One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.

Act or process of making stiff.

Somewhat stiff.

In a stiff manner.

The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.

The ruddy duck.

To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.

Stifling.

One who, or that which, stifles.

A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.

pl. of Stigma.

A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.

Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.

With a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity.

One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds. See Stigma, 8.

The act of stigmatizing.

To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.

Same as Stigmatic.

Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.

Stanza.

Of or pertaining to the style of a dial.

A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.

A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.

A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.

A stiletto.

To stab or kill with a stiletto.

To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.

a type of painting in which inanimate objects such as flowers or fruit are represented.

a section of a stream that is flat and moves slowly.

a table wine which is not effervescent; a non-sparkling wine.

To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.

Ever closing.

A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.

A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.

Falling in drops; drawn by a still.

An alembic; a vessel for distillation.

The birth of a dead fetus.

Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.

One who stills, or quiets.

A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.

A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves.

Falling in drops.

Having the form of a drop.

A stillion.

A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.

The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

A room for distilling.

A standstill.

In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly.

A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.

To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.

See Stilt, n., 3.

Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.

To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.

A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very rich in fat.

Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.

A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse.

See Stymie.

That which stimulates, provokes, or excites.

The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.

Having the quality of stimulating. That which stimulates.

One who stimulates.

A woman who stimulates.

The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation. The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.

A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action.

To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray.

The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.

One who, or that which, stings.

The weever.

In a stingy manner.

The quality or state of being stingy.

Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.

Having no sting.

Old beer; sharp or strong liquor.

Any one of numerous rays of the family Dasyatidae, syn. Trygonidae, having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American Pacific coast, are very destructive to oysters.

A sting ray.

Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

A mean, stinking, paltry fellow.

A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.

One who, or that which, stinks.

A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor.

a. n. from Stink, v.

In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.

An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.

One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone.

Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura.

A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.

Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

Restraint; stoppage.

The state of being stinted.

One who, or that which, stints.

Without stint or restraint.

The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern. The stalk of a pistil. The trunk of a tree. The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

The stipule of a leaflet.

Having stipels.

To pay by settled wages.

Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary.

One who receives a stipend.

To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.

Having no stipend.

The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean. An eyestalk.

Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

See Styptic.

A stipule.

Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular tendrils.

Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.

To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France.

The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.

One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.

An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.

Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.

The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.