Webster's Dictionary 1913

9370

Statua

Stat″u‐a (stăt″ū̍‐ȧ), n. A statue.They spake not a word;But, like dumb statuas or breathing stones,Gazed each on other. Shak.

9371

Statuary

Stat″u‐a‐ry (–ā̍‐ry̆), n.; pl.Statuaries (–rĭz). [L. statuarius, n., fr. statuarius, a., of or belonging to statues, fr. statua statue: cf. F. statuaire. See Statue.] 1. One who...

9372

Statue

Stat″ue (stăt″ū̍; 135), n. [F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.] 1. The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled...

9373

Statue (2)

Stat″ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Statued (–ū̍d); p. pr. & vb. n.Statuing.] To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue. “The whole man becomes as if statued int...

9374

Statued

Stat″ued (stăt″ū̍d), a. Adorned with statues. “The statued hall.” Longfellow. “Statued niches.” G. Eliot.

9375

Statueless

Stat″ue‐less (stăt″ū̍‐lĕs), a. Without a statue.

9376

Statuelike

Stat″ue‐like′ (–līk′), a. Like a statue; motionless.

9377

Statuesque

Stat′u‐esque″ (–ū̍‐ĕsk″), a. Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statues...

9378

Statuesquely

Stat′u‐esque″ly, adv. In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue.A character statuesquely simple in its details. Lowell.

9379

Statuette

Stat′u‐ette″ (–ĕt″), n. [F.; cf. It. statuetta.] A small statue; — usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or cl...

9380

Statuminate

Sta‐tu″mi‐nate (stȧ‐tū″mĭ‐nāt), v. t. [L. statuminatus, p. p. of statuminare to prop, fr. statumen a prop, fr. statuere to place.] To prop or support. B. Jonson.

9381

Stature

Stat″ure (stăt″ū̍r; 135), n. [F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an upright posture; hence, height or size of the body, from stare, statum, to stand. See Sta...

9382

Statured

Stat″ured (–ū̍rd), a. Arrived at full stature.

9383

Status

‖Sta″tus (stā″tŭs), n. State; condition; position of affairs.

9384

Status in quo

{ ‖Sta″tus in′ quo″ (ĭn′ kwō″), ‖Sta″tus quo″. } The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of peace, matters return t...

9385

Statutable

Stat″u‐ta‐ble (stăt″ū̍‐tȧ‐b'l; 135), a. 1. Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.2. Made or being in con...

9386

Statutably

Stat″u‐ta‐bly, adv. Conformably to statute.

9387

Statute

Stat″ute (–ū̍t), n. [F. statut, LL. statutum, from L. statutus, p. p. of statuere to set, station, ordain, fr. status position, station, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand, ...

9388

Statutory

Stat″u‐to‐ry (stăt″ū̍‐tō̍‐ry̆; 135), a. Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.

9389

Staunch

{ Staunch (stänch), Staunch″ly, Staunch″ness, etc. } See Stanch, Stanchly, etc.

9390

Staurolite

Stau″ro‐lite (sta̤″rō̍‐līt), n. [Gr. σταυρόσ a cross + -lite.] (Min.) A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups res...

9391

Staurolitic

Stau′ro‐lit″ic (–lĭt″ĭk), a.(Min.) Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.

9392

Stauroscope

Stau″ro‐scope (sta̤″rō̍‐skōp), n. [Gr. σταυρόσ a cross + -scope.] (Crystallog.) An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sectio...

9393

Staurotide

Stau″ro‐tide (sta̤″rō̍‐tīd), n. [F. staurotide, from Gr. σταυρωτόσ cruciform (from Gr. σταυρόσ a cross) + εἰ̑δοσ form.] (Min.) Staurolite.

9394

Stave

Stave (stāv), n. [From Staff, and corresponding to the pl. staves. See Staff.] 1. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form th...

9395

Stave (2)

Stave, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Staved (stāvd) or Stove (stōv); p. pr. & vb. n.Staving.] [From Stave, n., or Staff, n.] 1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to...

9396

Stave (3)

Stave, v. i. To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.Like a vessel of glass she stove and sank. Longfellow.