Ster"to*rous (str"t*rs), a. [L. stertere to snore: cf. F. stertoreux.]
Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompanies inspiration in some
diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.
Burning, stertorous breath that hurt her cheek.
Mrs. Browning.
The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room, before his
stertorous breathing lulls.
Dickens.
Sterve (strv), v. t. & i. To die, or cause to die; to perish. See
Starve. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Stet (stt), L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. [See
Stand.] (Print.) Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to
signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to
remain.
Stet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stetted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stetting.]
(Print.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for
omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or
beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.
Steth"al (?), n. [Stearic + ethal.] (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols
of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small
quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.
Steth"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. &?; the breast + -graph.] (Physiol.) See
Pneumatograph.
Ste*thom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; chest + -meter.] (Physiol.) An
apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the
chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer.
Steth"o*scope (stth"*skp), n. [Gr. sth^qos the breast + - scope: cf. F.
stéthoscope.] (Med.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining
the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the
ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.
Steth"o*scope, v. t. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. M.
W. Savage.
{ Steth`o*scop"ic (?), Steth`o*scop"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
stéthoscopique.] Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by
means of a stethoscope. -- Steth`o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.
Ste*thos"co*pist (?), n. One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.
Ste*thos"co*py (?), n. The art or process of examination by the
stethoscope.
Steve (?), v. t. [See Stevedore.] To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's
hold. See Steeve.
Ste"ve*dore` (?), n. [Sp. estivador a packer, a stower, fr. estivar to
pack, to stow, L. stipare to press, compress, probably akin to E.
stiff. See Stiff, Stive to stuff.] One whose occupation is to load and
unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.
Ste"ven (?), n. [AS. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to D. stem, G. stimme,
Goth. stibna.] 1. Voice; speech; language. [Obs. or Scot.]
Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven.
Chaucer.