Webster's Dictionary 1828

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STEMPLE

STEMPLE, noun In mining, a cross bar of wood in a shaft.

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STENCH

STENCH, noun [See Stink.] An ill smell; offensive odor.STENCH, verb transitive1. To cause to emit a hateful smell. [Not in use.]2. To stanch; to stop. [Not in use.]

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STENCHY

STENCHY, adjective Having an offensive smell. [Not in use.]

4594

STENCIL

STENCIL, noun A piece of thin lether or oil cloth, used in painting paper hangings.STENCIL, verb transitive To paint or color in figures with stencils.

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STENOGRAPHER

STENOGRAPHER, noun [Gr., close, narrow; to write.] One who is skilled in the art of short hand writing.

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STENOGRAPHIC

STENOGRAPHIC, STENOGRAPHICAL, adjective [supra.] Pertaining to the art of writing in short hand; expressing in characters or short hand.

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STENOGRAPHICAL

STENOGRAPHIC, STENOGRAPHICAL adjective [supra.] Pertaining to the art of writing in short hand; expressing in characters or short hand.

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STENOGRAPHY

STENOGRAPHY, noun [supra.] The art of writing in short hand by using abbreviations or characters for whole words.

4599

STENT

STENT, for stint. [See Stint.]

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STENTORIAN

STENTORIAN, adjective [from Stentor.]1. Extremely loud; as a stentorian voice.2. Able to utter a very loud sound; as stentorian lungs.

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STENTOROPHONIC

STENTOROPHONIC, adjective [from Stentor, a herald in Homer, whose voice was as loud as that of fifty other men, and Gr., voice.] Speaking or sounding very loud.Of this stentorop...

4602

STEP

STEP, verb intransitive [Gr., the foot. The sense is to set, as the foot, or move probably to open or part, to stretch or extend.]1. To move the foot; to advance or recede by a ...

4603

STEP-BROTHER

STEP-BROTHER, noun A brother-in-law, or by marriage.

4604

STEP-CHILD

STEP-CHILD, noun [step and child.[A son-in-law or daughter-in-law, [a child deprived of its parent.]

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STEP-DAME

STEP-DAME, noun A mother by marriage, [the mother of an orphan or one deprived.]

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STEP-DAUGHTER

STEP-DAUGHTER, noun A daughter by marriage, [an orphan daughter.]

4607

STEP-FATHER

STEP-FATHER, noun A father-in-law; a father by marriage only; [the father of an orphan.]

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STEP-MOTHER

STEP-MOTHER, noun A mother by marriage only; a mother-in-law; [the mother of an orphan.]

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STEP-SISTER

STEP-SISTER, noun A sister-in-law, or by marriage, [an orphan sister.]

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STEP-SON

STEP-SON, noun A son-in-law, [an orphan son.][In the foregoing explication of step, I have followed Lye. The D. And G. Write stief, and the Swedes styf, before the name; a word ...

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STEP-STONE

STEP-STONE, noun A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.

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STEPP

STEP, STEPP noun In Russ, an uncultivated desert of large extent.STEP, Sax. Steop, from stepan, to deprive, is prefixed to certain words to express a relation by marriage.

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STEPPED

STEPPED, participle passive Set; placed; erected; fixed in the keel, as a mast.

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STEPPING

STEPPING, participle present tense Moving, or advancing by a movement of the foot or feet; placing; fixing or erecting, as a mast.STEPPING, noun The act of walking or running by...

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STEPPING-STONE

STEPPING-STONE, noun A stone to raise the feet above the dirt and mud in walking.

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STER

STER, in composition, is from the Sax. Steora, a director. See Steer. It seems primarily to have signified chief, principal or director, as in the Latin Minister, chief servant;...

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STERCORACEOUS

STERCORACEOUS, adjective [Latin, dung.] Pertaining to dung, or partaking of its nature.