Stable, v. n. to kennel; to dwell as beasts.
Stable, v. a. to put into a stable.
Stable-ness, n. steadiness; constancy; stability.
Stabling n. a house or room for beasts.
Stablish, v. a. to establish; to fix; to settle.
Sta bly, ad. firmly; steadily.
Stack, n. a pile of hay; a number of chimneys.
Stack, v. a. to pile up regularly in ricks.
Stuc te, n. [L.] a resinous, odoriferous gum.
Stad/die, (stad/dl) n. a staff; a crutch; a tree.
Stādi-ŭm, n.; pl. stailia; [L.] a race-ground;
a race; one eighth of a Roman mile.
Stadt hold-er, (stat hold-er) u. formerly the chief
magistrate of Holland.

Spy boat, n. a boat sent out for intelligence.
Spy glass, n. a small telescope: local.
Squab, (skwób) a. unfeathered; thick and stout.
Squab, (skwób) n. a kind of sofa; a cushion:-
in America, a young, domestic pigeon.
Squab, (skwob) ad. with a heavy, sudden fall.
Squab bish, (skwob/bish) a. thick; heavy; fleshy.
Squab ble, (skwob bl) v. n. to quarrel; to fight.
Squabble, (skwob bi) n. a low brawl; a quarrel.
Squabbler, (skwobbler) n. a brawler.
Squad, (skwód) a. a company of armed men.
Squadron, n. a part of an army or fleet.
Squafid, (skwolid) [skwolid, S. W. P. J. F.
Ja.; skwalid, E.] a. foul; nasty; filthy.
Squa-lid/-ty, n. the quality of being squalid. Staff, n.; pl. staves; a stick used in walking;
Squalid-ness, (skwólid-nes) n. squalidity. a prop; a support; an ensign of office.
Squall, v. n. to scream out as a child.
Stág, n. a male red deer; the male of the hind.
Squall, n. a loud scream; a gust of wind. Stage, n. a raised floor; the theatre; a place in
Squaller, n. a screamer; one that screams. which rest is taken on a journey; a step.
Squally, a. windy; gusty; stormy.
Stage/coach, (stāj/koch) a. a public coach.
Squalor, n. [L.] coarseness; want of cleanli-Stage play, n. theatrical entertainment.
Squamous, a. sealy; covered with scales.
Stage/play-er, n. an actor on the stage.

[ness.

and

Squan der, (skwon der) v. a. to spend profusely. Staggard, n. a four-year-old stag.
Squan/der-er, (skwón/der-er) n. a spendthrift. Stagger, v. n. to reel; to faint; to hesitate.
Square, a. four cornered; having four right an-Stager, v. a. to make to reel; to aların.
gles; parallei; equal; exact; honest.
Stagger-ing-ly, ad. in a reeling manner.
Square, n. a figure with four right angles Staggers, n. pl. a kind of horse apoplexy.
four equal sides; a rule or instrument. Stagirite, n. an inhabitant of Stagira.
Square, v. a. to form with right angles; to fit. Stagnan-cy, a. the state of being stagnant.
Square, v. n. to suit with; to fit with.
Stagnant, a. notionless; still; not flowing.
Square ness, n. the state of being square. Stag/nate, v. n. to have no course or stream.
Squash, (skwósh) v. a. to crush into pulp. Stag-nation, n. a cessation of motion.
Squash, (skwosh) 7. a plant; any thing soft. Staid, p. a. sober; grave; regular; not wild.
Squat, (skwot) v. n. to sit close to the ground. Staid/ness, n. sobriety; gravity; regularity.
Squat, (skwot) a. cowering; short and thick. Stain, v. a. to blot, maculate, tinge, disgrace.
Squat, (skwot) n. a lying close; a sudden fall. Stain, n. a blot; a spot; a taint of guilt; shame.
Squaw, n. an Indian woman.
Stainer, n. one who stains; a dyer.
Stainless, a. free from blots or spots.
Stáir, n. a step:-pl. a series of steps.
Stair case, n. an apartment for stairs.
Stake, n. a post; a wager; a pledge; hazard.
Stake, v. a. to defend with posts; to wager.
Sta-lacti-cal, a. resembling an icicle.
eta-lactite, [sta-lak/tit, Wb.] n. a mineral in
the form of an icicie.

Squeak, v. n. to make a shrill noise; to cry out.
Squeak, n. a cry of pain; a shrill, quick cry.
Squeak er, n. one who squeaks.

