STALDER, stal'd[.e]r, _n._ (_prov._) a pile of wood: a cask-stand.
STALE, st[=a]l, _adj._ too long kept: tainted: vapid or tasteless from age,
as beer: not new: worn out by age: decayed: no longer fresh, trite: in
athletics, over-trained, hence unfit, as in 'gone stale.'--_n._ anything
become stale: urine of cattle, &c.: (_Shak._) a whore.--_v.t._ to render
insipid, to make common.--_v.i._ to make water, as beasts.--_adv._
STALE'LY.--_n._ STALE'NESS. [Prov. Eng. _stale_, conn. with Old Dut.
_stel_, old. Skeat makes _stale_ that which reminds one of the stable,
tainted, &c.--Sw. _stalla_, to put into a stall, also to stale (as
cattle)--Sw. _stall_, a stable.]
STALE, st[=a]l, _n._ something offered or exhibited as an allurement to
draw others to any place or purpose: (_Spens._) a decoy, a gull: (_Shak._)
a dupe, laughing-stock.--_n._ STALL, a thief's assistant. [A.S. _stalu_,
theft--_stelan_, to steal.]
STALE, st[=a]l, _n._ the handle of anything, a stalk. [A.S. _stæl_, _stel_,
a stalk.]
STALEMATE, st[=a]l'm[=a]t, _n._ in chess-playing, the position of the king
when he cannot move without being placed in check.--_v.t._ to put into a
condition of stalemate: to bring to a standstill.
STALK, stawk, _n._ the stem of a plant: the stem on which a flower or fruit
grows: the stem of a quill: the handle of anything, the stem: a tall
chimney.--_p.adj._ STALKED, having a stalk.--_adjs._ STALK'-EYED,
podophthalmous, as a crustacean; STALK'LESS, having no stalk; STALK'Y, hard
as a stalk: resembling a stalk. [An extension of A.S. _stæl_, _stel_ (cf.
Ice. _stilkr_, Dan. _stilk_); cog. with Ger. _stiel_, which is allied to,
perh. borrowed from, L. _stilus_, a stake.]
STALK, stawk, _v.i._ to walk as on stilts: to walk with long, slow steps:
to walk behind a stalking-horse: to pursue game by approaching behind
covers.--_v.t._ to approach secretly in order to kill, as deer.--_n._ a
stately step: the pursuit of game by stealthy approach.--_ns._ STALK'ER,
one who stalks, as a deer-stalker: a kind of fishing-net: (_pl._) the
Gradatores; STALK'ING, the act of approaching game warily or behind a
cover; STALK'ING-HORSE, a horse behind which a sportsman hides while
stalking game: a mask or pretence. [A.S. _stælcan_, to walk cautiously,
_stealc_, high; Dan. _stalke_, to walk with long steps.]
STALKOES, staw'k[=o]z, _n.pl._ walking gentlemen. [Ir. _stalcaire_, a
bully.]
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STALL, stawl, _n._ a place where a horse or other animal stands and is fed:
a division of a stable for a single animal: a stable: a bench or table on
which articles are exposed for sale: one of the seats in churches reserved
for the clergy and choir, usually lining the choir or chancel on both
sides, also an office entitling one to such a seat, or its stipend: a
reserved seat in a theatre, usually one of those in the front division of
the parquet--_orchestra stalls_.--_v.t._ to put or keep in a stall.--_v.i._
to inhabit.--_n._ STALL'AGE, liberty of erecting stalls in a fair or
market: rent paid for this liberty.--_adj._ STALLED, kept or fed in a
stall, fatted.--_v.t._ STALL'-FEED, to feed and fatten in a stall or
stable.--_ns._ STALL'ING (_Tenn._) stabling; STALL'INGER (_prov._), a
keeper of a stall; STALL'MAN, one who keeps a stall for the sale of any
article; STALL'-READER, one who stands and reads books at a bookstall.
[A.S. _steal_; Ice. _stallr_, Ger. _stall_.]
STALLION, stal'yun, _n._ an uncastrated male horse, esp. one kept for
breeding. [O. Fr. _estalon_ (Fr. _étalon_)--Late L. _equus ad stallum_, a
horse at stall.]
STALWART, stawl'wart, _adj._ stout, strong, sturdy: determined in one's
partisanship.--_n._ a resolute person.--(_arch._) STAL'WORTH.--_adv._
STAL'WARTLY.--_n._ STAL'WARTNESS--(_arch._) STAL'WORTHINESS. [M. E.
