Chapter 1631

Steg*no"sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/. See Stegnotic .] (Med.) Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts.

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Steg*no"tic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to cover, to make costive, fr. <?/, <?/, covered, closed.] (Med.) Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally. -- n. A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.

Stegocephala <Xpage=1410>

Steg`o*ceph"a*la (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ roof + <?/ head.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali , and Labyrinthodonta .

&hand; Their teeth, in transverse sections, usually show a labyrinthiform arrangement of the cement and dentine. The under side of the body was covered with bony plates. Some of the Stegocephala were of very large size, and the form of the body varied from short, stout forms to others that were as slender as serpents.

Stegosauria <Xpage=1410>

Steg`o*sau"ri*a (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Stegosaurus .] (Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus , Omosaurus , and their allies.

Stegosaurus <Xpage=1410>

Steg`o*sau"rus (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ roof + <?/ a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.

Steik <Xpage=1410>

Steik (?) , v. t. See Steek . [Scot.]

Stein <Xpage=1410>

Stein (?) , n. & v. See Steen .

Steinbock <Xpage=1410>

Stein"bock` (?) , n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok . Cf. Steenbok .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The European ibex. (b) A small South African antelope ( Nanotragus tragulus ) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok . [Written also steinboc , and steinbok; also called stonebock , and stonebuck .]

Steingale <Xpage=1410>

Stein"gale (?) , n. The stannel. [Prov. Eng.]

Steining <Xpage=1410>

Stein"ing (?) , n. See Steening .

Steinkirk <Xpage=1410>

Stein"kirk` (?) , n. Same as Steenkirk .

Steinkle <Xpage=1410>

Stein"kle (?) , n. The wheater. [Prov. Eng.]

Stela <Xpage=1410>

Ste"la (?) , n. ; pl. Stel\'91 (#) . [L., from Gr. <?/ a post, an upright stone.] (Gr. Antiq.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.

Stele <Xpage=1410>

Ste"le (?) , n. [NL.] Same as Stela .

One of these steles , containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Stele <Xpage=1410>

Stele (?) , n. [See Stale a handle.] A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.]

Chaucer. Holland.

Stelene <Xpage=1410>

Ste"lene (?) , a. [See Stela .] Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. [R.]

Stell <Xpage=1410>

Stell (?) , v. t. [AS. stellan . \'fb163.] To place or fix firmly or permanently. [Obs.]

Shak.

Stell <Xpage=1410>

Stell , n. [See Stell , v. t. ] 1. A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing. [Scot.]

2. A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Stellar, Stellary <Xpage=1410>

Stel"lar (?) , Stel"la*ry (?) , a. [L. stellaris , fr. stella a star. See Star .] 1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs .

[These soft fires] in part shed down Their stellar virtue. Milton.

2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions .

Stellate, Stellated <Xpage=1410>

Stel"late (?) , Stel"la*ted (?) , a. [L. stellatus , p.p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a star. See Stellar .] 1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.

2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers .

Stellation <Xpage=1410>

Stel*la"tion (?) , n. Radiation of light. [Obs.]

Stelled <Xpage=1410>

Stelled (?) , a. [See Stell to place.] Firmly placed or fixed. [Obs.] "The stelled fires" [the stars]. Shak . [In this passage by some defined as "starry," as if from stellatus .]

Steller <Xpage=1410>

Stel"ler (?) , n. [After Geo. W. Steller , a German naturalist.] (Zo\'94l) The rytina; -- called also stellerine .

Stellerid <Xpage=1410>

Stel"ler*id (?) , n. [L. stella a star.] (Zo\'94l.) A starfish.

Stellerida <Xpage=1410>

Stel*ler"i*da (?) , n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans.

Stelleridan, Stelleridean <Xpage=1410>

Stel*ler"i*dan (?) , Stel`ler*id"e*an (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A starfish, or brittle star.

Stelliferous <Xpage=1410>

Stel*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. stellifer ; stella star + ferre 8bear.] Having, or abounding with, stars.

Stelliform <Xpage=1410>

Stel"li*form (?) , a. [L. stella a star + -form .] Like a star; star-shaped; radiated.

