Stith, n. [Icel. steði an anvil, akin to staðr place. See Stead.] An
anvil; a stithy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
He invented also pincers, hammers, iron crows, and the anvil, or
stith.
Holland.
Stith"y (?), n. [See Stith, and cf. Stiddy.] 1. An anvil. Sir W. Scott.
2. A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge. "As foul as Vulcan's
stithy." Shak.
Stith"y, v. t. To forge on an anvil.
The forge that stithied Mars his helm.
Shak.
Stive (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stiving.]
[Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It.
stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. Stevedore, Stiff.] To stuff; to crowd; to
fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling. Sandys.
His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind
or other.
Sir H. Wotton.
Stive, v. i. To be stifled or suffocated.
Stive, n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or
grinding. De Colange.
Sti"ver (?), n. [D. stuiver; akin to G. stüber, Dan. styver, Sw.
styfver.] A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two
cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of
little worth.
Stives (?), n. pl. [OE. See Stew.] Stews; a brothel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Stoak (?), v. t. [Cf. G. stocken.] (Naut.) To stop; to choke.
Stoat (?), n. [OE. stot a stoat, horse, bullock; perhaps originally
only of male animals, and akin to D. stooten to push, E. stutter; cf.
Icel. st&?;tr a bull, Sw. stut a bullock. Cf. Stot.] (Zoöl.) The ermine
in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to
the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels.
Sto"cah (?), n. [Ir. & Gael. stocach an idle fellow who lives on the
industry of others, a lounger.] A menial attendant. [Obs.] Spenser.
Stoc*cade" (?), n. & v. See Stockade.
Stoc*ca"do (?), n. [F. estocade, fr. Sp. estocada, or It. stoccata,
from Sp. estoque, or It. stocco, a rapier, fr. G. stock a stick. See
Stock.] A stab; a thrust with a rapier. Shak.
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Sto*chas"tic (st*ks"tk), a. [Gr. stochastiko`s, from stocha`zesqai to
aim, to guess, fr. sto`chos mark or aim.] 1. Conjectural; able to
conjecture. [Obs.] Whitefoot.
Stock (stk), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G.
stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a
piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. Stokker, Stucco, and Tuck a
rapier.] 1. The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed,
strong, firm part; the trunk.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof
die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and
bring forth boughs like a plant.
Job xiv. 8,9.