_stalworth_--A.S. _stæl-wyrthe_, serviceable. Prob. _stathol_,foundation,
_weorth_, good, worth.]
STAM, stam, _v.t._ (_prov._) to confound.--_n._ confusion.
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STAMEN, st[=a]'men, _n._ one of the male organs of a flower which produce
the pollen:--_pl._ ST[=A]'MENS.--_adj._ ST[=A]'MENED, having stamens.--_n._
STAM'INA (prop. _pl._), the principal strength of anything: the firm part
of a body which supports the whole.--_adjs._ STAM'INAL, STAMIN'[=E]OUS,
consisting of or possessing stamens: pertaining to, or attached to, the
stamen: apetalous, as certain flowers; STAM'INATE, -D, having or producing
stamens; STAMINIF'EROUS, STAMINIG'EROUS, bearing or having stamens.--_ns._
STAM'INODE, STAMIN[=O]'DIUM, an abortive stamen; STAM'INODY, a condition of
flowers in which sepals, pistils, &c. are metamorphosed into stamens. [L.
_stamen_ (pl. _stamina_)--_st[=a]re_, to stand.]
STAMMEL, stam'el, _n._ a kind of woollen cloth, dull red in colour: red
colour.--_adj._ made of stammel, or like it in colour. [Earlier
_stamin_--O. Fr. _estamine_--Low L. _stamina_--L. _stamineus_, _stamen_, a
thread.]
STAMMEL, stam'el, _n._ (_prov._) a stumbling horse: a bouncing girl.
STAMMER, stam'[.e]r, _v.i._ to halt in one's speech, the result of failure
in co-ordinate action of certain muscles and their appropriate nerves: to
falter in speaking: to stutter.--_v.t._ to utter with hesitation.--_n._
hesitation in speech: defective utterance.--_ns._ STAMM'ERER;
STAMM'ERING.--_adv._ STAMM'ERINGLY. [A.S. _stamor_; Dut. _stameren_.]
STAMNOS, stam'nos, _n._ an ancient Greek short-necked, two-handled
wine-vase. [Gr.]
STAMP, stamp, _v.t._ to strike with the sole of the foot, by thrusting it
down: to impress with some mark or figure: to imprint: to fix deeply: to
coin: to form: to pound, bray, crush, bruise.--_v.i._ to step or plant the
foot firmly down.--_n._ the act of stamping: the mark made by pressing
something on a soft body: an instrument for making impressions on other
bodies: that which is stamped: an official mark put on things chargeable
with duty, as proof that the duty is paid: an instrument for cutting
materials into a certain shape by a downward pressure: cast, form,
character: distinguishing mark, imprint, sign, evidence: a species of heavy
pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing and pulverising ores:
(_pl._) stamp-duties: (_slang_) money, esp. paper money.--_ns._ STAMP'-ACT,
an act for regulating stamp-duties; STAMP'-COLLECT'OR, an officer who
collects stamp-duties: one who makes a collection of postage or other
stamps; STAMP'-D[=U]'TY, a tax imposed on the paper on which legal
documents are written; STAMP'ER; STAMP'ING; STAMP'ING-MACHINE', a machine
used for stamping coins, in the stamping of brass-work, or in crushing
metallic ores; STAMP'-, STAMP'ING-MILL, a crushing-mill for ores;
STAMP'-NOTE, a certificate from a custom-house officer for goods to be
loaded as freight of a ship; STAMP'-OFF'ICE, an office where stamp-duties
are received and stamps issued.--STAMP OUT, to extinguish, extirpate. [A.S.
_stempan_; Ger. _stampfen_.]
STAMPEDE, stam-p[=e]d', _n._ a sudden fright seizing a herd of horses or
other cattle, causing them to run: flight, or any sudden confused movement
of a multitude, caused by panic.--_v.i._ to scamper off in panic. [Sp.
_estampido_, a crash--_estampar_, to stamp.]
STANCE, stans, _n._ (_Scot._) a station, site, stand.
STANCH, stänsh, _v.t._ to stop the flowing of, as blood: to quench,
allay.--_v.i._ (_B._) to cease to flow.--_adj._ constant: trusty: zealous:
sound, strong, firm.--_n._ STANCH'ER.--_adj._ STANCH'LESS (_Shak._), that
cannot be stanched or stopped.--_adv._ STANCH'LY.--_n._ STANCH'NESS. [O.
Fr. _estancher_ (Fr. _étancher_)--Low L. _stanc[=a]re_, to stanch--L.
_stagn[=a]re_, to be or make stagnant.]
STANCH, stänsh, _adj._ Same as STAUNCH.
STANCHION, stan'shun, _n._ an upright iron bar of a window or screen:
(_naut._) an upright beam used as a support.--_v.t._ to fasten by means of
or to a stanchion.--A Scotch form is STAN'CHEL. [O. Fr.
_estançon_--_estancer_, to stop, _estance_--Low L. _stantia_--L.
_st[=a]re_, to stand.]
STAND, stand, _v.i._ to cease to move: to be stationary: to occupy a
certain position: to stagnate: to be at rest: to be fixed in an upright
position, to be erect, to be on the feet--as opposed to _sit_, _lie_,
_kneel_, &c.: to become or remain erect: to have a position or rank: to be
in a particular state, to be with relation to something else: to maintain
an attitude: to be fixed or firm: to keep one's ground: to remain
unimpaired: to endure, to be consistent: to consist: to depend or be
supported: to offer one's self as a candidate: to have a certain direction:
to hold a course at sea.--_v.t._ to endure: to sustain: to suffer: to abide
by: to be at the expense of, to offer and pay for:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._
stood.--_ns._ STAND'ER; STAND'ER-BY (_Shak._), a spectator; STAND'ER-UP,
one who stands up or who takes a side.--_adj._ STAND'ING, established:
settled: permanent: fixed: stagnant: being erect.--_n._ continuance:
existence: place to stand in: position in society: a right or capacity to
sue or maintain an action.--_n._ STAND'ING-GROUND, a place on which to
stand, any basis or principle on which one rests.--_n.pl._
STAND'ING-OR'DERS, the name given to permanent regulations made by either
House of Parliament for the conduct of its proceedings, and enduring from
parliament to parliament unless rescinded.--_ns._ STAND'ING-POOL (_Shak._),
a pool of stagnant water; STAND'ING-RIG'GING, the ropes in a ship that
remain fixed; STAND'ING-ROOM, place in which to stand.--_n.pl._
STAND'ING-STONES, monoliths of unhewn stone, erected singly or in
groups.--_n._ STAND'ISH, a standing dish for pen and ink.--_adj._
STAND'-OFF, holding others off, reserved--also STAND'-OFF'ISH.--_ns._
STAND'-OFF'ISHNESS, a distant, reserved, and haughty manner; STAND'-PIPE, a
vertical pipe at a reservoir, into which the water is pumped up so as to
give it a head: a small pipe inserted into an opening in a water-main: a
pipe permitting expansion, as of hot water: a pipe sufficiently high for
its contents to be forced into a boiler against the steam-pressure;
STAND'-POINT, a station or position from which objects are viewed: a basis
or fundamental principle according to which things are compared and judged;
STAND'STILL, a standing without moving forward: a stop.--_adj._ STAND'-UP,
standing erect: done standing, noting a fair boxing-match.--STAND AGAINST,
to resist; STAND BY, to support; STAND FAST, to be unmoved; STAND FIRE, to
remain steady under the fire of an enemy--also figuratively; STAND FOR, to
be a candidate for: (_naut._) to direct the course towards; STAND FROM, to
direct the course from; STAND IN, to cost; STAND IN WITH, to have a secret
understanding with, as policemen with publicans; STAND LOW (_print._), to
fall short of the standard height; STAND OFF, to keep at a distance: to
direct the course from: (_Shak._) to forbear compliance or intimacy; STAND
OFF AND ON, to sail away from shore and then towards it; STAND ON, to
continue on the same tack or course: (_Shak._) to be satisfied or convinced
of; STAND ONE'S GROUND, to maintain one's position; STAND OUT, to project,
to be prominent: not to comply, to refuse to yield; STAND TO, to agree to,
adhere to, abide by, maintain; STAND TOGETHER, to agree, to be consistent
with; STAND TRIAL, not to give up without trial; STAND UNDER (_Shak._), to
undergo, to sustain; STAND UP, to rise from a sitting posture; STAND UP
FOR, to support or attempt to defend; STAND UPON (_B._), to attack; STAND
UP TO, to meet face to face, to fulfil manfully; STAND UP WITH, to dance
with as a partner; STAND WITH, to be consistent. [A.S. _standan_; Goth.
