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To emit an offensive smell, commonly a smell || STOCKS, stôks. s. Prison for the legs.
of putrefaction.

STINK, stingk. s. 408. Offensive smell.

STINKARD, stingk ́ård. s. 88. A mean stinking
paltry fellow.

STINKER, stingkur. s. 98. Something intend-
ed to offend by the smell.
STINKINGLY, stingk ́ing-lè. ad. 410.
stink.

With a STINKPOT, stingk'pôt. s. An artificial composition offensive to the smell.

To bound, to limit, to

To STINT, stint. v. a. confine, to restrain, to stop.

STOCKSTILL, stôk'stil. a. Motionless.
STOICK, stolk. s A philosopher of the sect
Zeno, holding the neutrality of external things
STOLE, stole. s. A long vest.
STOLE, stôle. The pret of Steal.
STOLEN, stol'n. 103. Part. pass. of Steal.
STOLIDITY, stò-lid ́è-tè. s. Stupidity, want of
sense. Not used.

STOMACH, ståm'muk. s. 165, 353. The ventri-
cle in which food is digested; appetite, desire
of food; inclination, liking; anger; resolution;
sullenness, resentment; pride, haughtiness.

STINT, stint. s. Limit, bound, restraint; a pro-To STOMACH, ståm'môk. v. a. To resent, to portion, a quantity assigned.

STIPEND, stipend. s. Wages, settled pay.
STIPENDIARY, sti-pen'de-a-ré, or st-pen'jè-â-||
rè. a. 293, 294, 376. Receiving salaries, per-
forming any service for a stated price.
STIPENDIARY, sti-pên'dè-â-rè. s. One who
performs any service for a settled payment.
a. Having the pow-

STIPTICAL, stipte-kal. ?

STIPTICK, stip ́tik. 509.

er to stanch blood, astringent.

To STIPULATE, stip pù-late. v. n. To contract,
to bargain, to settle terms.
STIPULATION, stip-d-lå'shûn. s. Bargain.
To STIR, står. v. a. 109. To move, to remove
from its place; to agitate, to bring into debate ;
to incite, to instigate, to animate. To stir up
to incite, to put in action.

To STIR, står. v. n. To move one's self, to go
out of the place, to change place; to be in mo-
tion, not to be still; to become the object of
notice; to rise in the morning.

STIR, står. 8. Tumult, bustle; commotion, pub-
fick disturbance; tumultuous disorder; agita-
tion, conflicting passion.

STIRP, stèrp. s. 108. Race, family, generation.
STIRRER, står rår. s. 93. One who is in motion,

one who puts in motion; a riser in the morning. Stirrer up; an inciter, an instigator. ETIRRUP, står råp s. An iron hoop suspended by a stran, in which the horseman sets his foot when be mounts or rides.

To STITCH, suitsh. v. a. To sew, to work on with
a needle; to join, to unite. To stitch up; to
mend what was rent.

To STITCH stitsh. v. n. To practise needlework.
STITCH, stitsh, s. A pass of the needle and
thread through any thing; a sharp sudden pain.
STITCHERY, stitsh ur-e. s. Needlework.
STITCHWORT, stitsh wårt. s. Camomile.
STTHY, stiTH'é. s. An anvil, the iron body on
which the smith forges his work.
STOCCADO, stôk-ká’dó. s. A thrust with the
rapier-See LUMBAGO.

remember with anger and malignity.

To STOMACH, ståm'måk. v. n. To be angry.
STOMACHED, ståm'mákt. a. 359. Filled with
passions of resentment.

STOMACHER, stum'mâ-tshår. s. An ornamen-
tal covering worn by women, on the breast.
STOMACHFUL, stûm'mâk-fül. a. Sullen, stub-
born, perverse.
STOMACHFULNESS, ståm'måk-fûl-nês.
Stubbornness, sulienness.
STOMACHICAL, stò-mik ́è-kâl.
STOMACHICK, Sakkie-kon a. Relating

S.

to the stomach, pertaining to the stomach. STOMACHICK, stó-måk'îk. s. A medicine for the stomach.

