Webster's Dictionary 1913

9127

Staminodium

‖Stam′i‐no″di‐um (@–nō″dĭ‐ŭm), n.; pl.Staminodia (@–ȧ). [NL. @See@ Stamen, and @-oid.] (Bot.) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.

9128

Stammel

Stam″mel (@stăm″mĕl), n. A large, clumsy horse. Wright.

9129

Stammel (2)

Stam″mel, n. [OF. estamel; cf. OF. estamet a coarse woolen cloth, LL. stameta a kind of cloth, the same as staminea, and OF. estame a woolen stuff. See Stamin.] 1. A kind of woo...

9130

Stammel (3)

Stam″mel, a. Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.

9131

Stammer

Stam″mer (@stăm″mẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Stammered (@–mẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Stammering.] [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer,...

9132

Stammer (2)

Stam″mer (@stăm″mẽr), v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; — sometimes with out.

9133

Stammer (3)

Stam″mer, n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.

9134

Stammerer

Stam″mer‐er (@–ẽr), n. One who stammers.

9135

Stammering

Stam″mer‐ing, a. Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. — Stam″mer‐ing‐ly, adv.

9136

Stammering (2)

Stam″mer‐ing, n.(Physiol.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is pre@v...

9137

Stamp

Stamp (@stămp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stamped (@stămt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n.Stamping.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. sta@mpfōn, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa,...

9138

Stamp (2)

Stamp, v. i. 1. To strike; to beat; to crush.These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind. Chaucer.2. To strike the foot forcibly downward.But starts, exclaims, and stamps, a...

9139

Stamp (3)

Stamp, n. 1. The act of stamping, as with the foot.2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.'T is gold so pureIt can not bear the sta...

9140

Stampede

Stam‐pede″ (@stăm‐pēd″), n. [Sp. estampida (in America) a stampede, estampido a crackling, akin to estampar to stamp, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t.] A wild, headlong scampe...

9141

Stampede (2)

Stam‐pede″ (@stăm‐pēd″), v. i. To run away in a panic; — said @of droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.

9142

Stampede (3)

Stam‐pede″, v. t. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.

9143

Stampede (4)

Stam‐pede″ (?), n. Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse; as, a stampede to the gold regions; a stampede in a conv...

9144

Stamper

Stamp″er (@stămp″ẽr), n. 1. One who stamps.2. An instrument for pounding or stamping.

9145

Stamping

Stamp″ing, a. & n. from Stamp, v.Stamping ground, a place frequented, and much trodden, by animals, wild or domesticated; hence (Colloq.), the scene of one's labors or exploits;...

9146

Stance

Stance (@stăns), n. [OF. estance. See Stanza.] 1. A stanza. Chapman.2. A station; a position; a site. Sir W. Scott.

9147

Stance (2)

Stance (?), n.(Golf) The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke.

9148

Stanch

Stanch (@stȧnch), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stanched (@stȧncht); p. pr. & vb. n.Stanching.] [OF. estanchier, F. étancher to st@op a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estanca...

9149

Stanch (2)

Stanch, v. i. To cease, as the flowing of blood.Immediately her issue of blood stanched. Luke viii. 44.

9150

Stanch (3)

Stanch, n. 1. That which stanches or checks.2. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight.

9151

Stanch (4)

Stanch, a. [Compar.Stancher (@–ẽr); superl.Stanchest.] [From Stanch, v. t., and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a sh...

9152

Stanch (5)

Stanch, v. t. To prop; to make stanch, or strong.His gathered sticks to stanch the wallOf the snow tower when snow should fall. Emerson.

9153

Stanchel

Stan″chel (@stăn″shĕl), n. A stanchion.