_standan_, Ger. _stehen_; cf. Gr. _histanai_, to place, L. _st[=a]re_, to
stand.]
STAND, stand, _n._ a place where one stands or remains for any purpose: a
place beyond which one does not go, the highest or ultimate point: an
erection for spectators at races, &c.: the place of a witness in court:
something on which anything rests, a frame for glasses, &c.: a stop,
obstruction, rest, quiescence: a state of cessation from action, motion, or
business: a state of perplexity or hesitation: a difficulty,
resistance.--BE AT A STAND, to stop on account of doubt or difficulty: to
hesitate, to be perplexed; MAKE A STAND, to halt and offer resistance; PUT
TO A STAND, to stop, arrest.
STANDARD, stand'ard, _n._ that which stands or is fixed, as a rule: the
upright post of a truss: that which is established as a rule or model: a
grade of classification in English elementary schools: a staff with a flag:
an ensign of war: one of the two flags of a heavy cavalry regiment:
(_hort._) a standing shrub or tree, not supported by a wall.--_adj._
according to some standard: legal: usual: having a fixed or permanent
value.--_n._ STAND'ARD-BEAR'ER, the soldier or junior officer who carries
the colours: the spokesman or representative of a movement. [O. Fr.
_estandart_--Old High Ger. _standan_, to stand, with suff. _-art._]
STANG, stang, _n._ a wooden bar, a pole.--RIDING THE STANG, a popular
manner of punishing an unpopular man by carrying him astride of a stang.
[A.S. _stæng_, a pole; Dut. _stang_.]
STANG, stang, _v.i._ (_prov._) to throb with pain--also a Scotch form of
_sting_.
STANHOPE, stan'h[=o]p, _n._ a light open one-seated carriage without a top,
formerly with two wheels, now usually with four.
STANIEL, stan'yel, _n._ the kestrel or windhover.--Also STAN'NEL, STAN'YEL.
[A.S. _stángella_.]
STANK, stangk, _pa.t._ of stink.
STANK, stangk, _n._ (_Scot._) a ditch, a pool, a tank. [O. Fr. _estang_, a
pond--L. _stagnum_, a stagnant pool.]
STANNARY, stan'ar-i, _adj._ of or relating to tin mines or works.--_n._ a
tin-mine.--_n._ STANN'ATE, a salt formed with stannic acid and a
base.--_adjs._ STANN'IC, pertaining to, or procured from, tin;
STANNIF'EROUS, producing or containing tin.--_n._ STANN'INE, a mineral of a
grayish-black colour, consisting chiefly of sulphur, tin, copper, and
iron.--_adj._ STANN'OUS, containing tin.--STANNARY COURTS, courts in
Cornwall for the tin-miners. [L. _stannum_, tin.]
STANZA, stan'za, _n._ a series of lines or verses connected with and
adjusted to each other in a fixed order of sequence as regards length and
metrical form: a division of a poem containing every variation of measure
in the poem.--_adj._ STANZ[=A]'IC. [It. _stanza_, a stop--Low L.
_stantia_--L. _st[=a]re_, stand.]
STAPELIA, sta-p[=e]'li-a, _n._ a genus of showy fleshy African plants of
the milkweed family. [From J. B. van _Stapel_.]
STAPES, st[=a]'p[=e]z, _n._ the inmost of the three auditory ossicles,
situated in the tympanum.--_adjs._ STAP[=E]'DIAL, stirrup-shaped:
pertaining to the stapes; STAPEDIF'EROUS, having a stapes.--_n._
STAP[=E]'DIUS, a stapedial muscle. [Low L. _stapes_, a stirrup--Old High
Ger. _stapf_, a step.]
STAPHYLINE, staf'i-lin, _adj._ of the form of a bunch of grapes.--_ns._
STAPH'YLE, the uvula; STAPHYL[=O]'MA, STAPHYL[=O]'SIS, a protrusion of any
of the coats of the eye.--_adjs._ STAPHYLOMAT'IC;
STAPHYL[=O]'MATOUS.--_ns._ STAPH'YLOPLASTY, the operation for replacing the
soft palate; STAPHYLOR'APHY, the operation of uniting a cleft palate;
STAPHYLOT'OMY, the amputation of the uvula. [Gr. _staphyl[=e]_, a bunch of
grapes, the uvula.]