We not unfrequently hear this word pronounced stomatick; but this pronunciation, though not confined to the vulgar, is so gross an irregularity as to deserve the reprobation of every correct speaker.

STONE, stone. s. Stones are bodies insipid,
hard, not ductile or malleable, not soluble in
water; piece of stone cut for building; gem,
precious stone; calculous concretion in the
kidneys or bladder; the case which in
some fruits contains the seed; testicle; a
weight containing fourteen pounds: Stone is
used by way of exaggeration, as, stone-still,
stone-dead. To leave no stone unturned; to
do every thing that can be done.
STONE, stone. a. Made of stone.
To STONE, stone. v. a. To pelt or beat or kill
with stones; to harden.

STONEBREAK, stône'bråke. s. An herb.
STONECHATTER, stone'tshât-tår. s. A bird.
STONECROP, stone'krop. s. A sort of tree.
STONECUTTER, stone kåt-tår. s. One whose
trade is to hew stones.
STONEFERN, stỏne tễrn. s. A plant.
STONEFLY, stone fll. s. An insect.
STONEFRUIT, stone froôt. s. Fruit of which
the seed is covered with a hard she enveloped
in the pulp.

STONEHAWK, stone hawk. s. A kind of hawk.
STONEHORSE, stone horse s. A horse not

castrated.

STONEPIT, stone'pit. s. A quarry, a pit where stones are dug.

STONEPITCH, stone pitsh. a. Hard inspissated pitch.

STOCK, stok. s. The trunk, the body of a plant; the trunk into which a graft is inserted; a log, a post; a man proverbially stupid; the handle of any thing; a support of a ship while it is building; a thrust, a stoccado; something made of linen, a cravat, a close neckcloth; a race, a lineage, a family; the principal capital store, fund already provided; quantity, store, body; a fund established by the government, of which the value rises and falls by artifice or chance. To STOCK, stôk. v. a. To store, to fill sufficient-STONINESS, stó'ne-nês. s. The quality of hav ly; to lay in store; to put in the stocks. To stock up; to extirpate.

STOCKDOVE, stôk dov. s. Ringdove. STOCKFISH, stôk fish. s. Dried cod, so salled from its hardness.

STOCKGILLYFLOWER, stôk-jll'è-fòd-dr. s. A

plant.

STOCKING, stoking. s. 410. The covering of the leg

STOCKJOBBER, stők jöb-bår. s. One who gets
money by buying and selling shares in the
funds

STOCKISH, stők Ish. a. Hard, blockish.
STOCKLOCK, stôk lok. 8. Lock fixed in wood
ST

STONEPLOVER, stone'plav-år. s. A bird.
STONEWORK, stone'wärk. 8. Building of

stone

ing many stones.

STONY, stone. a. Made of stone; abounding with stones; petrifick; hard, inflexible, unrelenting.

STOOD, stid. 307 The pret. of To Stand.
STOOL, stôl. s. 306. A seat without a back, so
distinguished from a chair; evacuation by pur
gative medicines

STOOLBALL, stööl båll. s. A play where balls
are driven from stool to stool.
To STOOP, stoop. v. n. 306. To bend down, to
bend forward, to lean forward standing or
walking to yield, to bend, to submit; to de
scend from rank or dignity; to yield, to be in›

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;—mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;—

feriour, to sink from resolution or superiority; to condescend; to come down on prey as a falcon; to alight from the wing; to sink to a lower place.

STOOP, stoop. 8. Act of stooping, inclination downward; descent from dignity or superiority; fall of a bird upon his prey; a vessel of liquor.

STOOPINGLY, stooping-lè. ad. 410. With inclination downwards.

