STALE
STALE, adjective [I do not find this word in the other Teutonic dialects. It is probably from the root of still, G., to set, and equivalent to stagnant.]1. Vapid or tasteless fr...
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STALELY
STALELY, adverb Of old; of a long time.
STALENESS
STALENESS, noun1. The state of being stale; vapidness; the state of having lost the life or flavor; oldness; as the staleness of beer or other liquors; the staleness of provisio...
STALK
STALK, noun [G., a handle, and a stalk or stem. Gr. from the root of stall; to set.]1. The stem, culm or main body of an herbaceous plant. Thus we speak of a stalk of wheat, rye...
STALKED
STALKED, adjective Having a stalk.
STALKER
STALKER, noun One who walks with a proud step; also, a kind of fishing net.
STALKING
STALKING, participle present tense Walking with proud or lofty steps.
STALKING-HORSE
STALKING-HORSE, noun A horse, real or factitious, behind which a fowler conceals himself from the sight of the game which he is aiming to kill; hence, a mask; a pretense.Hypocri...
STALKY
STALKY, adjective Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.
STALL
STALL, noun [G., to set, that is, to throw down, to thrust down. See Still.]1. Primarily, a stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is k...
STALL-FED
STALL-FED, participle passive Fed on dry fodder, or fattened in a stall or stable. [See Stallfeed.]
STALL-FEED
STALL-FEED, verb transitive [stall and feed.] To feed and fatten in a stable or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox. [This word is used in America to distinguish this mode of...
STALL-FEEDING
STALL-FEEDING, participle present tense Feeding and fattening in the stable.
STALL-WORN
STALL-WORN, in Shakespeare, Johnson thinks a mistake for stall-worth, stout.His stall-worn steed the champion stout bestrode. [The word is not in use.]
STALLAGE
STALLAGE, noun1. The right of erecting stalls in fairs; or rent paid for a stall.2. In old books, laystall; dung; compost.
STALLATION
STALLATION, noun Installation. [Not used.]
STALLION
STALLION, noun [G.] A stone horse; a seed horse; or any male horse not castrated, whether kept for mares or not. According to the Welsh, the word signifies a stock horse, a hors...
STAMEN
STAMEN, nounplural stamens or stamina. [Latin This word belong to the root of sto, stabilis, or of stage.]1. In a general sense, usually in the plural, the fixed, firm part of a...
STAMENED
STAMENED, adjective Furnished with stamens.
STAMIN
STAMIN, noun A slight woolen stuff.
STAMINAL
STAMINAL, adjective Pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens or stamina.
STAMINATE
STAMINATE, adjective Consisting of stamens.STAMINATE, verb transitive To endue with stamina.
STAMINEOUS
STAMINEOUS, adjective [Latin]1. Consisting of stamens or filaments. stamineous flowers have no corol; they want the colored leaves called petals, and consist only of the style a...
STAMINIFEROUS
STAMINIFEROUS, adjective [Latin, to bear.] A staminiferous flower is one which has stamens without a pistil. A staminiferous nectary is one that has stamens growing on it.
STAMMEL
STAMMEL, noun1. A species of red color.2. A kind of woolen cloth. [See Stamin.]
STAMMER
STAMMER, verb intransitive Literally, to stop in uttering syllables or words; to stutter; to hesitate or falter in speaking; and hence, to speak with stops and difficulty. Demos...
STAMMERER
STAMMERER, noun One that stutters or hesitates in speaking.