Stellify <Xpage=1410>

Stel"li*fy (?) , v. t. [L. stella a star + -fy .] To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven. [Obs. or R.]

B. Jonson.

Stellion <Xpage=1410>

Stel"lion (?) , n. [L. stellio a newt having starlike spots on its back, fr. stella a star.] (Zo\'94l.) A lizard ( Stellio vulgaris ), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim , and star lizard .

Stellionate <Xpage=1410>

Stel"lion*ate (?) , n. [L. stellionatus cozenage, trickery, fr. stellio a newt, a crafty, knavish person.] (Scots & Roman Law) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; -- chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc.

Erskine.

Stellular <Xpage=1410>

Stel"lu*lar (?) , a. [L. stellula , dim. of stella a star.] 1. Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated.

2. Marked with starlike spots of color.

Stellulate <Xpage=1410>

Stel"lu*late (?) , a. (Bot.) Minutely stellate.

Stelmatopoda <Xpage=1410>

Stel`ma*top"o*da (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a block, post + <?/, <?/, eye + <?/, <?/, foot.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Gymnol\'91mata .

Stelography <Xpage=1410>

Ste*log"ra*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a post, slab, pillar + -graphy : cf. Gr. <?/ an inscription on a tablet.] The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. [R.]

Stackhouse.

Stem, Steem <Xpage=1410>

Stem (?) , Steem (?) , v. i. To gleam. [Obs.]

His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. Chaucer.

Stem, Steem <Xpage=1410>

Stem , Steem , n. A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]

Stem <Xpage=1410>

Stem (?) , n. [AS. stemn , stefn , st\'91fn ; akin to OS. stamn the stem of a ship, D. stam stem, steven stem of a ship, G. stamm stem, steven stem of a ship, Icel. stafn , stamn , stem of a ship, stofn , stomn , stem, Sw. stam a tree trunk, Dan. stamme . Cf. Staff , Stand .] 1. The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.

After they are shot up thirty feet in length, they spread a very large top, having no bough nor twig in the trunk or the stem . Sir W. Raleigh.

The lowering spring, with lavish rain, Beats down the slender stem and breaded grain. Dryden.

2. A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry .

3. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. "All that are of noble stem ."

Milton.

While I do pray, learn here thy stem And true descent. Herbert.

4. A branch of a family.

This is a stem Of that victorious stock. Shak.

5. (Naut.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.

6. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

Wolsey sat at the stem more than twenty years. Fuller.

7. Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.

8. (Bot.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.

9. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The entire central axis of a feather. (b) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.

10. (Mus.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.

11. (Gram.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.

From stem to stern (Naut.) , from one end of the ship to the other, or through the whole length. -- Stem leaf (Bot.) , a leaf growing from the stem of a plant, as contrasted with a basal or radical leaf.

Stem <Xpage=1410>

Stem , v. t. 1. To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves .

2. To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.

Stem <Xpage=1410>

Stem , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stemmed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stemming .] [Either from stem , n., or akin to stammer ; cf. G. stemmen to press against.] To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current. "An argosy to stem the waves."

Shak.

[They] stem the flood with their erected breasts. Denham.

Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. Pope.

Stem <Xpage=1410>

Stem , v. i. To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

Stemming nightly toward the pole. Milton.

Stem-clasping <Xpage=1410>

Stem"-clasp`ing (?) , a. (Bot.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.

Stemless <Xpage=1410>

Stem"less , a. Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.

Stemlet <Xpage=1410>

Stem"let (?) , n. A small or young stem.

Stemma <Xpage=1410>

Stem"ma (?) , n. ; pl. Stemmata (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, pl. <?/, a garland or chaplet.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus . (b) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.

Stemmer <Xpage=1410>

Stem"mer (?) , n. One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).

Stemmery <Xpage=1410>

Stem"mer*y (?) , n. A large building in which tobacco is stemmed. [U. S.]

Bartlett.

Stemmy <Xpage=1410>

Stem"my (?) , a. Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc. [Colloq.]

Stemple <Xpage=1410>

Stem"ple (?) , n. [G. stempel a stamp, a prop, akin to E. stamp .] (Mining) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.

Stemson <Xpage=1410>

Stem"son (?) , n. [See Stem , n. , and Keelson , and cf. Sternson .] (Shipbuilding) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.