To STOP, stôp. v. a. To hinder from progressive motion; to hinder from any change of state, whether to better or worse; to hinder from action; to put an end to the motion or action of any thing; to suppress; to regulate musical strings with the fingers; to close any aperture; to obstruct, to encumber. To STOP, stop. v. n. To cease to go forward. STOP, stop. s. Cessation of progressive motion; hinderance of progress, obstruction; hinderance of action; cessation of action; interruption; prohibition of sale; that which obstructs, obstacle, impediment; instruments by which the sounds of wind musick are regulated; regulation of musical chords by the fingers; the act of applying the stops in musick; a point in writing, by which sentences are distinguished. STOPCOCK, stôp'kok. s. A pipe made to let out liquor, stopped by turning a cock STOPPAGE, stop'pidje. s. 90. The act of stopping, the state of being stopped. STOPPLE, stop'pl. s. 405. That by which any hole or the mouth of any vessel is filled up. STORAXTREE, sto'råks-trèè. s. A tree which grows in the Levant, and in Italy and France. The Storax balsam flows from incisions made. in the bark of this tree, and is brought in distinct tears or grains, of a whitish or reddish colour. It has a pleasant smell and aromatick taste.-Amer. Dispen.

STORE, store. s. Large number, large quantity, plenty; a stock accumulated, a supply hoarded; the state of being accumulated, hoard; storehouse, magazine.

STORE, store. a. Hoarded, laid up, accumulated.

To STORE, store. v. a. To furnish, to replenish; to stock against a future time; to lay up, to hoard.

STOREHOUSE, store'house. S. Magazine, treasury.

STORER, sto'rår. s. 98. One who lays up. STORIED, sto'rid. a. 283. Adorned with historical pictures.

STORK, sork. s. A bird of passage famous for the regularity of ts departure, STORKSBILL, storks'bil. s. An herb. STORM, storm. s 167. A tempest, a commotion of the elements; assault on a fortified place; commotion, tumult, clamour; calamity, distress; violence, vehemence, tumultuous force.-See Preliminary Observations on the Irish Pronunciation prefixed to this Dictionary, page xv. To STORM, storm. v. a. To attack by open force. To STORM, storm. v. n. To raise tempests; to rage, to fume, to be loudly angry. STORMY, storm'è. a. Tempestuous; violent, passionate.

STORY, sto'rè. s. History, account of things past; a small tale, petty narrative; an idle or trifling tale, a petty fiction; a floor, a flight of

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brave, bold, intrepid; obstinate, resolute, proud; strong, firm.

STOUT, stôåt. s. A cant name for strong beer. STOUTLY, stödt'lè. ad. Lustily, boldly, obsti nately.

STOUTNESS, stout'nès. s. Strength, valour ; boldness, fortitude; obstinacy, stubbornness To STOW, sto. v. a. 324. To lay up, to reposite in order, to lay in the proper place. STOWAGE, stoidje. s. 90. Room for laying up; the state of being laid up.

To STRADDLE, stråd'dl. v. n. 405. To stand or walk with the feet removed far from each other to the right and left.

To STRAGGLE, stråg gl. v. n. 405. To wander without any certain direction, to rove, to ramble; to wander dispersedly; to exuberate, to shoot too far; to be dispersed, to be apart from any main body.

STRAGGLER, stråg gl-år. s. 98. A wanderer, a rover, one who forsakes his company, any thing that pushes beyond the rest, or stands single STRAIGHT, stråte. a. 202, 393. Not crooked, right; narrow, close. STRAIGHT, stråte. ad. 249. Immediately, & 103. To make

rectly.

Rectitude, the

To STRAIGHTEN, strå't'n. v. a. straight. STRAIGHTNESS, strate'nes. s. contrary to crookedness. STRAIGHTWAYS, strate'waze. ad. Immedately, straight. 202. To squeer

To STRAIN, stråne. v. a. through something; to purify by filtration; squeeze in an embrace; to sprain, to weakm by too much violence; to put to its utmost strength; to make straight or tense; to push beyond the proper extent; to force, to co strain, to make uneasy or unnatural.

To STRAIN, strane. v. n. To make violent of forts; to be filtered by compression. STRAIN, strane. s. An injury by too much vielence; race, generation, descent; hereditary disposition; a style or manner of speaking; song, note, sound; rank, character; tura, idency.

STRAINER, strå'når. s. 93. An instrument of

filtration.

