Stan"na*ry (?), a. [L. stannum tin, an alloy of silver and lead.] Of or
pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.
The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the
administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also
courts of record.
Blackstone.
Stan"na*ry, n.; pl. Stannaries (#). [LL. stannaria.] A tin mine; tin
works. Bp. Hall.
Stan"nate (?), n. [Cf. F. stannate.] (Chem.) A salt of stannic acid.
Stan"nel (?), n. [AS. stngella, stangilla; properly, stone yeller, i.
e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See Stone, and Yell, and cf.
Stonegall.] (Zoöl.) The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall,
stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. [Written also
staniel, stannyel, and stanyel.]
With what wing the staniel checks at it.
Shak.
Stan"nic (?), a. [L. stannum tin: cf. F. stannique.] (Chem.) Of or
pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically,
designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence
as contrasted with stannous compounds.
Stannic acid. (a) A hypothetical substance, Sn(OH)4, analogous to silic
acid, and called also normal stannic acid. (b) Metastannic acid. --
Stannic chloride, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, SnCl4, used as a
mordant in calico printing and dyeing; -- formerly called spirit of
tin, or fuming liquor of Libavius. -- Stannic oxide, tin oxide, SnO2,
produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring
naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of
white enamels, and, under the name of putty powder, for polishing
glass, etc.
Stan*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. stannum tin + -ferous.] Containing or
affording tin.
{ Stan"nine (?), Stan"nite (?), } n. (Min.) A mineral of a steel-gray
or iron-black color; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and
iron.
Stan"no- (?). [L. stannum tin.] (Chem.) A combining form (also used
adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, tin, or
including tin as an ingredient.
Stan`no*flu"or*ide (-fl"r*d or -d), n. (Chem.) Any one of a series of
double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element.
Stan*no"so- (stn*n"s-), a. (Chem.) A combining form (also used
adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain
stannnous compounds.
Stan"no*type (stn"n*tp), n. [Stanno- + -type.] (Photog.) A photograph
taken upon a tin plate; a tintype.
Stan"nous (-ns), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, tin;
specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a
lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds.
Stannous chloride (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, SnCl2.(H2O)2,
obtained by dissolving tin in hydrochloric acid. It is used as a
mordant in dyeing.
||Stan"num (?), n. [L., alloy of silver and lead; later, tin.] (Chem.)
||The technical name of tin. See Tin.
{ Stann"yel, Stan"yel } (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Stannel.
{ Stant (?), Stont (?), } obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Stand, for
standeth. Stands. Chaucer.
Stan"za (?), n.; pl. Stanzas (#). [It. stanza a room, habitation, a
stanza, i. e., a stop, fr. L. stans, p. pr. of stare to stand. See
Stand, and cf. Estancia, Stance, Stanchion.] 1. A number of lines or
verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter,
rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem,
ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a
combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or
unlike, in measure.
Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza,
in every ode.
Dryden.