Webster's Dictionary 1913

10774

Stupify

Stu″pi‐fy (?), v. t. See Stupefy.

10775

Stupor

Stu″por (?), n. [L., from stupere to be struck senseless.] 1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.2. Intellectual insensibil...

10776

Stupose

Stu‐pose (?), a. [L. stupa, or better stuppa, tow. Cf. Stupeous.] (Bot.) Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow; stupeous.

10777

Stuprate

Stu″prate (?), v. t. [L. stupratus, p. p. of stuprare to ravish, fr. stuprum defilement.] To ravish; to debauch. Heywood.

10778

Stupration

Stu‐pra″tion (?), n. Violation of chastity by force; rape. Sir T. Browne.

10779

Stuprum

‖Stu″prum (?), n. Stupration.

10780

Sturb

Sturb (?), v. t. To disturb. Chaucer.

10781

Sturdily

Stur″di‐ly (?), adv. In a sturdy manner.

10782

Sturdiness

Stur″di‐ness, n. Quality of being sturdy.

10783

Sturdy

Stur″dy (?), a. [Compar.Sturdier (?); superl.Sturdiest.] [OE. sturdi inconsiderable, OF. estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, F. étourdi, p. p. of OF. estourdir to stun, ...

10784

Sturdy (2)

Stur″dy (?), n. [OF. estourdi giddiness, stupefaction.] (Vet.) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.

10785

Sturgeon

Stur″geon (?), n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G. stör; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishe...

10786

Sturiones

‖Stu′ri‐o″nes (?), n. pl. [NL., from LL. sturio. See Sturgeon.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including the sturgeons.

10787

Sturionian

Stu′ri‐o″ni‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type.

10788

Sturk

Sturk (?), n. See Stirk.

10789

Sturnoid

Stur″noid (?), a. [L. sturnus a starling + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the starlings.

10790

Sturt

Sturt (?), v. t. [Cf. Start, v. i.] To vex; to annoy; to startle.

10791

Sturt (2)

Sturt, n. 1. Disturbance; annoyance; care. “Sturt and care.” J. Rolland.2. (Mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits. Raymond.

10792

Sturtion

Stur″tion (?), n. A corruption of Nasturtion.

10793

Stut

Stut (?), v. i. To stutter. Skelton.

10794

Stutter

Stut″ter (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Stuttered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stuttering.] [Freq. of stut, OE. stoten; probably of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. D. & LG. stotteren, G. s...

10795

Stutter (2)

Stut″ter, n. 1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.2. One who stutters; a stammerer. Bacon.

10796

Stutterer

Stut″ter‐er (?), n. One who stutters; a stammerer.

10797

Stuttering

Stut″ter‐ing, n. The act of one who stutters; — restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as d...

10798

Stuttering (2)

Stut″ter‐ing, a. Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. — Stut″ter‐ing‐ly, adv.

10799

Sty

Sty (stī), n.; pl.Sties (�). [Written also stigh.] [AS. stigu, fr. stīgan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. √164. See Sty, v. i., and...

10800

Sty (2)

Sty, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stied (stīd); p. pr. & vb. n.Stying (stī″ĭng).] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.