STRAIT, stråte. a. 202. Narrow, close, not wide, close, intimate; strict, rigorous; difficult, dis tressful it is used in opposition to crooked, but is then more properly written Straight STRAIT, stråte. s. A narrow pass, or frith; distress, difficulty.

To STRAIT, stråte. v. n. To put to difficulties. To STRAITEN, strå't'n. v. a. 103. To make narrow; to contract, to confine; to make tight, to intend; to deprive of necessary room, te distress, to perplex.

STRAITLY, strátelé. ad. Narrowly; strictly, rigorously; closely, intimately. STRAITNESS, stråte nės. 8. Narrowness strictness, rigour; distress, difficulty; waİ, scarcity. STRAITLACED, stråte'låste. a. 359. Staf constrained, without freedom.

STRAND, strând. s. The verge of the sea, or e

any water.

To STRAND, strând. v. a. To drive or fe upon the shallows.

STRANGE, strånje. a.-See CHANGE. For of another country, not domestick; wonder causing wonder; odd, irregular; unknow new; uncommonly good or bad; unacquarte STRANGE, stranje. interject. An expression d yonder. STRANGELY, strånje'lè. ad. With some reir tion to foreigners; wonderfully, in a way cause wonder.

STRANGENESS, strånje'nès. s. Foreignnes. the state of belonging to another country communicativeness, distance of behaviour "*

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moteness from common apprehension; mutual| dislike; wonderfulness, power of raising wonder STRANGER, strån'jår. s. 98. A foreigner, one of another country; one unknown; a guest, one not a domestick; one unacquainted; one not admitted to any communication or fellowship.

To STRANGER, strån'jår a. To estrange, to alienate. Not used.

strenthen, &c.: the same may be observed of length, lengthen, &c.: but this, it may be observed, is a pronunciation which obtains chiefly in Ireland.

To STRENGTHEN, strength'n. v. a. To make strong; to confirm, to establish; to animate, to fix in resolution; to make to increase in pow er or security

To STRENGTHEN, strength'n. v. n. To grow

strong.

To STRANGLE, strâng'g'. v. a. 405. To choak,
to suffocate, to kill by intercepting the breath;
to suppress, to hinder from birth or appearance.
STRANGLER, strång'gl-dr. s. 98. One who
strangles.
STRANGLES, strâng'glz. s. Swellings in a STRENGTHLESS, strength les.
horse's throat.

STRENGTHENER, strength'n-år. s. That
which gives strength, that which makes strong:
in Medicine, strengtheners add to the bulk and
firmness of the solids.

The

STRANGULATION, strân-gu-la'shun. s.
act of strangling, suffocation.
STRANGURY, strång'gu-rè. s. A difficulty of
urine attended with pain.

STRAP, strap. s. A narrow long slip of cloth or
leather.

STRAPPADO, strâp-på'dò. s. Chastisement by blows-See LUMBAGO.

STRAPPING, stråp'ping. a. 410. Vast, large, bulky.

STRATA, stra'tå. s.

Plural of Stratum. 92. Beds, lavers-See DRAMA. STRATAGEM, stråt tá-jém. s. An artifice in war, a trick by which an enemy is deceived; an artifice, a trick.

STRATOCRACY, strå-tôk'rå-sè. s. 518. A mili

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To STRAY, strå. v. n. 220. To wander, to rove; to rove out of the way; to err, to deviate from|| the right.

STRAY, strå. s. Any creature wandering be-
yond its limits, any thing lost by wandering;|
act of wandering.

STREAK, strèke. s. 227. A line of colour diffe-
rent from that of the ground.
To STREAK, streke. v. a. To stripe, to varie-
gate in hues, to dapple.

STREAKY, strè kè. a. triped, variegated by
bues.

STREAM, strème. s. 227. A running water; the course of running water, current; any thing issuing from a head, and moving forward with continuity of parts; any thing forcible and continued.

To STREAM, strème. v. n. To flow, to run in a continuous current: to flow with a current; to pour out water in a stream; to issue forth with continuance.

STREAMER, strè'mår. s. 98. An ensign, a flag,

A pennon.

a.

Wanting strength, deprived of strength; wanting potency, weak.

STRENUOUS, strên'd-ds. a. Brave, bold, ac-
tive, valiant; zealous, vehement.
STRENUOUSLY, strên'à-ds-lè. ad. Vigorously
actively; zealously, vehemently, with ardour.
STREPEROUS, strep'èr-ås. a. Loud, noisy.
STRESS, strès. s. Importance, important part,
violence, force, either acting or suffered.
To extend, to
To STRETCH, stretsh. v. a.
spread out to a distance; to expand, to dic
play; to strain to the utmost; to carry by vio
lence farther than is right.

To STRETCH, stretsh. v. n. To be extended;
to bear extension without rupture; to sally be-
vond the truth.

STRETCH, stretsh. s. Extension, reach, occupation of more space; force of body extended; effort, struggle, from the act of running; utmost extent of meaning; utmost reach of power. STRETCHER, stretsh'år. s. 98. Any thing used for extension; the timber against which the rower plants his feet.

To STREW, strò. v. a. 266. To spread by being scattered; to spread by scattering, to scatter loosely.

STREWMENT, strò'ment. s. Any thing scat tered in decoration.

STRICKEN, strik'k'n. 103. The ancient partici-
ple of Strike.

STRICKLE, strik'kl. s. 405. That which strikes
the corn to level it with the bushet.
Exact, accurate, rigorously
STRICT, strikt. a.
nice; severe, rigorous; confined, not exten
sive; close, tight; tense, not relaxed.
Exactly, with rigo-
STRICTLY, strikt lè, ad.
rous accuracy; rigorously, severely, without
remission.
Exactness, rigo-

STRICTNESS, strikt'nes. .

rous accuracy, nice regularity; severity, rigour. STRICTURE, strik tshire. s. 463. A stroke, a touch; contraction, cbsure by contraction; a slight touch upon the subject, not a set dis

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contrariety.

cordant.

STREAMY, strè'me. a. Abounding in running | STRIFEFUL, strife'fål. a.
water flowing with a current.
STREET, street s. 246. A way, properly a||STRIKE, strike. s.
paved way proverbially, a publick place.
STREETWALKER, street wa-kor. s. A com-
mou prostitute that offers herself to sale.
STRENGTH, strength. 8. Force, vigour, power
of the body; power of endurance, firmness, du-
rabilty; vigour of any kind; potency of li
quors; fortification, fortress; armament, force,
power; argumentative force.

This word and its compounds are often erroneously pronounced as if written strenth,

A bushel; a dry measure of capacity; four pecks. Pret. I Struck or To STRIKE, strike. v. a. Strook, Part. pass. Struck, Strucken, Stricken. To act upon by a blow, to hit with a blow; to dash, to throw by a quick motion; to notify by the sound of a haminer on a bell; to stamp, to impress; to punish, to afflict; to contract, to lower, to vale, as, To strike sail, or To stria flag; to alarm, to put into motion; to schre bargain; to produce by a sudden action; te if

A vagrant, a

STROND, strônd. s. Obsolete. The beach, the

bank.

559.-Fate, får, fall, fât:-mè, mêt;-pine, pin,fect suddenly in any particular manner; to|| STROLLER, stròl lår. s. 98. cause to sound by blows : to forge, to mint : it wanderer, a vagabond. is used in the participle for Advanced in years, as, Well struck or stricken in years. To strike off: to erase from a reckoning or account; to separate by a blow. To strike out; to produce by collision; to blot, to efface; to bring to light, to form at once by a quick effort. To STRIKE, strike v. n. To make a blow; to collide, to clash; to act by repeated percussion;| to sound by the stroke of a hammer; to make an attack; to sound with blows ; to be dashed | upon shallows, to be stranded; to pass with a quick or strong effect; to pay homage, as, by lowering the sail; to be put by some sudden act or motion into any state. To strike in with; to conform, to suit itself to. To strike out; to spread or rove, to make a sudden excursion. STRIKER, strikår. s. 98. One that strikes. STRIKING, striking. part. a. 410. Affecting, syrprising..

