Webster's Dictionary 1913

10801

Sty (3)

Sty, v. i. [OE. stien, sti”en, AS. stīgan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. stīgan, G. steigen, Icel. stīga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, G...

10802

Sty (4)

Sty, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. stīgend (sc. eáge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of stīgan to rise. See Sty, v. i.] (Med.) An ...

10803

Styan

Sty″an (?), n. See Sty, a boil. De quincey.

10804

Styca

Sty″ca (?), n. [LL., fr. AS. stic, styc, stycge.] An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing. S. M. Leake.

10805

Stycerin

Sty″cer‐in (?), n. [Styryl + glycerin.] (Chem.) A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; — c...

10806

Stye

Stye, n. See Sty, a boil.

10807

Stygial

Styg″i‐al (stĭj″ĭ‐al), a. Stygian. Skelton.

10808

Stygian

Styg″i‐an (–an), a. [L. Stygius, fr. Styx, Stygis, Gr. Στύξ, Στυγόσ, the Styx.] Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.At that so sudden blaze, t...

10809

Stylagalmaic

Sty′la‐gal‐ma″ic (stī′lȧ‐găl‐mā″ĭk), a. [Gr. στυ̑λοσ a column + ἄγαλμα an image.] (Arch.) Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatides are stylagalmaic figures ...

10810

Stylar

Sty″lar (?), a. See Stilar.

10811

Stylaster

‖Sty‐las″ter (?), n. [NL., from Gr. στυ̑λοσ pillar + αστἤρ star.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster.

10812

Style

Style (?), n. [OE. stile, F. style, Of. also stile, L. stilus a style or writing instrument, manner or writing, mode of expression; probably for stiglus, meaning, a pricking ins...

10813

Style (2)

Style, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Styled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Styling.] To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate. “Styled great conquerors.” Milton.How well his worth and brave ...

10814

Stylet

Sty″let (?), n. [F., dim. of style; cf. It. stiletto. See Stiletto.] A small poniard; a stiletto.2. (Surg.) (a) An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing ...

10815

Styliferous

Sty‐lif″er‐ous (?), a. [Style + -ferous.] (Bot.) Bearing one or more styles.

10816

Styliform

Sty″li‐form (?), a. [Style + -form: cf. F. styliforme.] Having the form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen; styloid.

10817

Stylish

Styl″ish (?), a. Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner. — Styl″ish‐ly, adv...

10818

Stylist

Styl″ist, n. One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style.Distinguished as a stylist, for ease. Fitzed. Hall.

10819

Stylistic

Sty‐lis″tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to style in language. “Stylistic trifles.” J. A. Symonds.The great stylistic differences in the works ascribed to him. G. P. Marsh.

10820

Stylite

Sty″lite (stī″līt), n. [Gr. στυλίτησ, fr. στυ̑λοσ a pillar.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of ...

10821

Stylo-

Sty″lo– (?). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.

10822

Stylobate

Sty″lo‐bate (stī″lō̍‐bā̍t), n. [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. στυλοβάτησ; στυ̑λοσ a pillar + βάτησ one that treads, fr. βαίνειν to go.] (Arch.) The uninterrupted and continuous ...

10823

Styloglossal

Sty′lo‐glos″sal (?), a. [Stylo- + glossal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.

10824

Stylograph

Sty″lo‐graph (?), n. A stylographic pen.

10825

Stylographic

Sty′lo‐graph″ic (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets.2. Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink.St...

10826

Stylographical

Sty′lo‐graph″ic‐al (?), a. Same as Stylographic, 1. — Sty′lo‐graph″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

10827

Stylography

Sty‐log″ra‐phy (?), n. [Style + -graphy.] A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.