Webster's Dictionary 1828

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STEWARDSHIP

STEWARDSHIP, noun The office of a steward.

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STEWARTRY

STEWARTRY, noun An overseer or superintendent.The stewartry of provisions.

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STEWED

STEWED, participle passive Gently boiled; boiled in heat.

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STEWING

STEWING, participle present tense Boiling in a moderate heat.STEWING, noun The act of seething slowly.

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STEWISH

STEWISH, adjective Suiting a brothel.

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STIBIAL

STIBIAL, adjective [Latin, antimony.] Like or having the qualities of antimony; antimonial.

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STIBIARIAN

STIBIARIAN, noun [Latin] A violent man. [An improper word and not in use.]

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STIBIATED

STIBIATED, adjective Impregnated with anitmony.

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STIBIUM

STIBIUM, noun [Latin] Antimony.

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STICADOS

STICADOS, noun A plant.

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STICH

STICH, noun [Gr.]1. In poetry, a verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.STICH is used in numbering the books of Scripture.2. In rural affairs, an order or rank of trees. [...

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STICH-WORT

STICH-WORT, STITCH-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Stellaria.

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STICHOMETRY

STICHOMETRY, noun [Gr., a verse; measure.] A catalogue of the books of Scriptures, with the number of verses which each book contains.

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STICK

STICK, noun [G. This word is connected with the verb to stick with stock, stack, and other words having the like elements. The primary sense of the root is to thrust, to shoot, ...

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STICKINESS

STICKINESS, noun [from stick.] The quality of a thing which makes it adhere to a plane surface; adhesiveness; viscousness; glutinousness; tenacity; as the tenacity of glue or pa...

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STICKLE

STICKLE, verb intransitive [from the practice of prize-fighters, who placed seconds with staves or sticks to interpose occasionally.]1. To take part with one side or other.Fortu...

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STICKLE-BACK

STICKLE-BACK, noun A small fish of the genus Gasterosteus, of several species. The common species seldom grows to the length of two inches.

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STICKLER

STICKLER, noun1. A sidesman to fencers; a second to a duelist; one who stands to a judge a combat.Basilius the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obe...

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STICKLING

STICKLING, participle present tense Trimming; contending obstinately or eagerly.

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STICKY

STICKY, adjective Having the quality of adhering to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious. Gums and resins are sticky substances.

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STIDDY

STIDDY, noun An anvil; also, a smiths shop. [Not in use or local.]

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STIFF

STIFF, adjective [Gr.]1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not flaccid; rigid; applicable to any substance; as stiff wood; stiff paper; cloth stiff with starch; a limb st...

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STIFF-HEARTED

STIFF-HEARTED, adjective [stiff and heart.] Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.They are impudent children and stiff-hearted Ezekiel 2:1.

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STIFF-NECKED

STIFF-NECKED, adjective [stiff and neck.] Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as a stiff-necked people; stiff-necked pride.

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STIFFEN

STIFFEN, verb transitive1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning to the Lord...

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STIFFENING

STIFFENING, participle present tense Making or becoming less pliable, or more thick, or more obstinate.STIFFENING, noun Something that is used to make a substance more stiff or ...

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STIFFLY

STIFFLY, adverb1. Firmly; strongly; as the boughs of a tree stiffly upheld.2. Rigidly; obstinately; with stubbornness. The doctrine of the infallibility of the church of Rome is...