Statuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Statue
Statue (v. t.) To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.
Statued (a.) Adorned with statues.
Statueless (a.) Without a statue.
Statuelike (a.) Like a statue; motionless.
Statuesque (a.) 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.
Statuesquely (adv.) In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue.
Statuette (n.) 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.
Statuminate (v. t.) To prop or support.
Stature (n.) The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.
Statured (a.) Arrived at full stature.
Status (n.) State; condition; position of affairs.
Status in quo () Alt. of Status quo
Status quo () The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war.
Statutable (a.) Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.
Statutable (a.) Made or being in conformity to statute; standard; as, statutable measures.
Statutably (adv.) Conformably to statute.
Statute (n.) 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 fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a.
Statute (a.) An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
Statute (a.) An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.
Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
Staunch () Alt. of Staunchness
Staunchly () Alt. of Staunchness
Staunchness () See Stanch, Stanchly, etc.
Staurolite (n.) 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 aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.
Staurolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.
Stauroscope (n.) An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.
Staurotide (n.) Staurolite.
Stave (n.) One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stave
Stove () of Stave
Staving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stave
Stave (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat.
Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off.
Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.
Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run.
Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.
Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.
Stavesacre (n.) 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.
Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
Staving (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.
Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.
Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.
Stayed (imp. & p. p.) of Stay
Staid () of Stay
Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stay
Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
Stay (v. i.) To continue in a state.
Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
Stay (v. i.) To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.
Stay (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.
Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
Stay (n.) Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.
Stayedness (n.) Staidness.
Stayedness (n.) Solidity; weight.
Stayer (n.) 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, an a race.
Staylace (n.) A lace for fastening stays.
Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.
Staymaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make stays.
Staynil (n.) The European starling.
Staysail (n.) Any sail extended on a stay.
Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
Stead (n.) Place, or spot, in general.
Stead (n.) Place or room which another had, has, or might have.
Stead (n.) A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
Stead (n.) A farmhouse and offices.
Stead (v. t.) To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
Stead (v. t.) To fill place of.
Steadfast (a.) Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
Steadfast (a.) Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.
Steadfastly (adv.) In a steadfast manner; firmly.
Steadfastness (n.) The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy.
Steadily (adv.) In a steady manner.
Steadiness (n.) The quality or state of being steady.
Steading (n.) The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery.