Stib"nite (?), n. (Min.) A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant
metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony;
-- called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.
Sti*bo"ni*um (?), n. (Chem.) The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous
to ammonium; -- called also antimonium.
Stic*ca"do (?), n. [Cf. It. steccato a palisade.] (Mus.) An instrument
consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the
top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal
in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are
tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the
pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.
Stich (?), n. [Gr. sti`chos a row, line, akin to to go, march, E. sty,
v.i.] 1. A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.
2. A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of
the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old
Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the
Revised Version of the English Bible.