SQUIRREL
SQUIRREL, noun [Latin, Gr., shade, and tail.] A small quadruped of the genus Sciurus, order of Glires, and class Mammalia. The squirrel has two cutting teeth in each jaw, four t...
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SQUIRT
SQUIRT, verb transitive To eject or drive out of a narrow pipe or orifice, in a stream; as, to squirt water.SQUIRT, verb intransitive To throw out words; to let fly. [Not in use...
SQUIRTER
SQUIRTER, noun One that squirts. [This word in all its forms, is vulgar.]Squirting cucumber, a sort of wild cucumber, so called from the sudden bursting of its capsules when rip...
STAB
STAB, verb transitive [This word contains the elements, and is probably from the primary sense, of the Latin, to point or prick, and a multitude of others in many languages. The...
STABBED
STABBED, participle passive Pierced with a pointed weapon; killed with a spear or other pointed instrument.
STABBER
STABBER, noun One that stabs; a privy murderer.
STABBING
STABBING, participle present tense Piercing with a pointed weapon; killing with a pointed instrument by piercing the body.STABBING, noun The act of piercing with a pointed weapo...
STABILIMENT
STABILIMENT, noun [Latin, to make firm. See Stab.] Act of making firm; firm support.They serve for stabiliment propagation and shade.
STABILITATE
STABILITATE, verb transitive To make stable; to establish.
STABILITY
STABILITY, noun [Latin See Stab.]1. Steadiness; stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as the stability of a throne; the stability of a const...
STABLE
STABLE, adjective [Latin The primary sense is set, fixed. See Stab.]1. Fixed; firmly established; not to be easily moved, shaken or overthrown; as a stable government.2. Steady ...
STABLE-BOY
STABLE-BOY, STABLE-MAN, noun A boy or a man who attends at a stable.
STABLE-MAN
STABLE-BOY, STABLE-MAN noun A boy or a man who attends at a stable.
STABLED
STABLED, participle passive Put or kept in a stable.
STABLENESS
STABLENESS, noun1. Fixedness; firmness of position or establishment; strength to stand; stability; as the stableness of a throne or of a system of laws.2. Steadiness; constancy;...
STABLESTAND
STABLESTAND, noun [stable and stand.] In law, when man is found at his standing in the forest with a cross bow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or with a long bow; or standing cl...
STABLING
STABLING, participle present tense Putting or keeping in a stable.STABLING, noun1. The act or practice of keeping cattle in a stable.2. A house, shed or room for keeping horses ...
STABLISH
STABLISH, verb transitive [Latin See Stab.] To fix; to settle in a state for permanence; to make firm. [In lieu of this, establish is now always used.]
STABLY
STABLY, adverb Firmly; fixedly; steadily; as a government stably settled.
STACK
STACK, noun1. A large conical pile of hay, grain or straw, sometimes covered with thatch. In America, the stack differs from the cock only in size, both being conical. A long pi...
STACK-YARD
STACK-YARD, noun A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.
STACKED
STACKED, participle passive Piled in a large conical heap.
STACKING
STACKING, participle present tense Laying in a large conical heap.
STACKING-BAND
STACKING-BAND, STACKING-BELT, noun A band or rope used in binding thatch or straw upon a stack.
STACKING-BELT
STACKING-BAND, STACKING-BELT noun A band or rope used in binding thatch or straw upon a stack.
STACKING-STAGE
STACKING-STAGE, noun A stage used in building stacks.
STACTE
STACTE, noun [Latin, Gr.] A fatty resinous liquid matter, of the nature of liquid myrrh, very odoriferous and highly valued. But it is said we have none but what is adulterated,...