Stig"ma*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stigmatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stigmatizing (?).] [F. stigmatiser, Gr. &?;.] 1. To mark with a stigma,
or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.
That . . . hold out both their ears with such delight and
ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored through in witness of their
own voluntary and beloved baseness.
Milton.
2. To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or
infamy.
To find virtue extolled and vice stigmatized.
Addison.
Stig"ma*tose` (?), a. (Bot.) Same as Stigmatic.
Stig"o*no*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, one who is marked, or one who
marks (&?; to mark with a pointed instrument, to prick) + -mancy.]
Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.
Stike (?), n. [See Stich.] Stanza. [Obs.] Sackville.
Sti"lar (?), a. [From Stile a style.] Of or pertaining to the style of
a dial. [Written also stylar.]
Stil"bene (?), n. [See Stilbite.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C14H12,
produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl
ethylene, toluylene, etc.
Stil"bite (?), n. [Gr. &?; to glitter, shine: cf. F. stilbite.] (Min.)
A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina
and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also
in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly
luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.
Stile (?), n. [See Style.] 1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast
a shadow; a style. See Style. Moxon.