Webster's Dictionary 1913

10018

Stockinger

Stock″ing‐er (?), n. A stocking weaver.

10019

Stockish

Stock″ish, a. Like a stock; stupid; blockish.Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage,But music for the time doth change his nature. Shak.

10020

Stockjobber

Stock″job′ber (?), n. [Stock + job.] One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between b...

10021

Stockjobbing

Stock″job′bing (?), n. The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.

10022

Stockman

Stock″man (?), n.; pl.Stockmen (�). A herdsman; a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock. W. Howitt.

10023

Stockwork

Stock″work′ (?), n. [G. stockwerk.] 1. (Mining) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or sto...

10024

Stocky

Stock″y (?), a. [From Stock.] 1. Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent. Addison.Stocky, twisted, hunchback stems. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.2. Headstrong. G. Eliot.

10025

Stodgy

Stodg″y (?), a. Wet. G. Eliot.

10026

Stœchiology

Stœch′i‐ol″o‐gy (?), n., Stœch′i‐om″e‐try (�), n., etc. See Stoichiology, Stoichiometry, etc.

10027

Stogy

Sto″gy (?), a. [Etym. uncertain. Cf. Stocky.] heavy; coarse; clumsy.

10028

Stogy (2)

Sto″gy, n.; pl.Stogies (�). [Written also stogie.] [Colloq.] 1. A stout, coarse boot or shoe; a brogan.2. A kind of cheap, but not necessary inferior, cigar made in the form of ...

10029

Stoic

Sto″ic (?), n. [L. stoicus, Gr. �, fr. �, adj., literally, of or pertaining to a colonnade, from � a roofed colonnade, a porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his ...

10030

Stoic (2)

{ Sto″ic (?), Sto″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. stoicus, Gr. �: cf. F. stoïque. See Stoic, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.2. Not affected ...

10031

Stoichiological

Stoi′chi‐o‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to stoichiology.

10032

Stoichiology

Stoi′chi‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � a first element + -logy.] [Written also stœchiology.] 1. That part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles, comp...

10033

Stoichiometric

{ Stoi′chi‐o‐met″ric (?), Stoi′chi‐o‐met″ric‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to stoichiometry; employed in, or obtained by, stoichiometry.

10034

Stoichiometry

Stoi′chi‐om″e‐try (?), n. [Gr. � a first principle, or element + -metry.] The art or process of calculating the atomic proportions, combining weights, and other numerical relati...

10035

Stoicism

Sto″i‐cism (?), n. [Cf. F. stoïcisme.] 1. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.

10036

Stoicity

Sto‐ic″i‐ty (?), n. Stoicism. B. Jonson.

10037

Stoke

Stoke (?), v. t. [OE. stoken, fr. D. stoken, fr. stok a stick (cf. OF. estoquier to thrust, stab; of Teutonic origin, and akin to D. stok). See Stock.] 1. To stick; to thrust; t...

10038

Stoke (2)

Stoke, v. i. To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.

10039

Stokehold

Stoke″hold′ (?), n.(Naut.) The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing ...

10040

Stokehole

Stoke″hole′ (?), n. The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.

10041

Stoker

Stok″er (?), n. [D. See Stoke, v. t.] 1. One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also,...

10042

Stokey

Sto″key (?), a. Close; sultry.

10043

Stola

‖Sto″la (?), n.; pl.Stolæ (#). [L. See Stole a garment.] (Rom. Antiq.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.The stola was not allowed to be worn by cour...

10044

Stole

Stole (?), imp. of Steal.