear.] (Med.)
      A version to food; refusal to take nourishment. [Written also
      {sitiophobia}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sitophobia \Si`to*pho"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] food
      + [?][?][?][?] fear.] (Med.)
      A version to food; refusal to take nourishment. [Written also
      {sitiophobia}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Steep-up \Steep"-up`\, a.
      Lofty and precipitous. [R.]
  
               Her stand she takes upon a steep-up hill. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Step-up \Step"-up`\, a. (Elec.)
      Transforming or converting a low-pressure current into one of
      high pressure; as, a step-up transformer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feather \Feath"er\, n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[?]der; akin to D.
      veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[94][?]r, Sw.
      fj[84]der, Dan. fj[91]der, Gr. [?] wing, feather, [?] to fly,
      Skr. pattra wing, feathr, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna
      feather, wing. [root]76, 248. Cf. {Pen} a feather.]
      1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds,
            belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
  
      Note: An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow
               basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming
               the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs,
               implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of
               slender lamin[91] or barbs, which usually bear
               barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are
               fastened together. See {Down}, {Quill}, {Plumage}.
  
      2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase,
            [bd]Birds of a feather,[b8] that is, of the same species.
            [R.]
  
                     I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when
                     he must need me.                                 --Shak.
  
      3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some
            other dogs.
  
      4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.
  
      5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
  
      6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin
            from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in
            another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise
            but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
  
      7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts
            of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the
            stone. --Knight.
  
      8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float,
            with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or
            enters the water.
  
      Note: Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning
               composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as,
               feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster.
  
      {Feather alum} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina,
            resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition
            of iron pyrites; -- called also {halotrichite}. --Ure.
  
      {Feather bed}, a bed filled with feathers.
  
      {Feather driver}, one who prepares feathers by beating.
  
      {Feather duster}, a dusting brush of feathers.
  
      {Feather flower}, an artifical flower made of feathers, for
            ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes.
  
      {Feather grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa pennata})
            which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the
            chaffy scales which inclose the grain.
  
      {Feather maker}, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers,
            real or artificial.
  
      {Feather ore} (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead,
            sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but
            also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite.
  
      {Feather shot}, [or] {Feathered shot} (Metal.), copper
            granulated by pouring into cold water. --Raymond.
  
      {Feather spray} (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of
            feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel.
  
      {Feather star}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Comatula}.
  
      {Feather weight}. (Racing)
            (a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would
                  turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted.
            (b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a
                  horse in racing. --Youatt.
            (c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the
                  lightest of the classes into which contestants are
                  divided; -- in contradistinction to {light weight},
                  {middle weight}, and {heavy weight}.
  
      {A feather in the cap} an honour, trophy, or mark of
            distinction. [Colloq.]
  
      {To be in full feather}, to be in full dress or in one's best
            clothes. [Collog.]
  
      {To be in high feather}, to be in high spirits. [Collog.]
  
      {To cut a feather}.
            (a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion
                  to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
            (b) To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq.]
  
      {To show the white feather}, to betray cowardice, -- a white
            feather in the tail of a cock being considered an
            indication that he is not of the true game breed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stop-over \Stop"-o`ver\, n.
      Act or privilege of stopping over. [Cant]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stop-over \Stop"-o`ver\, a.
      Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket.
      See {To stop over}, under {Stop}, v. i. [Railroad Cant, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stove \Stove\, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated
      room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a
      heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw.
      stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Estufa}, {Stew}, {Stufa}.]
      1. A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing
            house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly,
            designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a
            parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense,
            to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes
            or in the processes of the arts.
  
                     When most of the waiters were commanded away to
                     their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly
                     emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --Earl of
                                                                              Strafford.
  
                     How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and
                     caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy,
                     or under the pole!                              --Burton.
  
      2. An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for
            fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously
            constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a
            room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
  
      {Cooking stove}, a stove with an oven, opening for pots,
            kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking.
  
      {Dry stove}. See under {Dry}.
  
      {Foot stove}. See under {Foot}.
  
      {Franklin stove}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Stove plant} (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat
            to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.
  
      {Stove plate}, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stove \Stove\, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated
      room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a
      heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw.
      stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Estufa}, {Stew}, {Stufa}.]
      1. A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing
            house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly,
            designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a
            parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense,
            to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes
            or in the processes of the arts.
  
