Syn. -- Stout, Corpulent, Portly. Corpulent has reference simply to a
superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness
or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in
our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly
in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a
stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or
bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been
carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The stout
man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in
relation to his size." In America, stout is still commonly used in the
original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole.
Stout, n. A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.
Stout"-heart"ed (?), a. Having a brave heart; courageous. --
Stout"-heart"ed*ness, n.
Stout"ish, a. Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.
Stout"ly, adv. In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he
stoutly defended himself.
Stout"ness, n. The state or quality of being stout.
Syn. -- Strength; bulk; courage; force; valor; lustiness; brawniness;
boldness; fortitude; stubbornness.
Stove (?), imp. of Stave.
Stove, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated room, a room for
a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a heated room, AS. stofe,
Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw. stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue;
of unknown origin. Cf. Estufa, Stew, Stufa.] 1. A house or room
artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying
room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room,
a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated
houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of
the arts.
When most of the waiters were commanded away to their supper, the
parlor or stove being nearly emptied, in came a company of
musketeers.
Earl of Strafford.
How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and caves half a year
together, as in Iceland, Muscovy, or under the pole!
Burton.
2. An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made
of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which
fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or
other purposes.
Cooking stove, a stove with an oven, opening for pots, kettles, and the
like, -- used for cooking. -- Dry stove. See under Dry. -- Foot stove.
See under Foot. -- Franklin stove. See in the Vocabulary. -- Stove
plant (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat to make it grow in
cold or cold temperate climates. -- Stove plate, thin iron castings for
the parts of stoves.
Stove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stoving.] 1. To
keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange
trees. Bacon.