STAPLE, st[=a]'pl, _n._ a settled mart or market: the principal production
or industry of a district or country: the principal element: the thread of
textile fabrics: unmanufactured material.--_adj._ established in commerce:
regularly produced for market.--_n._ ST[=A]'PLER, a dealer. [O. Fr.
_estaple_--Low Ger. _stapel_, a heap.]
STAPLE, st[=a]'pl, _n._ a loop of iron, &c., for holding a bolt, &c.: the
metallic tube to which the reed is fastened in the oboe, &c. [A.S.
_stapel_, a prop--_stapan_, step; cf. Ger. _stapel_.]
STAR, stär, _n._ one of the bright bodies in the heavens, except the sun
and moon: one of the heavenly bodies shining by their own light, and which
keep the same relative position in the heavens: anything star-like or
star-shaped: a representation of a star worn as a badge of rank or honour:
a person of brilliant or attractive qualities: the chief actor or actress
in a dramatic company: (_print._) an asterisk (*).--_v.t._ to set with
stars: to bespangle.--_v.i._ to shine, as a star: to attract attention: to
appear as a star-actor (TO STAR IT, esp. on a provincial tour):--_pr.p._
star'ring; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ starred.--_ns._ STAR'-AP'PLE, the fruit of
the West Indian tree _Chrysophyllum Cainito_; STAR'-BLAST'ING, the noxious
influence of the stars.--_adjs._ STAR'-BLIND, so blind as not to see the
stars: half-blind; STAR'-BROI'DERED (_Tenn._), embroidered with figures in
the shape of stars.--_ns._ STAR'-BUZZ'ARD, an American goshawk;
STAR'-CAT'ALOGUE, a list of stars, with their places, magnitudes,
&c.--_adj._ STAR'-CROSSED, not favoured by the stars.--_ns._ STAR'-DRIFT, a
common proper motion of a number of fixed stars in the same region of the
heavens; STAR'-DUST, cosmic dust, matter in fine particles falling upon the
earth from some outside source, like meteorites; STAR'-FINCH, the redstart;
STAR'FISH (_Asteroidea_), an Echinoderm, nearly allied to the Brittle-stars
(_Ophiuroidea_) and to the Sea-urchins (_Echinoidea_); STAR'-FLOW'ER, one
of various plants with bright star-shaped flowers, the Star-of-Bethlehem:
chickweed; STAR'-FORT, a fort surrounded with projecting angles, like the
points of a star; STAR'-FRUIT, a small water-plant of southern Europe, with
long-pointed radiating carpels; STAR'-G[=A]Z'ER, an astrologer: an
astronomer; STAR'-G[=A]Z'ING, astrology; STAR'-GRASS, a grass-like plant,
with star-shaped, yellow flowers; STAR'-HY'ACINTH, a bulbous-rooted plant,
a species of squill, with pinkish purple flowers, found on the coast in the
south of England; STAR'-JELL'Y, the common species of nostoc.--_adj._
STAR'LESS, having no stars visible: having no light from stars.--_n._
STAR'LIGHT, light or lustre of the stars.--_adjs._ STAR'-LIKE, resembling a
star: radiated like a star: bright, illustrious; STAR'LIT, lighted by the
stars.--_ns._ STAR'-NOSE, a North American mole; STAR'-OF-BETH'LEHEM, a
garden plant of the lily family, with bright white star-like flowers: the
miraculous star of the Nativity (Matt. ii. 2, 9, 10).--_adj._ STAR'-PROOF
(_Milt._), impervious to starlight.--_n._ STAR'-READ (_Spens._), knowledge
of the stars, astrology.--_adj._ STARRED, adorned or studded with
stars.--_ns._ STAR'-REED, a South American plant used in Peru against
dysentery, &c.; STAR'RINESS.--_adj._ STAR'RY, abounding or adorned with
stars: consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars: like, or shining like,
the stars.--_n._ STARS'-AND-STRIPES, the flag of the United States of
America, with thirteen stripes alternately red and white, and a blue field
containing as many stars as there are states.--_adj._ STAR'-SPANG'LED,
spangled or studded with stars.--_n._ STAR'-STONE, a variety of corundum
which, when cut in a particular way, exhibits a reflection of light in the
form of a star.--_adj._ STAR'-STROWN (_Tenn._), strewn or studded with
stars.--_ns._ STAR'-THIS'TLE, a species of centaury, so called from its
star-like flowers; STAR'-WHEEL, a spur-wheel with V-shaped teeth;
STAR'WORT, a genus of plants nearly allied to the Asters, with star-like
flowers. [A.S. _steorra_; Ger. _stern_, L. _stella_ (for _sterula_), Gr.