Squeal, v. n. to cry with a shrill, sharp voice.
Squeamish, a. fastidious; easily disgusted.
Squeamish-ly, ad. in a fastidious manner.
Squeamish-ness, n. niceness; fastidiousness.
Squeasiness, n. nausea; fastidiousness.
Squeasy, a. queasy; squeamish; fastidious.
Squeeze, v. a. to press; to oppress; to crush.
Squeeze, v. n. to urge one's way; to crowd.
Squeeze, n. a compression; pressure.
Squib, n. a paper pipe, with wild-fire; a flash.
Squill, n. a sea-onion; a fish; an insect.
Squint, a. looking obliquely.

Squint, v. n. to look obliquely, or awry.
Squint eyed, (skwint/id) a. having eyes that
squint; indirect.

Sta-lac/tites, [stál-ak-titez, W. P. E.; sta-lǎk'-
te tez, J.; stálak-tīts, Ja.] n. pl. spars or min-
erals in the form of icicles.

Sta-lag/mite, n. a deposit of calcareous matter.
Stale, a. old; not fresh; vapid; tasteless.
Stale, n. a long handle; urine.

Stale, v. n. to make water, as a beast.
Staie ness, n. oldness; vapidness.
Stalk, (stawk) v. n. to walk with high steps.
Stalk, (stawk) n. a stately step; a stem.
Stalker, (stawk/er) n. one who stalks; a net.
Stalk ing-hörse, (stâwking-hörs) n. a horse

Stall age, n. rent paid for a stall.

squire, n. a contraction of esquire. See Esquire.
Squire, v. a. to attend; to wait on.
Squirm, v. n. to wind or twist about: a word used by fowlers; a mask; a pretence.
used in America, and provincial in England. Stalk'y, (stawke) a. hard like a stalk.
Squirrel, (skwer rel, or skwirrel) [skwer rel, Stall, n. a crib for horses, &c.; a bench; a seat.
S. W. P. J. F. Ja.; skwirrel, E. Wb. Ken-Stall, v. a. to keep in a stall; to invest.
rick.] n. a small, active animal.
Squirt, v. a. to throw out in a quick stream.
Squirt, n. a pipe to eject liquor; a stream.
Squirt er, n. one that plies a squirt.
Stab, v. a. to pierce; to wound mortally.
Stab, v. n. to give a wound; to offer a stab.
Stab, n. a wound with a sharp weapon; a blow.
Stab ber, n. one who stabs; a privy murderer.
Sta-bili-ment, n. support; firmness.

Sta-bili-ty, n. stableness; steadiness; firmness.
Stable, a. fixed; steady; constant; strong.
Stable, n. a house for horses, &c.

Stallfed, a. fed not with grass, but dry feed.
Stallion, (stä!'yun) n. a horse not castrated.
Sta/men, [sta/men, Ja. Maunder; stam en, Wb.]
n. pl. stamens; in botany, the filament, an-
ther, and pollen of a flower.

Stam'i-na, n. pl. [L. first principles of any

thing; solids of the body; threads of plants.
Stam'in-al, Stam'i-nate, a relating to stamens.
Sta-min/e-ous, a. consisting of stamens.
Stam/mer, v. n. to falter in speaking. [tion.
Stăm/mer er, n. one who speaks with hesita

Steel'yard, [stel yard, S. W. P. E. Ja.; stil-Stick, v. n. to adhere; to stop; to remain ; to yard, J. F.] n. a kind of balance for weighing. [clination; precipitous. Steep, a. rising or descending with great inSteep, n. a precipice.

mîen, sïr; môve, nör, son; bûll, bür, rtle.-Ç, G, ç, g, soft ; Ç, Ę, £, §, hard. § as z ; x as gz ;—this.

Stitch, v. a. & n. to sew; to work with a Storax, n. a plant; a resinous gum.
needle.

Stitch, a. a pass of a needle; a sharp pain.
Stitch'er-y, n. needlework.

Stith'y, n. an anvil; a disease in oxen.
Stive, . a. to stuff up close; to make hot.
Sti/ver, n. a Dutch coin, value nearly a cent.
Stoat, n. an animal of the weasel kind.
Stock, n. the trunk or body of a plant; a log;
a close neck-cloth; lineage; cattle; a store;
a fund of money; the frame of a gun.
Stock, v. a. to store; to fill sufficiently.
Stock-ade, n. an enclosure of pointed stakes.
Stock-ade', v. a. to fortify with pointed stakes.
Stock/bro-ker, n. one who deals in stock.
Stock/dove, (stok duv) n. a ring-dove.
Stock/fish, n. codfish dried hard.
Stocking, n. a covering for the leg.
Stock'ish, a. hard; blockish.
[stock.
Stock/job-ber, n. one who deals in funds or
Stock job-bing, a. speculation in stocks.
Stocks, n. pl. prison for the legs; public funds.
Stock'still, a. motionless as logs.
Stock'y, a. stout; thick and firm.
Stoje, n. a philosopher of the sect of Zeno.
Stoic, or Stoic-al, a. relating to the Stoics; cold.
Stoli-cal-ly, ad. in a stoical manner; austerely.
Sto'i-cal-ness, n. the state of being stoical.
Stoj-cism, n. the system or doctrines of the
Stoics; insensibility.
Stole, n. a long vest; a robe
Stole, imp. t. from Steal.
Stolen, (stola) pp. from Steal.
Sto-lid/-ty, n. stupidity; want of sense.
Stomach, n. the ventricle in which food is