STRONG, strong. a. Vigorous, forceful, of great ability of body; fortified, secure from attack; powerful, mighty ; supplied with forces ; hale, healthy; forcibly acting in the imagination; eager, zealous; full, having any quality m great degree; potent, intoxicating: having a deep tincture; affecting the smell powerfully; hard of digestion, not easily nutrimental furnished with abilities for any thing; vald; confirmed; violent, vehement, forcible; cogent, conclusive; firm, compact, not soon broken; forcibly written.

STRING, string. s. 410. Aslender -ope, a small cord, any slender and flexible bad; a thread on which many things are filed; any set of things filed on a line; the chord of a musical instrument; a small fibre; a nerve, a tendon ;| the nerve of the bow; any concatenation or series, as a String of propositions. To have two strings to the bow; to have two views or two expedients.

To STRING, string. v. a. Pret. I Strang; Part.
pass. Strung. To furnish with strings; to put
a stringed instrument in tune; to file on a
string; to make tense.

STRINGED, string'd. a. 359. Having strings,
produced by strings.
STRINGENT, strin jent. a. Binding, contracting.
STRINGHALT, stringhalt s A sudden twitch-
ing and snatching up of the hinder leg of a
horse, much higher than the other.
STRINGLESS, string'lês, a. Having no strings.
STRINGY, string'è. a. See SPRINGY. Fibrous,
consisting of small threads.
To STRIP, strip. v. a. To make naked, to de-
prive of covering; to deprive, to divest; to
rob, to plunder, to pillage ; to peel, to decorti-
cate; to deprive of all; to take off covering;
to cast off, to separate from something adhesive

or connected.

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STRIPLING, strip'ling s. 410. A youth, one in the state of adolescence.

Dr. Johnson tells us, that this word is of uncertain etymology; but, in my opinion, Skinner very naturally derives it from a boy in the state in which he is subject to stripes. To STRIVE, strive. v. n. Pret. I Strove, anciently I Strived; Part pass. Striven. To struggle, to labour, to make an effort; to contest, to contend, to struggle in opposition to another; to vie, to emulate.

STRIVER, stri'vår. s. One who abours, one who contends.

STROKE, strike. Old pret. of Strike, now com

monly Struck.

STROKE, stroke. s. A blow, a knock, a sudden
act of one body upon another; a hostile blow
a sudden disease or affliction; the sound of the
clock; the touch of a pencil; a touch, a mas-
terly or eminent effort; au effect suddenly or
unexpectedly produced; power, efficacy.
To STROKE, stroke. v. a. To rub gently with
the hand by way of kindness or endearment;
to rub gently in one direction.
To STROLL, stròle. v. n. 406
ramble, to rove

To wander, to

handed.

STRONGFISTED, strông-fisted. a. StrongSTRONGLY, strangle, ad. Powerfully, force bly; with strength, with firmness, in such a manner as to last; vehemently, forcibly, a gerly.

STRONGWATER, strông wi-tår. s. Distilled spirits.

STROOK, strook. The old pret. of Strike, ed

in Poetry for Struck.

STROPHE, stro fè. s. 96. A stanza.
STROVE, strove. The pret. of Strive.
To STROW, strò. v. n. 266, 324. To spread
by being scattered; to spread by scattering,
besprinkle ; to spread ; to scatter, to three s

random.

To STROWL, strôle. v. n

der. Now written Stroll.

STRUCK, stråk. The pret

Strike.

Torange, to w

and part, pass e

STRUCTURE, stråk'tshure. s 463. Act of bed ing, practice of building; manner of building. form, make ; edifice, building.

To STRUGGLE, stråg gl. v. a 405. To labour. to act with effort; to strive, to contend, to coe test; to labour in difficulties, to be in agons of distress.

STRUGGLE, stråg'gl. s. 405. Labour, fart contest, contention; agony, tumultuous de

tress.

STRUMA, stroo'må. s. 339, 92. A glandular swelling, the king's evil.

STRUMOUS, ströð mås. a. 314. Having swd ling in the glands.

STRUMPET, strâm'pît. s. 99. A whore, a pros

titute.

STRUNG, strång. The pret. and part. pass. of
String.