_ast[=e]r_.]
STARBOARD, stär'b[=o]rd, _n._ the right-hand side of a ship, to one looking
toward the bow.--_adj._ pertaining to, or lying on, the right side of a
ship. [A.S. _steórbord_--_steór_, a rudder, _bord_, a board, the side of a
ship. Cf. _Board_ and _Larboard_.]
STARCH, stärch, _n._ the pure fecula or white farinaceous matter of
vegetables, yielding a translucent jelly used for stiffening clothes in the
laundry: stiffness, formality.--_adj._ stiff, rigid, formal.--_adj._
STARCHED, stiffened with starch: formal.--_adv._ STARCH'EDLY.--_ns._
STARCH'EDNESS; STARCH'ER; STARCH'-HY'ACINTH, a plant allied to the
hyacinth, so called from the smell of the flower.--_adv._ STARCH'ILY, in a
starch or stiff manner: formally.--_ns._ STARCH'INESS, the state or quality
of being starchy: stiffness of manner: formality; STARCH'-SU'GAR,
glucose.--_adj._ STARCH'Y, consisting of, or like, starch: stiff: precise.
[A special use of adj. _stark_; cf. Ger. _stärke_, starch--_stark_,
strong.]
STAR-CHAMBER, stär'-ch[=a]m'b[.e]r, _n._ a tribunal with a civil and
criminal jurisdiction, which met in the old council chamber of the palace
of Westminster, abolished in the reign of Charles I. [Probably named from
the gilt _stars_ on the ceiling, hardly from the Jewish bonds (called
_starrs_, from Heb. _shetar_) kept in the council-room.]
STARE, st[=a]r, _v.i._ to look at with a fixed gaze, as in horror,
astonishment, &c.: to look fixedly.--_v.t._ to influence in some way by
staring.--_n._ a fixed look.--_ns._ ST[=A]R[=EE]', one who is stared at;
ST[=A]'RER, one who stares or gazes; ST[=A]'RING, the act of
staring.--_adv._ ST[=A]'RINGLY, in a staring manner: with a fixed look.
[A.S. _starian_, from a Teut. root seen in Ger. _starr_, rigid; also in
Eng. _stern_.]
STARK, stärk, _adj._ stiff: gross: absolute: entire: naked, an abbreviation
of STARK'-N[=A]'KED, quite naked, which is really a corr. of M. E.
_start-naked_=tail-naked (A.S. _steort_, a tail).--_adv._ absolutely:
completely.--_v.t._ to make stark, as in death.--_v.t._ STARK'EN, to
stiffen, to make obstinate.--_adv._ STARK'LY.--_n._ STARK'NESS, the state
or quality of being stark: stiffness; stoutness. [A.S. _stearc_, hard,
strong; cog. Ice. _sterk-r_, Ger. _stark_.]
STARLING, stärling, _n._ a genus _Sturnus_ and family _Sturnidæ_ of
Passerine birds: (_archit._) a ring of piles supporting the pier of a
bridge. [Dim. from obs. _stare_--A.S. _stær_; Ger. _staar_, L. _sturnus_.]
STAROST, stär'ost, _n._ a Polish noble holding a STAR'OSTY or domain by
grant of life-estate from the crown. [Pol. _starosta_, elder--_stary_,
old.]
STARR. See under STAR-CHAMBER.
START, stärt, _v.i._ to move suddenly aside: to wince: to deviate: to
begin: to proceed: to give way somewhat.--_v.t._ to cause to move suddenly:
to disturb suddenly: to rouse suddenly from concealment: to set in motion:
to call forth: to invent or discover: to move suddenly from its place: to
loosen: to empty: to pour out.--_n._ a sudden movement: a sudden motion of
the body: a sudden rousing to action: an unexpected movement: a sally: a
sudden fit: a quick spring: the first motion from a point or place: the
outset.--_n._ START'ER, one who starts.--_adj._ START'FUL, apt to
start.--_adv._ START'INGLY (_Shak._), by fits or starts.--_ns._
START'ING-POINT, the point from which anything starts, or from which motion
begins; START'ING-POST, the post or barrier from which the competitors in a
race start or begin the race.--_adj._ START'ISH, apt to start,
skittish.--_ns._ START'-UP (_Shak._), an upstart; START'UPPE (_Spens._), a
kind of high shoe or half-boot.--START AFTER, to set out after, to pursue;
START UP, to rise suddenly, to come suddenly into notice.--GET, or HAVE,
THE START, to begin before another, to obtain an advantage over another.
