Step"dame` (?), n. A stepmother. Spenser.
Step"daugh`ter (?), n. [AS. steópdohtor.] A daughter of one's wife or
husband by a former marriage.
Step"fa`ther (?), n. [AS. steópfæder.] The husband of one's mother by a
subsequent marriage.
Ste*pha"ni*on (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a crown.] (Anat.) The point on
the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the
temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
Steph"an*ite (?), n. [So named after the Archduke Stephan, mining
director of Austria.] (Min.) A sulphide of antimony and silver of an
iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and
brittle silver ore.
||Steph`a*no"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; fit for a crown, fr. &?;
||crown.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of
||Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite
||leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.
2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis
floribunda.
Step"lad`der (?), n. A portable set of steps.
Step"moth`er (?), n. [AS. steópmder.] The wife of one's father by a
subsequent marriage.
Step"par`ent (?), n. Stepfather or stepmother.
Steppe (?), n. [From Russ. stepe, through G. or F. steppe.] One of the
vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and
free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North
America. See Savanna.
Steppe murrain. (Far.) See Rinderpest.
Stepped (?), a. Provided with a step or steps; having a series of
offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
Stepped gear, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face in a series
of steps.
Step"per (?), n. One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
Step"ping-stone` (?), n. 1. A stone to raise the feet above the surface
of water or mud in walking.