; a shoot.

passage.

Store, n. a large quantity; plenty; a storehouse.
Store, v. a. to furnish; to lay up; to hoard.
Store höûse, n. a magazine; a warehouse.
Störge, n. natural affection; parental instinct.
Storied, (stored) a. furnished with stories;"
adorned with historical pictures.
Störk, n. a large bird of
[tle.
Storm, n. a tempest; an assault; tumult; bus-
Storm, v.a. to attack by open force.
Storm, v. n. to raise tempests; to rage; to blow.
Störm/beat, a. injured by storm.
Störm'i-ness, n. the quality of being stormy.
Storm'y, a. tempestuous; violent. [rooms.
Story, n. a tale; a narrative; a loft; à set of
Story-teller, n. one who relates tales.
Stöût, a. strong; lusty; valiant; brave; bold.
Stöût, n. a cant name for strong beer.
Stöût ly, ad. lustily; boldly; obstinately.
Stöût ness, n. strength; valor; boldness.
Stove, n. a hot-house; a place for a fire.
Stove, v. a. to keep warm in a house heated
Stover, n. fodder for cattle; hay; straw.
Stow, (sto) v. a. to lay up; to reposit in order.
Stowage, n. room for laying up; deposit.
Strā bişm, n. the act of looking asquint.
Străd'dle, v. n. to walk wide and awkwardly.
Străg/gle, v. n. to wander; to rove; to ramble.
Strag gler, n. a wanderer; a rover.
Straight, (strat) a. not crooked; direct.
Straight, (strät) ad. immediately; directly.
Straight/en, (strā/tn) v. a. to make straight.
Straight/en-er, (stra'tn-er) n. a director.
Straight/forth, (strat forth) ad. directly.
di-Straight/ly, (strat le) ad. in a right line.
Straight/ness, (strat nes) n. rectitude.
Straight way, (strat wa) ad. immediately.
Strain, v. a. to purify by filtration; to sprain;
to make tense; to force; to constrain.
Strain, v. n. to make violent efforts.
Strain, n. a violent effort; a style of speaking;
a song; a note; turn; tendency.
Strain a-ble, a. that may be strained.
Strainer, n. an instrument of filtration.
Strait, a. narrow; close; strict; difficult.
Strait, n. a narrow pass; distress; difficulty.
Strait/en, (stra'tn) v. a. to make narrow; to
contract; to confine; to distress.

gested; appetite; anger; temper; pride.
Stomach, v. a. to resent; to brook.
Stom'a-chier, n. an ornament for the breast.
Sto-machic, n. a medicine for the stomach.
Sto-machic, or Sto-mach'i-cal, a. of the stomach.
Stone, n. a mineral hot ductile or malleable;
a gem; a concretion in the kidneys or bladder;
14 pounds; a case, containing a kernel or
Stone, a. made of stone.
[seed.

Stone, v. a. to beat or kill with stones.
Stone/cut ter, n. one who hews stones.
Stone/frdit, n. peaches, plums, apricots, &c.
Stone heart-ed, or Ston/y-heart-ed, a. cruel.
Stone/horse, n. a horse not castrated.
Stone'pit, n. a pit where stones are dug.
Stoner, n. one who strikes.
[be thrown.
Stone's-cast, n. distance to which a stone may
Stone/work, a. work consisting of stone.
Ston/i-ness, n. the state of having many stones.
Stonly, a. made of or full of stones; hard.
Stood, (stud) imp. t. & pp. from Stand.

Strait laced, (strāt last) a. stiff; strict.
Strait/ly, ad. narrowly; strictly; closely.
Strait/ness, n. narrowness; rigor; distress.
Strake, n. the iron band of a wheel.
Străm ash, n. a crash; a tumult; catastrophe.
Stra-min'e-ous, a. strawy; light; chaffy.
Strand, n. the verge of the sea or a river.
Strand, v. a. to drive or force on the shallows.