[M. E. _sterten_; closely akin to Dut. and Low Ger. _storten_, to plunge,
Ger. _stürzen_.]
STARTLE, stärt'l, _v.i._ to start or move suddenly: to feel sudden
alarm.--_v.t._ to excite suddenly: to shock: to frighten.--_n._ sudden
alarm or surprise.--_n._ START'LER.--_adj._ START'LING, such as to strike
with astonishment or alarm.--_adv._ START'LINGLY.--_adj._ START'LISH, apt
to start. [Extension of _start_.]
STARVE, stärv, _v.i._ to die of hunger or cold: to suffer extreme hunger or
want: to be in want of anything necessary, to deteriorate for want of
anything essential.--_v.t._ to kill with hunger or cold: to destroy by
want: to deprive of power.--_n._ STARV[=A]'TION, act of starving: state of
being starved.--_adj._ STARVE'LING, hungry: lean: weak.--_n._ a thin, weak,
pining animal or plant. [A.S. _steorfan_, to die; Dut. _sterven_, Ger.
_sterben_, to die.]
STASIDION, sta-sid'i-on, _n._ a stall in a Greek church.
STASIMON, stas'i-mon, _n._ an ode sung by the whole chorus, after the
parode:--_pl._ STAS'IMA. [Gr.]
STASIMORPHY, stas'i-mor-fi, _n._ any deviation from the normal form of a
bodily organ due to arrested development [Gr. _stasis_, standing.]
STASIS, st[=a]'sis, _n._ the arrest of the blood in its circulation: one of
the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter. [Gr.]
STATANT, st[=a]'tant, _adj._ (_her._) standing with all the feet on the
ground. [L. _st[=a]re_, to stand.]
STATE, st[=a]t, _n._ position: condition: situation: circumstances at any
time: the whole body of people under one government: the public: the civil
power: estate, one of the orders or classes of men forming the body politic
(as nobles, clergy, commonalty): a body of men united by profession: rank,
quality: pomp: dignity: style of living: stability, continuance: (_pl._)
the bodies constituting the legislature of a country: (_obs._) a seat of
dignity: a stage, condition, as of an etched or engraved plate at one
particular stage of its progress.--_adj._ belonging to the state: public:
royal: ceremonial: pompous: magnificent.--_v.t._ to set forth: to express
the details of: to set down fully and formally: to narrate: to set in
order: to settle.--_adj._ ST[=A]T'ABLE, capable of being stated.--_ns._
STATE'-CRAFT, the art of managing state affairs; STATE'-CRIM'INAL, one who
commits an offence against the state, as treason.--_adj._ ST[=A]T'ED,
settled: established: fixed: regular.--_adv._ ST[=A]T'EDLY.--_ns._
STATE'-HOUSE, the building in which the legislature of a state holds its
sittings; ST[=A]TE'LINESS.--_adj._ ST[=A]TE'LY, showing state or dignity:
majestic: grand.--_adv._ majestically: (_Milt._) loftily.--_ns._
ST[=A]TE'MENT, the act of stating: that which is stated: a narrative or
recital; STATE'-P[=A]'PER, an official paper or document relating to
affairs of state; STATE'-PRIS'ON; STATE'-PRIS'ONER, a prisoner confined for
offence against the state; STATE'-RELIG'ION, the establishment or endowment
by the government of a country of some particular form of religion;
STATE'ROOM, a stately room in a palace or mansion: principal room in the
cabin of a ship; STATES'-GEN'ERAL, the name given to the representative
body of the three orders (nobility, clergy, burghers) of the French
kingdom; STATES'MAN, a man acquainted with the affairs of government: one
skilled in government: one employed in public affairs: a politician: one
who farms his own estate, a small landholder.--_adj._ STATES'MAN-LIKE, like
a statesman.--_adv._ STATES'MANLY, in a manner becoming a statesman.--_n._
STATES'MANSHIP.--STATE SOCIALISM, a scheme of government which would
entrust to the state the carrying on of the great enterprises of private
industry; STATES OF THE CHURCH, the former temporal possessions of the
popes. [O. Fr. _estat_ (Fr. _état_)--L. _status_, from _st[=a]re_,
_st[=a]tum_, to stand.]
