A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
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Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm.
Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.
The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens.
Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.
The light of the stars.
See Nostoc.
Asteriated sapphire.
To leap; to jump.
A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
A Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union which provided for stepwise reductions in the number of nuclear weapons possessed by each country.
Upstart.
One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.
Apt to start; skittish.
Aptness to start.
Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.
a. n. from Start, v.
By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
In a startling manner.
Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a horse.
The act of starving, or the state of being starved.
To destroy with cold.
In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
Hungry; lean; pining with want.
Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster. A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed.
In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.
A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.
That can be stated; as, a statable grievance; the question at issue is statable.
Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government.
In a standing position; as, a lion statant.
Fixed; settled; steady; statary.
Fixedly; steadily.
Fixed; settled.
A statement; also, a document containing a statement.
See under State, n.
The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
Settled; established; fixed.
At stated times; regularly.
Full of state; stately.
The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol.
Without state or pomp.
In a stately manner.
The quality or state of being stately.
Majestically; loftily.
The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or on paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.
The principal gold coin of ancient Greece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about /1 2s., or about $5.35 (in 1890 value). The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.
A magnificent room in a palace or great house.
In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.
A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
Becoming a statesman.
The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
A woman concerned in public affairs.
A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.
In a statical manner.
That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics.
The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.
To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coast of Africa.
Of or pertaining to a station.
The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.
One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.
Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer.
The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.
A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.
Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge; statistical tabulation.
In the way of statistics.
One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.
The science which has to do with the collection, classification, and analysis of facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic. The science dealing with collection, tabulation, and analysis of facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
See Statistics, 2.
Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh-water species; -- also called winter buds.
Government by the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by ecclesiastical power.
A stationary part in or about which another part (the rotor) revolves, esp. when both are large; The stationary member of an electrical machine, as of an induction motor. The case inclosing a turbine wheel; the body of stationary blades or nozzles.
Shortened form of statistics{2} (b).
A statue.
One who practices the art of making statues.
To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.
Adorned with statues.
Without a statue.
Like a statue; motionless.
Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude.
In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue.
A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine.
To prop or support.
The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.
Arrived at full stature.
State; condition; position of affairs.
Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.
Conformably to statute.
An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction from common law. See Common law, under Common, a.
Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of alumina and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.
Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.
An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.
Staurolite.
To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
pl. of Staff. pl. of Stave.
A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.
A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
A casing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.
To be fixed or set; to stay.
That which serves as a prop; a support.
Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
Staidly. See Staidly.
Staidness.
One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, as in a race.
A lace for fastening stays.
Without stop or delay.
One whose occupation is to make stays.
The European starling.
Any sail extended on a stay.
A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
In a steadfast manner; firmly.
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