{ Sta*min"e*al (?), Sta*min"e*ous (?) }, a. [L. stamineus, from stamen
thread.] 1. Consisting of stamens or threads.
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also,
attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary.
Stam`i*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Stamen + -ferous.] Bearing or having
stamens.
Stam"i*node (?), n. (Bot.) A staminodium.
||Stam`i*no"di*um (?), n.; pl. Staminodia (#). [NL. See Stamen, and -
||oid.] (Bot.) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an
||abortive stamen.
Stam"mel (?), n. A large, clumsy horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Stam"mel, n. [OF. estamel; cf. OF. estamet a coarse woolen cloth, LL.
stameta a kind of cloth, the same as staminea, and OF. estame a woolen
stuff. See Stamin.] 1. A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems
to have been often of a red color. [Obs.]
2. A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries. B.
Jonson.
Stam"mel, a. Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought
inferior to scarlet.
Stam"mer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stammered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stammering.] [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to
D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal&?;n, stamm&?;n,
Dan. stamme, Sw. stamma, Icel. stama, stamma, OHG. & Dan. stam
stammering, Icel. stamr, Goth. stamms, and to G. stemmen to bear
against, stumm dumb, D. stom. Cf. Stem to resist, Stumble.] To make
involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter
in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this conclead
man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle,
either too much at once, or none at all.
Shak.
Stam"mer (?), v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or
imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
Stam"mer, n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of
utterance; a stutter.
Stam"mer*er (?), n. One who stammers.
Stam"mer*ing, a. Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. --
Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.
Stam"mer*ing, n. (Physiol.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds.
It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the
diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be
considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
Stamp (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stamped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping.]
[OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stanpf&?;n,
Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step.
See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede.] 1. To strike beat, or press
forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot
downward. Shak.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
Dryden.
2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he
stamped his foot with rage.
3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow
of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small.
Deut. ix. 21.
4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms
or initials.
5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous
principles on the heart.
God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein
we may read his being.
Locke.
6. To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into
various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or
die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a
legal document.
To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to
extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.
Stamp, v. i. 1. To strike; to beat; to crush.
These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind.
Chaucer.