Stalled (stld or stl"d), a. Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. "A
stalled ox." Prov. xv. 17.
Stall"er (?), n. A standard bearer. Fuller.
Stall"-feed (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stall-fed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stall-feeding.] To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to
stall-feed an ox.
Stall"ing (?), n. Stabling. Tennyson.
Stal"lion (?), n. [OE. stalon, OF. estalon, F. étalon, fr. OHG. stal a
stable. See Stall, n.] A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept
for breeding.
Stall"man (stl"man), n.; pl. Stallmen (-men). One who keeps a stall for
the sale of merchandise, especially books. Sterne.
Stal"lon (?), n. A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting. [R.]
Holinshed.
{ Stal"wart (?), Stal"worth (?) }, a. [OE. stalworth, AS. stælwyrð
serviceable, probably originally, good at stealing, or worth stealing
or taking, and afterwards extended to other causes of estimation. See
Steal, v. t., Worth, a.] Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring;
vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller of the soil." Prof. Wilson.
Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and bold.
R. of Brunne.
Stalworth is now disused, or bur little used, stalwart having taken its
place.
Stal"wart*ly (?), adv. In a stalwart manner.
Stal"wart*ness, n. The quality of being stalwart.
{ Stal"worth*hood (?), Stal"worth*ness (&?;)}, n. The quality or state
of being stalworth; stalwartness; boldness; daring. [Obs.]
Sta"men (?), n.; pl. E. Stamens (#) (used only in the second sense); L.
Stamina (#) (in the first sense). [L. stamen the warp, a thread, fiber,
akin to Gr. &?; the warp, fr. &?; to stand, akin to E. stand. See
Stand, and cf. Stamin, Stamina.] 1. A thread; especially, a warp
thread.
2. (pl. Stamens, rarely Stamina.) (Bot.) The male organ of flowers for
secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of
the anther and filament.
Sta"mened (?), a. Furnished with stamens.
Sta"min (?), n. [OF. estamine, F. étamine, LL. staminea, stamineum, fr.
L. stamineus consisting of threads, fr. stamen a thread. See Stamen,
and cf. Stamineous, 2d Stammel, Tamine.] A kind of woolen cloth.
[Written also stamine.] [Obs.]
Stam"i*na (?), n. pl. See Stamen.
Stam"i*na, n. pl. 1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it
or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of
animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which
constitute their strength.
2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything;
power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution
or of life; the stamina of a State.
He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and
resistance of the contest.
De Quincey.
Stam"i*nal (?), a. [Cf. F. staminal.] Of or pertaining to stamens or
stamina; consisting in stamens.
Stam"i*nate (?), a. [L. staminatus consisting of threads, fr. stamen
thread: cf. F. staminé.] (Bot.) (a) Furnished with stamens; producing
stamens. (b) Having stamens, but lacking pistils.