The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed starved for matter
in an age so fruitful of memorable actions.
Fuller.
The powers of their minds are starved by disuse.
Locke.
Starv"ed*ly (?), adv. In the condition of one starved or starving;
parsimoniously.
Some boasting housekeeper which keepth open doors for one day, . .
. and lives starvedly all the year after.
Bp. Hall.
Starve"ling (?), n. [Starve + -ling.] One who, or that which, pines
from lack or food, or nutriment.
Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.
Shak.
Starve"ling, a. Hungry; lean; pining with want.
Star"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster.
(b) A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers;
star flower; chickweed. Gray.
Water starwort, an aquatic plant (Callitriche verna) having some
resemblance to chickweed. -- Yellow starwort, a plant of the genus
Inula; elecampane.
||Stas"i*mon (?), n.; pl. Stasmia (#). [NL., from Gr. sta`simon, neut.
||of sta`simos stationary, steadfast.] In the Greek tragedy, a song of
||the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or
||anapæstics. Liddell & Scott.
||Sta"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a standing still.] (Physiol.) A
||slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to
||a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal
||resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena
||observed in the capillaries in inflammation.
Stat"a*ble (?), a. That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the
question at issue is statable.
Sta"tal (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a
State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general
government. [R.]
I have no knowledge of any other kind of political citizenship,
higher or lower, statal or national.
Edward Bates.
Sta"tant (?), a. [L. stare to stand.] (Her.) In a standing position;
as, a lion statant.