*Stôôk, [stôk, Ja.; stûk, Wb.] n. a shock of Strange, a. foreign; odd; unknown.
corn, containing 12 sheaves.

*Stôôk, v. a. to set up in stooks.
Stôôl, n. a seat without a back; evacuation.
Stoom, v. a. to put bags of herbs, &c. into wine.
Stôôp, v. n. to bend down; to bend forward;
to yield; to submit.
[quarts.
Stoop, n. the act of stooping; a measure of two
Stoop'er, n. one who stoops.

Stop, v. a. to hinder; to obstruct; to close up.
Stop, v. n. to cease to proceed.
Stop, n. a pause; a cessation; obstruction;
point in writing; regulation in music; obsta-
Stop/cock, n. a pipe made to let out liquor. [cle.
Stop page, n. the act of stopping; an obstruction.
Stop/per, n. that by which any hole or the
Stop/ple, mouth of any vessel is filled up.

Strangely, ad. in a strange manner; oddly.
Strange ness, n. the quality of being strange.
Stran ger, n. a foreigner; one unknown.
Străn gle, v. a. to choak; to suffocate; to sup-
Străn gler, n. one who strangles. [press.
Strangles, n. pl. swellings in a horse's throat.
Străn-gu-la'tion, n. the act of strangling.
Stran gu-ry, n. a difficulty in discharging urine.
Strap, n. a narrow, long slip of leather; a strop.
Strap, v. a. to beat with a strap.
Strap-pā'do, n. a chastisement with a strap.
Strap/ping, a. vast; large; bulky: low.
Strata, n. [L.] beds; layers. See Stratum.
Străt'a-gem, n. an artifice in war; a trick.
Străt-i-fi-cā tiọn, n. arrangement in layers.
Străt'i-fy, v. a. to range in beds or layers,

Stra-toc'ra-cy, n. a military government.
Stra-tog'ra-phy, n. description of an army.
Stratum, n.; pl. strata; [L.] a layer.
Straw, n. the stalk on which corn grows.
Straw, v. a. to scatter. See Strew and Strow.
Straw ber-ry, n. a plant and its fruit.
Straw/built, (strâw/bilt) a. made up of straw.
Straw col-ored, (straw kul-urd) a. light yellow.
Straw'y, a. made of straw;. like straw; light.
Stray, v. n. to wander; to rove; to err; to de-
Stray, n. an animal lost by wandering. [viate.
Stray er, n. one who strays; a wanderer.
Streak, n. a line of color; a long stripe.
Streak, v. a. to stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
Streak y, a. striped; variegated by hues.
Stream, n. a running water; a current; course.
Stream, v. n. to flow; to run; to issue forth.
Stream er, n. an ensign; a flag; a pennon.
Stream let, (strēm iet) n. a small stream.
Streamly, a. abounding in running water.
Streek, v. a. to lay out a dead body.
Street, n. a way; a paved way between houses.
Street walk-er, (strēt wâ-ker) n. a prostitute.
Streight, (strat) n. a passage. See Strait.
Strength, n. force; vigor; power; support.
Strengthen, (streng tin) v. a. to make strong.
Strengthen, (streng/thn) v. n. to grow strong.
Streng then-er, n. that which makes strong.
Stren u-ous, a. bold; active; ardent; zealous.
Stren u-ous-ly, ad. actively; zealously.
Stren u-ous-ness, n. state of being strenuous.
Stress, n. importance; weight; violence; force.
Stretch, ". a. to extend ; to expand; to draw out.
Stretch, v. n. to be extended or drawn out.
Stretch, n. extension; reach; effort; extent.
Stretch'er, n. any thing used for extension.
Strew, (stro, or stru) [strō, W. E. F.; stru, S.
J. Ja. v. a. [imp. t. strewed; pp. strewed,
or strewn] to spread; to scatter. See Strow.
Striæ, n. pl. channels in the shells of cockles.
Striate, or Stri a-ted, a. formed in striæ.
Stria-ture, n. disposition of striæ.
Stricken, (strik/kn) pp. from Strike :-advanced
in years nearly obsolete.

Strip, v. a. to make naked; to divest; to rob.
Strip, n. a narrow shred; a slip.

Stripe, v. a. to variegate with lines; to beat.
Stripe, n. a colored streak; a blow; a lash.
Stripled, p. a. having stripes or colored streaks.
Stripling, n. a youth; a lad.

Strip'pings, n. pl. after-milkings.