To STRUT, stråt. v. n. To walk with affecte!
dignity; to swell, to protuberate.

STRUT, stråt. s. An affectation of stateliness a

the walk.

STUB, ståb. s. A thick short stock left whe
the rest is cut off; a log, a block.
To STUB, stub. v. a. To force up, to extirpat
STUBBED, ståb'bêd. a. 366. Truncated. r.
and thick.

STUBBEDNESS, stabbed-nês. s. The sta
of being short, thick, and truncated.
STUBBLE, stab'bl. s. 405. The stalks of can
left in the field by the reaper.
STUBBORN, ståb barn. a. 166. Obstimate

flexible, contumacious; persisting, perse
ing, steady, stiff; inflexible; hardy, m
harsh, rough, rugged.

STUBBORNLY, stab barn-lè. ad. Obstmater
contumaciously, inflexibly.
STUBBORNNESS, stub barn-nès. s. Obstisa
vicious stoutness, conturmacy.

STUBBY, stab bé. a. Short and thick, short as

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large head driven for ornament; a collection of
breeding horses and mares.
To adorn with studs or
To STUD, ståd. v. a.
knobs.
STUDENT, stå'dent. s. A man given to books,
a bookish man.

STUDIED, stâdîd. a. 283. Learned, versed in
any study, qualified by study.
STUDIER, stad'e-dr. s. One who studies.
STUDIOUS, stů'dè-ds, or stù'jè-ás. a. 293, 294,||
376. Given to books and contemplation, given
to learning; diligent, busy; attentive to, care-
ful contemplative, suitable to meditation.
STUDIOUSLY, sta'dè-ûs-lè, or stuje-ås-lè. ad.
Contemplatively, with close application to lite-
rature; diligently, carefully, attentively.
STUDIOUSNESS, stů dé-us-nês, or stú ́jè-ås-nês.
s. Addiction to study.
STUDY, stúd'è. s. Application of mind to books
and learning; perplexity, deep cogitation; at-
tention, meditation, contrivance; any particu-
lar kind of learning; apartment set off for lite-
rary employment.

To STUDY, stád'è. v. n. To think with very
close application, to muse; to endeavour dili-
gently.

To STUNT, stånt. v. a. To hinder from growth. STUPE, stupe. s. Cloth or flax dipped in warm medicaments, and applied to a hurt or sore.

To STUPE, stupe. v. a. To foment, to dress with
stupes.

STUPEFACTION, stà-pè-fâk'shun. s. Insensi-
bility, dulness, stupidity.
STUPEFACTIVE, stu-pe-fâk'tiv. a. Causing
insensibility, dulling, obstructing the senses.
a. Wonderful,
STUPENDOUS, stu-pen'dås.
amazing, astonishing.

By an inexcusable negligence, this word and tremendous are frequently pronounced as if written stupendious and tremendious, even by those speakers, who in other respects, are not incorrect. They ought to remember, that com pendious and equipondious are the only words ending in ndious.

STUPID, stupid. a. Dull, wanting sensibility wanting apprehension, heavy, sluggish of un derstanding; performed without skill or genius. STUPIDITY, stů-pid'é-tè. s. Dulness, heaviness of mind, sluggishness of understanding. STUPIDLY, stú pid-lè. ad. With suspension or inactivity of understanding; dully, without apprehension.

STUPIFIER, stu'pè-fl-år. s. 98. That which causes stupidity.

183. To make STUPIFY, stupé-fi. v. a. stupid, to deprive of sensibility. STUPOR, stú pôr. s. 166. Suspension or diminution of sensibility.

To STUDY, ståd'è. v. a. To apply the mind; to
consider attentively; to learn by application.
STUFF, stuff. s. Any matter or body; materi-To
als out of which any thing is made; furniture,
goods; that which fills any thing; essence,
elemental part; any mixture or medicine;
cloth or texture of any kind; texture of wool
thinner and slighter than cloth; matter or
thing, in contempt or dislike.

