Stentorophonic
Sten′to‐ro‐phon″ic (?), a. [Gr. � Stentor + � a sound, voice. See Stentor.] Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.Of this stentorophonic horn of Alexander there is a preser...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Step
Step (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Stepped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stepping.] [AS. stæppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D. stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe a foot...
Step (2)
Step, v. t. 1. To set, as the foot.2. (Naut.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.To step off, to measure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or to f...
Step (3)
Step, n. [AS. stæpe. See Step, v. i.] 1. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descend...
Step (4)
Step, n.(Fives) At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.
Step-
Step–. [AS. steóp-; akin to OFries. stiap-, stiep-, D. & G. stief-, OHG. stiuf-, Icel. stj�p-, Sw. styf-, and to AS. āstēpan, āsteópan, to deprive, bereave, as children of their...
Step-down
Step″–down′, a.(Elec.) Transforming or converting a current of high potential or pressure into one of low pressure; as, a step-down transformer.
Step-up
Step″–up′, a.(Elec.) Transforming or converting a low-pressure current into one of high pressure; as, a step-up transformer.
Stepbrother
Step″broth′er (?), n. A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.
Stepchild
Step″child′ (?), n. [AS. steópcild.] 1. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.2. A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Stepdame
Step″dame′ (?), n. A stepmother. Spenser.
Stepdaughter
Step″daugh′ter (?), n. [AS. steópdohtor.] A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Stepfather
Step″fa′ther (?), n. [AS. steópfæder.] The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
Stephanion
Ste‐pha″ni‐on (?), n.(Anat.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
Stephanite
Steph″an‐ite (?), n. [So named after the Archduke Stephan, mining director of Austria.] (Min.) A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; call...
Stephanotis
‖Steph′a‐no″tis (?), n. 1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy fl...
Stepladder
Step″lad′der (?), n. A portable set of steps.
Stepmother
Step″moth′er (?), n. [AS. steópmōder.] The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
Stepparent
Step″par′ent (?), n. Stepfather or stepmother.
Steppe
Steppe (?), n. [From Russ. stepe, through G. or F. steppe.] One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many ...
Stepped
Stepped (?), a. Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.Stepped gear, a cogwheel of which the teeth ...
Stepper
Step″per (?), n. One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
Stepping-stone
Step″ping–stone′ (?), n. 1. A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.2. Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.These obstacles his genius had tur...
Stepsister
Step″sis′ter (?), n. A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
Stepson
Step″son′ (?), n. [AS. steópsunu.] A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
Stepstone
Step″stone′ (?), n. A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
Stercobilin
Ster′co‐bi″lin (?), n. [L. stercus dung + E. bilin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A coloring matter found in the fæces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal ca...