                     When most of the waiters were commanded away to
                     their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly
                     emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --Earl of
                                                                              Strafford.
  
                     How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and
                     caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy,
                     or under the pole!                              --Burton.
  
      2. An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for
            fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously
            constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a
            room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
  
      {Cooking stove}, a stove with an oven, opening for pots,
            kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking.
  
      {Dry stove}. See under {Dry}.
  
      {Foot stove}. See under {Foot}.
  
      {Franklin stove}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Stove plant} (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat
            to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.
  
      {Stove plate}, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stovepipe \Stove"pipe`\, n.
      Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved
      pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove
      with a chimney flue.
  
      {Stovepipe hat}, the common tall silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stovepipe \Stove"pipe`\, n.
      Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved
      pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove
      with a chimney flue.
  
      {Stovepipe hat}, the common tall silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefacient \Stu`pe*fa"cient\, a. [L. stupefaciens, p. pr. of
      stupefacere to stupefy; stupere to be stupefied + facere to
      make. Cf. {Stupefy}.] [Written also {stupifacient}.]
      Producing stupefaction; stupefactive. -- n. (Med.) Anything
      promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefaction \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup[82]faction. See
      {Stupefacient}.]
      The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
      [Written also {stupifaction}.]
  
               Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a
               hardness and stupefaction upon it.         --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefactive \Stu`pe*fac"tive\, a. & n. [Cf. F. stup[82]factif,
      LL. stupefactivus.]
      Same as {Stupefacient}. [Written also {stupifactive}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefied \Stu"pe*fied\, a.
      Having been made stupid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup[82]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
      stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
      {Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also
      {stupify}, especially in England.]
      1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
            perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
            to make torpid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefiedness \Stu"pe*fied`ness\, n.
      Quality of being stupid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefier \Stu"pe*fi`er\, n.
      One who, or that which, stupefies; a stupefying agent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup[82]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
      stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
      {Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also
      {stupify}, especially in England.]
      1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
            perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
            to make torpid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup[82]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
      stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
      {Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also
      {stupify}, especially in England.]
      1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
            perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
            to make torpid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefacient \Stu`pe*fa"cient\, a. [L. stupefaciens, p. pr. of
      stupefacere to stupefy; stupere to be stupefied + facere to
      make. Cf. {Stupefy}.] [Written also {stupifacient}.]
      Producing stupefaction; stupefactive. -- n. (Med.) Anything
      promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefaction \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup[82]faction. See
      {Stupefacient}.]
      The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
      [Written also {stupifaction}.]
  
               Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a
               hardness and stupefaction upon it.         --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefactive \Stu`pe*fac"tive\, a. & n. [Cf. F. stup[82]factif,
      LL. stupefactivus.]
      Same as {Stupefacient}. [Written also {stupifactive}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup[82]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
      stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
      {Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also
      {stupify}, especially in England.]
      1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
            perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
            to make torpid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupify \Stu"pi*fy\, v. t.
      See {Stupefy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup[82]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
      stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
      {Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also
      {stupify}, especially in England.]
      1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
            perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
            to make torpid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupify \Stu"pi*fy\, v. t.
      See {Stupefy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.
      [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
      1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
            berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.
  
      Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
               dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
               the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
               maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
               properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
               is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
            climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous
            flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
            when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
            hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed
            throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
            earth.
  
      3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
            pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  
      Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
               fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
               true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
               {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.
  
      {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.
  
      {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
            piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
            Japan.
  
      {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.
  
      {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.
  
      {Long pepper}.
            (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian
                  shrub.
            (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See
                  {Kava}.
  
      {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds
            of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger
            family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
            under the name of {grains of Paradise}.
  
      {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.
  
      {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
            alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
            called also {white alder}.
  
      {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a
            perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
            etc.
  
      {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
            of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.
           
  
      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston
            betularia}) having white wings covered with small black
            specks.
  
      {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
            cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  
      {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.
  
      {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red
            peppers steeped in vinegar.
  
      {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})
            of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
            {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   South Apopka, FL (CDP, FIPS 67163)
      Location: 28.65280 N, 81.50747 W
      Population (1990): 6360 (2073 housing units)
      Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
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