Stan*za"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a
couplet in stanzaic form.
Sta*pe"di*al (?), a. [LL. stapes stirrup.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to
stapes.
||Sta*pe"li*a (?), n. [NL. So named after John Bodæus a Stapel, a
||physician of Amsterdam.] (Bot.) An extensive and curious genus of
||African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceæ (Milkweed family).
||They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with
||dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of
||the blossoms is like that of carrion.
||Sta"pes (?), n. [LL., a stirrup.] (Anat.) The innermost of the
||ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from
||its form. See Illust. of Ear.
Staph"y*line (?), a. [Gr. &?; botryodial, from &?; a bunch of grapes.]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
Staph`y*li"nid (?), n. [Gr. &?; a kind of insect.] (Zoöl.) Any rove
beetle.
||Staph`y*lo"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a bunch of grapes.]
||(Med.) A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a
||staphyloma of the cornea.
Staph`y*lo"ma*tous (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to staphyloma;
affected with staphyloma.
Staph"y*lo*plas`ty (?), n. [Gr. &?; a bunch of grapes, also, the uvula
when swollen at the lower end + - plasty.] (Surg.) The operation for
restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.
Dunglison. -- Staph`y*lo*plas"tic (#), a.
{ Staph`y*lor"a*phy, Staph`y*lor"rha*phy } (?), n. [Gr. &?; the uvula
when swollen + &?; to sew: cf. F. staphylorraphie.] The operation of
uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the
edges of the cleft. -- Staph`y*lo*raph"ic (#), Staph`y*lor*rhaph"ic
(#), a.
Staph`y*lot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; the uvula when swollen + &?; to cut.]
(Surg.) The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
Sta"ple (?), n. [AS. stapul, stapol, stapel, a step, a prop, post,
table, fr. stapan to step, go, raise; akin to D. stapel a pile, stocks,
emporium, G. stapela heap, mart, stake, staffel step of a ladder, Sw.
stapel, Dan. stabel, and E. step cf. OF. estaple a mart, F. étape. See
Step.] 1. A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which
merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place
for wholesale traffic.
The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the
staple of the Indian trade.
Arbuthnot.
For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy
burgesses of Woodstock, her majesty was minded to erect the town
into a staple for wool.
Sir W. Scott.
In England, formerly, the king's staple was established in certain
ports or towns, and certain goods could not be exported without being
first brought to these places to be rated and charged with the duty
payable of the king or the public. The principal commodities on which
customs were lived were wool, skins, and leather; and these were
originally the staple commodities.