Webster's Dictionary 1913

9019

Stageplay

Stage″play′ (–plā′), n. A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. Dryden.

9020

Stageplayer

Stage″play′er (–ẽr), n. An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.

9021

Stager

Sta″ger (stā″jẽr), n. 1. A player. B. Jonson.2. One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience. “Y...

9022

Stagery

Sta″ger‐y (–y̆), n. Exhibition on the stage.

9023

Staggard

Stag″gard (–gẽrd), n. [From Stag.] (Zoöl.) The male red deer when four years old.

9024

Stagger

Stag″ger (–gẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Staggered (–gẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Staggering.] [OE. stakeren, Icel. stakra to push, to stagger, fr. staka to punt, push, stagger; cf. OD. sta...

9025

Stagger (2)

Stag″ger, v. t. 1. To cause to reel or totter.That hand shall burn in never-quenching fireThat staggers thus my person. Shak.2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate;...

9026

Stagger (3)

Stag″ger, n. 1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; — often in the plural; as, the stagger of a dru...

9027

Staggerbush

Stag″ger‐bush′ (–bụsh′), n.(Bot.) An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and ...

9028

Staggeringly

Stag″ger‐ing‐ly, adv. In a staggering manner.

9029

Staggerwort

Stag″ger‐wort′ (–wûrt′), n.(Bot.) A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobæa).

9030

Staghound

Stag″hound′ (–hound′), n.(Zoöl.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.

9031

Staging

Sta″ging (stā″jĭng), n. A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.2. The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stag...

9032

Stagirite

Stag″i‐rite (stăj″ĭ‐rīt), n. A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle. [Written also Stagyrite.]

9033

Stagnancy

Stag″nan‐cy (stăg″nan‐sy̆), n. State of being stagnant.

9034

Stagnant

Stag″nant (–nant), a. [L. stagnans, -antis, p. pr. of stagnare. See Stagnate.] 1. That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or fo...

9035

Stagnantly

Stag″nant‐ly, adv. In a stagnant manner.

9036

Stagnate

Stag″nate (stăg″nāt), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Stagnated (@–nā̍‐tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Stagnating.] [L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of ...

9037

Stagnate (2)

Stag″nate (@–nā̍t), a. Stagnant. “A stagnate mass of vapors.” Young.

9038

Stagnation

Stag‐na″tion (@–nā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. stagnation.] 1. The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the ...

9039

Stagworm@

Stag″worm@′ (@stăg″wûrm′), n.(Zoöl.) The larv@a of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as Œstrus, or Hypoderma, actæon, which burrows beneath the skin, and C...

9040

Stagy

Sta″gy (?), a. [Written also stagey.] Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; — chiefly used depreciatively.

9041

Stahlian

Stahl″ian (@stäl″yan), a. Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.

9042

Stahlian (2)

Stahl″ian, n. A believer in, or advocate of, Stahlism.

9043

Stahlism

{ Stahl″ism (@stäl″ĭz'm), Stahl″ian‐ism (@–yan‐ĭz'm), } n. The Stahlian theor@y, that every vital action is @a function or operation of the soul.

9044

Stai@d

Stai@d (@stād), imp. & p. p. of Stay.

9045

Staid

Staid, a. [From Stay to stop.] Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, @flighty, or fanciful. “Sober and staid persons.” Addison.O'erlaid with black...