Webster's Dictionary 1913

9964

Stiriated

Stir″i‐a′ted (?), a. [L. stiria an icicle.] Adorned with pendants like icicles.

9965

Stirious

Stir″i‐ous (?), a. [L. stiria an icicle.] Resembling icicles. Sir T. Browne.

9966

Stirk

Stirk (?), n. [AS. stric, from steór a steer. See Steer a young ox.] A young bullock or heifer. Sir W. Scott.

9967

Stirless

Stir″less (?), a. Without stirring; very quiet; motionless. “Lying helpless and stirless.” Hare.

9968

Stirp

Stirp (?), n. [L. stirps, stirpis.] Stock; race; family. Bacon.

9969

Stirpiculture

Stir″pi‐cul′ture (?), n. [L. stirps, stirpis, stem, stock, race + cultura culture.] The breeding of special stocks or races.

9970

Stirps

‖Stirps (?), n.; pl.Stirpes (#). 1. (Law) Stock; race; family. Blackstone.2. (Bot.) A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.

9971

Stirrage

Stir″rage (?), n. The act of stirring; stir; commotion. T. Granger.

9972

Stirrer

Stir″rer (?), n. One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer. Shak.Stirrer up, an instigator or inciter. Att...

9973

Stirring

Stir″ring (?), a. Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.A more stirring and ...

9974

Stirrup

Stir″rup (?), n. [OE. stirop, AS. stigrāp; stīgan to mount, ascend + rāp a rope; akin to G. stegreif a stirrup. √164. See Sty, v. i., and Rope.] 1. A kind of ring, or bent piece...

9975

Stirt

Stirt (?), obs.p. p. of Start, v. i. Started; leaped.They privily be stirt into a well. Chaucer.

9976

Stirte

Stir″te (?), obs.imp. of Start, v. i. & t.Chaucer.

9977

Stitch

Stitch (?), n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.2....

9978

Stitch (2)

Stitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stitching.] 1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of st...

9979

Stitch (3)

Stitch, v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework.

9980

Stitch (4)

Stitch (?), n. An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.

9981

Stitchel

Stitch″el (?), n. A kind of hairy wool.

9982

Stitcher

Stitch″er (?), n. One who stitches; a seamstress.

9983

Stitchery

Stitch″er‐y (?), n. Needlework; — in contempt. Shak.

9984

Stitching

Stitch″ing, n. 1. The act of one who stitches.2. Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively.

9985

Stitchwort

Stitch″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) See Stichwort.

9986

Stith

Stith (?), a. [AS. stīð.] Strong; stiff; rigid.

9987

Stith (2)

Stith, n. [Icel. steði an anvil, akin to staðr place. See Stead.] An anvil; a stithy.He invented also pincers, hammers, iron crows, and the anvil, or stith. Holland.

9988

Stithy

Stith″y (?), n. [See Stith, and cf. Stiddy.] 1. An anvil. Sir W. Scott.2. A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge. “As foul as Vulcan's stithy.” Shak.

9989

Stithy (2)

Stith″y, v. t. To forge on an anvil.The forge that stithied Mars his helm. Shak.

9990

Stive

Stive (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stiving.] [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. Stevedore, Stiff.] T...