Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stowage

Stow″age (?), n. 1. The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel.2. Room in which things may be stowed. Cook.In every vessel is stowage for immense tr...

10235

Stowaway

Stow″a‐way′ (?), n. One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.

10236

Stowboard

Stow″board (?), n. A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also stowbord.]

10237

Stowce

Stowce (?), n.(Mining) (a) A windlass. (b) A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.

10238

Stowing

Stow″ing (?), n.(Mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

10239

Stowre

Stowre (?), a. See Stour, a.

10240

Stowre (2)

Stowre, n. See Stour, n.Spenser.

10241

Strabism

Stra″bism (?), n.(Med.) Strabismus.

10242

Strabismometer

Stra′bis‐mom″e‐ter (?), n. [Strabismus + -meter.] (Med.) An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus.

10243

Strabismus

Stra‐bis″mus (?), n.(Med.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, — a defect due either to undue contraction or to und...

10244

Strabotomy

Stra‐bot″o‐my (?), n.(Surg.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.

10245

Straddle

Strad″dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Straddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Straddling (?).] [Freq. from the root of stride.] 1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far...

10246

Straddle (2)

Strad″dle, v. t. To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

10247

Straddle (3)

Strad″dle, n. 1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.3...

10248

Straddling

Strad″dling (?), a. Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3. Knight.

10249

Stradometrical

Strad′o‐met″ric‐al (?), a. [It. strada street or road + E. metrical.] Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads.

10250

Straggle

Strag″gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Straggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Straggling (?).] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to stroke. See Stroke, v. t.] 1. To wander from the direct course...

10251

Straggle (2)

Strag″gle, n. The act of straggling. Carlyle.

10252

Straggler

Strag″gler (?), n. 1. One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles wit...

10253

Straggling

Strag″gling (?), a. & n. from Straggle, v.

10254

Stragglingly

Strag″gling‐ly, adv. In a straggling manner.

10255

Stragulum

‖Strag″u‐lum (?), n.; pl.Stragula (#). [L., a spread or covering, from sternere to spread out.] (Zoöl.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.

10256

Straight

Straight (?), a. A variant of Strait, a.Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow. Sir J. Mandeville.

10257

Straight (2)

Straight, a. [Compar.Straighter (?); superl.Straightest.] [OE. strei�t, properly p. p. of strecchen to stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend. See Stretch....

10258

Straight (3)

Straight (?), adv. In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. “Floating straight.” Shak.I know thy generous temper...

10259

Straight (4)

Straight, n.(Poker) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.

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Straight (5)

Straight, v. t. To straighten. A Smith.