Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stalactitic

{ Stal′ac‐tit″ic (@–tĭt″ĭk), Stal′ac‐tit″ic‐al (@–ĭ‐kal), } a. [Cf. F. stalactitique.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to a stalactite; having the form or characters of a stalactite; s...

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Stalactitiform

Stal′ac‐tit″i‐form (@stăl′ăk‐tĭt″ĭ‐fôrm), a. Having the form of a stalactite; stalactiform.

9075

Stalagmite

Sta‐lag″mite (@stȧ‐lăg″mīt), n. [Gr. στάλαγμα that which drops, a drop, fr. σταλάζειν to drop: cf. F. stalagmite.] (Geol.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalacti...

9076

Stalagmitic

{ Stal′ag‐mit″ic (@stăl′ăg‐mĭt″ĭk), Stal′ag‐mit″ic‐al (@–mĭt″ĭ‐kal), } a. Having the form or structure of stalagmites. — Stal′ag‐mit″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

9077

Stalder

Stal″der (@sta̤l″dẽr), n. [From the root of stall.] A wooden frame to set casks on.

9078

Stale

Stale (@stāl), n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. stæl, stel; akin to LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. στελεόν a handle, and E. stall, stalk, n.] The stock...

9079

Stale (2)

Stale, a. [Akin to stale urine, and to stall, @n.@; probably from Low German or Scandinavian@. Cf@. Stale, v. i.] 1. Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, a...

9080

Stale (3)

Stale, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Staled (@stāld); p. pr. & vb. n.Staling.] To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.Age can not wither her, nor c...

9081

Stale (4)

Stale, v. i. [Akin to D. & G. stallen, Dan. stalle, Sw. stalla, and E. stall a stable. √ 163. See Stall, n., and cf. Stale, a.] To make water; to discharge urine; — said especia...

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Stale (5)

Stale, n. [See Stale, a. & v. i.] 1. That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.2. A prostitute. Shak.3. Urine, esp. that of beasts. “Stale of horses.” Shak.

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Stale (6)

Stale, n. [Cf. OF. estal place, position, abode, market, F. étal a butcher's stall, OHG. stal station, place, stable, G. stall (see Stall, n.); or from OE. stale theft, AS. stal...

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Stalely

Stale″ly, adv. 1. In a @ stale manner.2. Of old; long since. B. Jonson.

9085

Stalemate

Stale″mate′ (@–māt′), n.(Chess) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed @in check and there is no other piece which can be moved.

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Stalemate (2)

Stale″mate′, v. t.(Chess) To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.

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Staleness

Stale″ness, n. The quality or state of being stale.

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Stalk

Stalk (@sta̤k), n. [OE. stalke, fr. AS. stæl, stel, a stalk. See Stale a handle, Stall.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the ...

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Stalk (2)

Stalk, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Stalked (@sta̤kt); p. pr. & vb. n.Stalking.] [AS. stælcan, stealcian, to go slowly; cf. ste@al@c high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably akin to...

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Stalk (3)

Stalk (@sta̤k), v. t. To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to sta...

9091

Stalk (4)

Stalk, n. A high, proud, stately step or walk.Thus twice before,...With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. Shak.The which with monstrous stalk behind him stepped. Spenser.

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Stalk (5)

Stalk (?), n. The act or process of stalking.When the stalk was over (the antelope took alarm and ran off before I was within rifle shot) I came back. T. Roosevelt.

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Stalk-eyed

Stalk″–eyed′ (@sta̤k″īd′), a.(Zoöl.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; — opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.Stalk@-eyed crustac...

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Stalked

Stalked (@sta̤kt), a. Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.Stalked barnacle(Zoöl.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; — called also stalk barnacle. — Stalked crinoid(Zoöl.), a...

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Stalker

Stalk″er (@sta̤k″ẽr), n. 1. One who stalks.2. A kind of fishing net.

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Stalking-horse@

Stalk″ing–horse@′ (@sta̤k″ĭng–hôrs′), n. 1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.2. Fig.: Something...

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Stalkless

Stalk″less, a. Having no stalk.

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Stalky

Stalk″y (@–y̆), a. Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.At the top bears a great stalky head. Mortimer.

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Stall

Stall (@sta̤l), n. [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, @Icel. stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing p...