Strive, v. n. [imp. t. strove; pp. striven] to
struggle; to labor; to contend; to vie.
Striver, n. one who strives or labors.
Strō'kal, n. an instrument of glass-makers.
Stroke, n. a blow; a knock; a sound; a touch.
Stroke, v. a. to rub gently; to soothe.
Stroll, v. n. to wander; to ramble; to rove.
Stroll, n. a ramble; a wandering.
Stroller, n. a vagrant; a wanderer.
Strong, a. vigorous; powerful; mighty; hale.
Strong-hōld', n. a fortress; a fortified place.
Strongly, ad. with strength; powerfully.
Strong wá-ter, n. distilled spirits.

Strop, n. a piece of rope; a razor-strop; a strap.
Strophe, n. a stanza; first member of a poem.
Strōve, imp. t. from Strive.

Strow, (stro) v.a. [imp. t. strowed; pp. strowed,
or strown] to spread; to scatter. See Strew.
Struck, imp. t. & pp. from Strike.
Structure, (strukt/yur) n. form; an edifice.
Struggle, v. n. to labor; to strive; to contest.
Struggle, n. labor; effort; contest; agony.
Strug/gler, n. one who struggles; a striver.
Struma, n. [L.] glandular swelling; scrofula.
Stru'mous, a. scrofulous.

Strum pet, n. a lewd woman; a prostitute.
Strung, imp. t. & pp. from String.
Strut, v. n. to walk with affected dignity.
Strut, n. an affected, stately walk.
Strut ter, n. one who struts.

Stub, n. a thick, short stock; a log; a block.
Stub bed, a. truncated; short and thick.
Stub bed-ness, n. state of being short and thick.
Stubble, n. stalks of corn after reaping.
Stubborn, a. obstinate; indexible; stiff.
Stub/born-ly, ad. obstinately; inflexibly.
Stub/born-ness, n. obstinacy; contumacy.
Stub/by, a. short and thick; short and strong.
Stub'nail, n. a nail broken off; a short nail.
Stucco, n. [It.] a kind of fine plaster for walls.
Stucco, v. u. to plaster walls with stucco.
Stuck, imp. t. & pp. from Stick. [mares.
Stud, n. a post; a knob; a set of horses and
Stud, v. a. to adorn with studs or shining knobs.
strid-Student, n. one given to books; a scholar.

Strickle, n. an instrument for whetting scythes.
Strict, a. exact; severe; rigorous; confined.
Strict/ly, ad. exactly; rigorously; severely.
Strict/ness, n. exactress; severity; rigor.
Stricture, (strikt/yur) n. a stroke; contraction;
a touch of criticism; a remark; a censure.
Stride, n. a long step.

Stride, v. n. [imp. t. strode, or strid; pp.

den, or strid] to walk with jong steps.
Strid u-lous, a. making a small noise; creaking.
Strife, n. contention; contest; discord.
Strife ful, a. contentious; discordant.
Strike, v. a. [imp. t. struck; pp. struck, or
stricken] to hit with a blow; to impress;
to contract; to lower, as colors.
Strike, v. n. to make a blow; to collide.
Strike, n. a bushel; a dry measure.
Strik er, n. a person or thing that strikes.
Striking, p. a. affecting; surprising.
Striking-ly, ad. so as to affect or surprise.
Striking-ness, n. the power of surprising.
String, n. a slender rope; cord; tendon; series.
String, v. a. [imp. t. & pp. strung] to furnish
with strings; to file on a string.
Stringed, (stringd) a. having strings.
Stringent, a. binding; contracting.
String er, n. one who makes strings.

String halt, n. a disorder in horses.

Stringly, a. fibrous; filamentous; ropy.

Studied, (stud/ed) a. learned; versed in study.
*Stū di-ous, [stu de-ŭs, P. J. F. Ja.; stū1jus, S.;
studyus, E.; stu de-as, or stu'je-us, W.] a
given to study; diligent; careful.
*Stu di-ous-ly, ad. with study; diligently.
*Sta'di-ous-ness, n. addiction to study.
Stud'y, n. application to books and learning;
attention; meditation; a room for study.
Study, v. n. to think closely; to muse.
Studly, v. a. to consider attentively; to learn.
Stuff, n. any matter; cloth; furniture.
Stuff, v. a. to fill very full; to swell out.
Stuff, v. n. to feed gluttonously.
Stuffing, n. that by which any thing is filled.
Stulti-fy, v. a. to make or prove foolish,
Stum, n. must; wine unfermented.
Stumble, v, n. to trip in walking; to slip; to
Stum/ble, n. a trip in walking; a failure.
Stumbler, n. one that stumbles.

[err.

Stum bling-block, Įn. a cause of stumbling, er
Stumbling-stone, ror, or offence.