Webster's Dictionary 1913

9559

Stelleridan

{ Stel‐ler″i‐dan (?), Stel′ler‐id″e‐an (?), } n.(Zoöl.) A starfish, or brittle star.

9560

Stelliferous

Stel‐lif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. stellifer; stella star + ferre to bear.] Having, or abounding with, stars.

9561

Stelliform

Stel″li‐form (?), a. [L. stella a star + -form.] Like a star; star-shaped; radiated.

9562

Stellify

Stel″li‐fy (?), v. t. [L. stella a star + -fy.] To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven. B. Jonson.

9563

Stellion

Stel″lion (?), n. [L. stellio a newt having starlike spots on its back, fr. stella a star.] (Zoöl.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among rui...

9564

Stellionate

Stel″lion‐ate (?), n. [L. stellionatus cozenage, trickery, fr. stellio a newt, a crafty, knavish person.] (Scots & Roman Law) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name;...

9565

Stellular

Stel″lu‐lar (?), a. [L. stellula, dim. of stella a star.] 1. Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated.2. Marked with starlike spots of color.

9566

Stellulate

Stel″lu‐late (?), a.(Bot.) Minutely stellate.

9567

Stelmatopoda

‖Stel′ma‐top″o‐da (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Gymnolæmata.

9568

Stelography

Ste‐log″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. � a post, slab, pillar + -graphy: cf. Gr. � an inscription on a tablet.] The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. Stackhouse.

9569

Stem

{ Stem (?), Steem (?) }, v. i. To gleam.His head bald, that shone as any glass,...stemed as a furnace of a leed. Chaucer.

9570

Stem (2)

{ Stem, Steem }, n. A gleam of light; flame.

9571

Stem (3)

Stem (stĕm), n. [AS. stemn, stefn, stæfn; akin to OS. stamn the stem of a ship, D. stam stem, steven stem of a ship, G. stamm stem, steven stem of a ship, Icel. stafn, stamn, st...

9572

Stem (4)

Stem, v. t. 1. To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.2. To ram, as clay...

9573

Stem (5)

Stem, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stemmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stemming.] [Either from stem, n., or akin to stammer; cf. G. stemmen to press against.] To oppose or cut with, or as with, t...

9574

Stem (6)

Stem, v. i. To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.Stemming nightly toward the pole. Milton.

9575

Stem-clasping

Stem″–clasp′ing (?), a.(Bot.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul, as a leaf or petiole.

9576

Stem-winder

Stem″–wind′er (?), n. A stem-winding watch.

9577

Stem-winding

Stem″–wind′ing, a. Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch.

9578

Stemless

Stem″less, a. Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.

9579

Stemlet

Stem″let (?), n. A small or young stem.

9580

Stemma

‖Stem″ma (?), n.; pl.Stemmata (#). (Zoöl.) (a) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus. (b) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.

9581

Stemmer

Stem″mer (?), n. One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).

9582

Stemmery

Stem″mer‐y (?), n. A large building in which tobacco is stemmed. Bartlett.

9583

Stemmy

Stem″my (?), a. Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; — said of tea, dried currants, etc.

9584

Stemple

Stem″ple (?), n. [G. stempel a stamp, a prop, akin to E. stamp.] (Mining) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.

9585

Stemson

Stem″son (?), n. [See Stem, n., and Keelson, and cf. Sternson.] (Shipbuilding) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.