STATER, st[=a]'t[.e]r, _n._ the standard gold coin of ancient Greece.
STATIC, -AL, stat'ik, -al, _adj._ pertaining to statics: pertaining to
bodies at rest or in equilibrium: resting: acting by mere weight.--_adv._
STAT'ICALLY.--_n._ STAT'ICS, the science which treats of the action of
force in maintaining rest or preventing change of motion. [Gr. _statik[=e]_
(_epist[=e]m[=e]_, 'science,' being understood)--_hist[=e]mi_.]
STATION, st[=a]'shun, _n._ the place where a person or thing stands: post
assigned: position: office: situation: occupation, business: state: rank:
condition in life: the place where railway trains come to a stand in order
to take up and set down passengers and goods, the buildings erected at such
a place for railway business: a regular stopping-place: a stock farm in
Australia: a district or branch police-office: the place in India where the
group of English officials or the officers of a garrison reside: a recess
in a mine-shaft or passage for a pumping-machine: (_pl._) in R.C. usage,
applied to certain places of reputed sanctity, appointed to be visited as
places of prayer, any one of the fourteen (fifteen, or even eleven) images
or pictures ranged round a church, starting from one side of the high altar
and ending at the other, representing the several stages of the
Passion--the whole series the Way of Calvary.--_v.t._ to assign a station
to: to set: to appoint to a post, place, or office.--_adj._
ST[=A]'TIONAL.--_n._ ST[=A]'TIONARINESS.--_adj._ ST[=A]'TIONARY, pertaining
to a station: standing: fixed: settled: acting from, or in, a fixed
position (as an engine): not progressing or retrogressing: not
improving.--_n._ ST[=A]'TIONER, one who sells paper and other articles used
in writing.--_adj._ ST[=A]'TIONERY, belonging to a stationer.--_n._ the
articles sold by a stationer.--_ns._ ST[=A]'TION-HOUSE, a temporary place
of arrest; ST[=A]'TION-MAS'TER, one who has charge of a station, esp. on a
railway.--STATIONERS' HALL, the hall in London belonging to the Company of
the Stationers, who enjoyed until the passing of the Copyright Act in 1842
an absolute monopoly of printing and publishing; STATIONERY OFFICE, an
office in London for providing books, stationery, &c. to the government
offices at home and abroad, and for making contracts for the printing of
government reports and other public papers. [Fr.,--L. _statio_--_st[=a]re_,
to stand.]
STATIST, st[=a]'tist, _n._ a statesman, a politician.
STATISTICS, sta-tist'iks, _n._ a collection of facts and figures regarding
the condition of a people, class, &c.: the science which treats of the
collection and arrangement of facts bearing on the condition--social,
moral, and material--of a people.--_adjs._ STATIST'IC, -AL, pertaining to,
or containing, statistics.--_adv._ STATIST'ICALLY.--_n._ STATISTIC'IAN, one
skilled in statistics. [Coined (as if from a form _statistik[=e]_) from Gr.
_statizein_, to set up.]
STATIVE, st[=a]'tiv, _adj._ standing still, pertaining to a permanent camp:
indicating a physical state or reflex action, of certain Hebrew verbs.
STATUE, stat'[=u], _n._ a likeness of a human being or animal carved out of
some solid substance: an image--(_obs._) STAT'UA.--_n._ STAT'[=U]ARY, the
art of carving statues: a statue or a collection of statues: one who makes
statues: a dealer in statues.--_adj._ STAT'UED, furnished with
statues.--_n._ STATUETTE', a small statue. [Fr.,--L.
_statua_--_statu[)e]re_, to cause lo stand--_st[=a]re_.]
STATUESQUE, stat-[=u]-esk', _adj._ like a statue.--_adv._ STATUESQUE'LY.
[Fr.]
STATURE, stat'[=u]r, _n._ the height of any animal.--_adj._ STAT'URED,
having a certain specified stature. [L. _statura_.]