To STUFF, stoff. v. a. To fill very full with any
thing; to fill to uneasiness; to thrust into any
thing; to fill by being put into any thing; to
swell out by something thrust in; to fill with
something improper or superfluous; to ob-
struct the organs of scent or respiration; to fill
meat with something of high relish.
To STUFF, stuff. v. n. To feed gluttonously.
STUFFING, staffing. s. 410. That by which
any thing is filled; relishing ingredients put

into meat.

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STULTILOQUENCE, stål-tîl ́ld-kwênse. s. 518.||
Foolish talk.
STULTILOQUY, stål-til'ò-kwè. The same as
STULTILOQUENCE.

To STULTIFY, stôl tè-fl. v. a. To prove void
of understanding-Mason.
STUM, stům. s. Wine yet unfermented; new
wine used to raise fermentation in dead and
vapid wines; wine revived by a new fermen-
tation.

To STUM, ståm. v. a. To renew wine by mix-
ing fresh wine and raising a new fermentation.
To STUMBLE, ståm'bl. v. n. 405. To trip in
walking; to slip, to err, to slide into crimes or
blunders; to strike against by chance, to light
on by chance.

To STUMBLE, stumbl. v. a. To obstruct in progress, to make to trip or stop; to make to boggle, to offend.

STUMBLE, stambl. s. A trip in walking; a blunder, a failure.

To STUPRATE, stupråte. v. a. To ravish, to
violate.

STUPRATION, stu-prà'shan. s.
tion.

STURDILY, står'de-lè. ad.

Rape, viola Stoutly, hardily

obstinately, resolutely.
STURDINESS, står de-nês. s. Stoutness, har
diness; brutal strength.

STURDY, stûr dé. ad. Hardy, stout, brutal, ob
stinate; strong, forcible; stiff.
STURGEON, står jún. s. 259. A sea-fish.
A young ox or heifer.
STURK, stark. s.
To STUTTER, ståt‍tår. v. n 98. To speak with
hesitation, to stammer.
A stammerer.
STUTTER, ståttår. s. 98. A stammer.
STUTTERER, stöt'tår-år. s.
A cabin to keep hogs in; any place
STY, st. s.
of bestial debauchery.
To shut up in a sty.
To STY, sti. v. a.
STYGIAN, stdjè-ân. a. Hellish, infernal, per-
taining to Styx one of the poetical rivers.
Manner of writing with re-
STYLE, stile. s.
gard to language; manner of speaking appro-
priate to particular characters; title, appella-
tion; a pointed iron used anciently in writing
on tables of wax; any thing with a sharp point,
as, a graver, the pin of a dial; the stalk which
rises from amid the leaves of a flower.

Style

of court, is properly the practice observed by any court in its way of proceeding. To STYLE, stile. v. a. To call, to term, to name. STYPTICK, sip tik a. The same as astringent, but generally expresses the most efficacious sort of astringents, or those which are applied to stop hæmorrhages.

STUMBLER, stám bl-år. s. 98. One that stum-STYPTICITY, stip-ts'è-tè. s.

bles.

STUMBLINGBLOCK, ståm'bling-blók. 410. }

S.

STUMBLINGSTONE, ståm'bling-stone.
Cause of stumbling, cause of offence.
STUMP, stump. s. The part of any solid body
remaining after the rest is taken away.
STUMPY, stamp'è. a. Full of stumps, hard,
stiff

To STUN, stån. v. a. To confound or dizzy
with noise; to make senseless or dizzy with a
blow.

STUNG, stång. The pret. and part. pass. of
Sting

STUNK, stångk. The pret. of Stink.

The power of

stanching blood. SUASIVE, swȧ'siv. a persuade. Little usea. SUASORY, swå sår-é. a 429, 512. Having tendency to persuade.-See DOMESTICK. 557. SUAVITY, swave-tè. s. 511. Sweetness to the senses; sweetness to the mind

428. Having power to

SUB, sob In Composition, signifies a subordinate degree.

SUBACID, sub-âs'sld. a. Sour in a small dea. Sharp and pun

gree.

SUBACRID, såb-ik'krid

gent in a small degree. To SUBACT,sób-áké'. v. a. To reduce, to subdue.

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