Stem-winder <Xpage=1410>

Stem"-wind`er (?) , n. A stem-winding watch. [Colloq.] <-- Fig. anything of superior quality, as was attributed to the stem-winding watch; esp. used to describe a stirring speech, as in the phrase "a stem-winder of a speech" or "delivered as stem-winder". -->

Stem-winding <Xpage=1410>

Stem"-wind`ing , a. Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch .

Stench <Xpage=1410>

Stench (?) , v. t. To stanch. [Obs.]

Harvey.

Stench <Xpage=1410>

Stench , n. [AS. stenc a strong smell, fr. stincan . See Stink , v. i. ] 1. A smell; an odor. [Obs.]

Clouds of savory stench involve the sky. Dryden.

2. An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.

Cowper.

Stench trap , a contrivance to prevent stench or foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc.

Stench <Xpage=1410>

Stench , v. t. [AS. stencan to emit a smell, fr. stincan to smell. See Stench , n. ] To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. [Obs.]

Young.

Stenchy <Xpage=1410>

Stench"y (?) , a. Having a stench. [Obs.]

Dyer.

Stencil <Xpage=1410>

Sten"cil (?) , n. [Probably from OF. estincelle spangle, spark, F. \'82tincelle spark, L. scintilla . See Scintillate , and cf. Tinsel .] A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate .

Stencil <Xpage=1410>

Sten"cil , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stenciled (?) or Stencilled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stenciling or Stencilling .] To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.

Stenciler <Xpage=1410>

Sten"cil*er (?) , n. One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil. [Written also stenciller .]

Stenoderm <Xpage=1410>

Sten"o*derm (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ narrow, little + -derm .] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma , native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane.

Stenodermine <Xpage=1410>

Sten`o*der"mine (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma , which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.

Stenograph <Xpage=1410>

Sten"o*graph (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stenographed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stenographing (?) .] To write or report in stenographic characters.

Stenograph <Xpage=1410>

Sten"o*graph , n. A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.

I saw the reporters' room, in which they redact their hasty stenographs . Emerson.

Stenographer <Xpage=1410>

Ste*nog"ra*pher (?) , n. One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.

Stenographic, Stenographical <Xpage=1410>

Sten`o*graph"ic (?) , Sten`o*graph"ic*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. st\'82nographique .] Of or pertaining to stenography.

Stenographist <Xpage=1410>

Ste*nog"ra*phist (?) , n. A stenographer.

Stenography <Xpage=1410>

Ste*nog"ra*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ narrow, close + graphy : cf. F. st\'82nographie , G. stenographie .] The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.

Stenophyllous <Xpage=1410>

Ste*noph"yl*lous (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ narrow + <?/ leaf.] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves.

Stenosis <Xpage=1410>

Ste*no"sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ narrow.] (Med.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus . It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.

Stenostome <Xpage=1410>

Sten"o*stome (?) , a. [Gr. steno`s narrow, little + sto`ma mouth.] (Zo\'94l.) Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes ( Opoterodonta ), which are unable to dilate their jaws.

Stent <Xpage=1410>

Stent (?) , v. t. [ Obs. imp. Stente (?) ; obs. p. p. Stent .] [See Stint .] To keep within limits; to restain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.

Then would he weep, he might not be stent . Chaucer.

Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul revilement. Spenser.

Stent <Xpage=1410>

Stent , v. i. To stint; to stop; to cease.

And of this cry they would never stenten . Chaucer.

Stent <Xpage=1410>

Stent , n. An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent ."

Mir. for Mag.

Stenting <Xpage=1410>

Stent"ing , n. An opening in a wall in a coal mine. [Written also stenton .] [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Stentor <Xpage=1410>

Sten"tor (?) , n. [L. Stentor , Gr. <?/.] 1. A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust . under Heterotricha .

3. (Zo\'94l.) A howling monkey, or howler.

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Stentorian <Xpage=1411>

Sten*to"ri*an (?) , a. [L. stentoreus ; cf. Gr. <?/.] Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs .

Stentorin <Xpage=1411>

Sten"to*rin (?) , n. (Chem.) A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor , 2.

Stentorious <Xpage=1411>