Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Strychnia

Strych″ni‐a (?), n. [NL. See Strychnine.] (Chem.) Strychnine.

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Strychnic

Strych″nic (?), a. Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning; specifically (Chem.), used to designate an acid, called ...

10668

Strychnine

Strych″nine (?), n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade, Gr. �: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants,...

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Strychnos

‖Strych″nos (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceæ. See Nux vomica.

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Stryphnic

Stryph″nic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crysta...

10671

Stub

Stub (?), n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. �.] 1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or ...

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Stub (2)

Stub, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stubbing.] 1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrow...

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Stubbed

Stub″bed (?), a. 1. Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.2. Abounding in stubs; stubby.A bit of stubbed ground, once a wood. R. Browning.3...

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Stubbedness

Stub″bed‐ness, n. The quality or state of being stubbed.

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Stubbiness

Stub″bi‐ness (?), n. The state of being stubby.

10676

Stubble

Stub″ble (?), n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.] The stu...

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Stubbled

Stub″bled (?), a. 1. Covered with stubble.A crow was strutting o'er the stubbled plain. Gay.2. Stubbed; as, stubbled legs. Skelton.

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Stubbly

Stub″bly, a. Covered with stubble; stubbled.

10679

Stubborn

Stub″born (?), a. [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See Stub.] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinat...

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Stubby

Stub″by (?), a. 1. Abounding with stubs.2. Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles.

10681

Stucco

Stuc″co (?), n.; pl.Stuccoes (#), Stuccos. [It., fr. OHG. stucchi a crust, piece, G. stück piece; akin to AS. stycce. See Stock.] 1. Plaster of any kind used as a coating for wa...

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Stucco (2)

Stuc″co, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stuccoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stuccoing (?).] To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.

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Stuccoer

Stuc″co‐er (?), n. One who stuccoes.

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Stuccowork

Stuc″co‐work′ (?), n. Work done in stucco.

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Stuck

Stuck (?), imp. & p. p. of Stick.

10686

Stuck (2)

Stuck, n. [Cf. 1st Stoccado.] A thrust. Shak.

10687

Stuck-up

Stuck″–up′ (?), a. Self-important and supercilious, �onceited; vain; arrogant.The airs of small, stuck-up, men. A. K. H. Boyd.

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Stuckle

Stuc″kle (?), n. [From Stook.] A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.

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Stud

Stud (?), n. [OE. stod, stood, AS. stōd; akin to OHG. stuota, G. stute a mare, Icel. stō� stud, Lith. stodas a herd, Russ. stado, and to E. stand. The sense is properly, a stand...

10690

Stud (2)

Stud (?), n. [AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. stöd a prop, Icel. sto� a post, sty�ja to prop, and probably ultimately to E. stand; cf. D. stut a prop, G. stütze. See Stand.] 1. A ...

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Stud (3)

Stud, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Studded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Studding.] 1. To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.Thy horses shall be trapped,Their harness studded all with gold and pear...

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Stud-horse

Stud″–horse′ (?), n. [AS. stōd-hors.] A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding.