STADDLE
STADDLE, noun [G. It belongs to the root of stead, steady.]1. Any thing which serves for support; a staff; a crutch; the frame or support of a stack of hay or grain. [In this se...
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STADDLE-ROOF
STADDLE-ROOF, noun The roof or covering of a stack.
STADIUM
STADIUM, noun [Latin, Gr.]1. A Greek measure of 125 geometrical paces; a furlong.2. The course or career of a race.
STADTHOLDER
STADTHOLDER, noun Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; or the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.
STADTHOLDERATE
STADTHOLDERATE, noun The office of a stadtholder.
STAFF
STAFF, nounplural [G., a bar, a rod. The primary sense is to thrust, to shoot. See Stab.]1. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a supp...
STAFF-TREE
STAFF-TREE, noun A sort of evergreen privet. It is of the genus Celastrus.
STAFFISH
STAFFISH, adjective Stiff; harsh. [Not in use.]
STAG
STAG, noun [This word belongs to the root of stick, stage, stock. The primary sense is to thrust, hence to fix, to stay, etc.]1. The male red deer; the male of the hind.2. A col...
STAG-BEETLE
STAG-BEETLE, noun The Lucanus cervus, a species of insect.
STAG-EVIL
STAG-EVIL, noun A disease in horses.
STAG-WORM
STAG-WORM, noun An insect that is troublesome to deer.
STAGE
STAGE, noun [G.] Properly, one step or degree of elevation, and what the French call etage, we call a story. Hence,1. A floor or platform of any kind elevated above the ground o...
STAGE-COACH
STAGE-COACH, noun [stage and coach.] A coach that runs by stages; or a coach that runs regularly every day or on stated days, for the conveyance of passengers.
STAGE-PLAY
STAGE-PLAY, noun [stage and play.] Theatrical entertainment.
STAGE-PLAYER
STAGE-PLAYER, noun An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage. Garrick was a celebrated stage-player
STAGELY
STAGELY, adjective Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater. [Little used.]
STAGER
STAGER, noun1. A player. [Little used.]2. One that has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of cunning; as an old cunning stager; an experienced stager; a s...
STAGERY
STAGERY, noun Exhibition on the stage. [Not in use.]
STAGGARD
STAGGARD, noun [from stag.] A stag of four years of age.
STAGGER
STAGGER, verb transitive1. To reel; to vacillate; to move to one side and the other in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness.Deep was the wound; he staggerd ...
STAGGER-WORT
STAGGER-WORT, noun A plant, ragwort.
STAGGERED
STAGGERED, participle passive Made to reel; made to doubt and waver.
STAGGERING
STAGGERING, participle present tense Causing to reel, to waver or to doubt.STAGGERING, noun1. The act of reeling.2. The cause of staggering
STAGGERINGLY
STAGGERINGLY, adverb1. In a reeling manner.2. With hesitation or doubt.
STAGGERS
STAGGERS, nounplural1. A disease of horses and cattle, attended with reeling or giddiness; also, a disease of sheep, which inclines them to turn about suddenly.2. Madness; wild ...
STAGNANCY
STAGNANCY, noun [See Stagnant.] The state of being without motion, flow or circulation, as in a fluid.