Stewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stew
Stew (v. t.) To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.
Stew (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
Stew (v. t.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
Stew (v. t.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
Stew (v. t.) A prostitute.
Stew (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
Stew (v. t.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.
Steward (n.) A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
Steward (n.) A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
Steward (n.) A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
Steward (n.) In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
Steward (n.) In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
Steward (v. t.) To manage as a steward.
Stewardess (n.) A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.
Stewardly (adv.) In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.
Stewardship (n.) The office of a steward.
Stewartry (n.) An overseer or superintendent.
Stewartry (n.) The office of a steward; stewardship.
Stewartry (n.) In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction.
Stewish (a.) Suiting a stew, or brothel.
Stewpan (n.) A pan used for stewing.
Stewpot (n.) A pot used for stewing.
Stey (n.) See Stee.
Sthenic (a.) Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever.
Stiacciato (n.) The lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Stian (n.) A sty on the eye. See Styan.
Stibborn (a.) Stubborn.
Stibial (a.) Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.
Stibialism (n.) Antimonial intoxication or poisoning.
Stibiated (a.) Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).
Stibic (a.) Antimonic; -- used with reference to certain compounds of antimony.
Stibiconite (n.) A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellow color.
Stibine (n.) Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.
Stibious (a.) Antimonious.
Stibium (n.) The technical name of antimony.
Stibium (n.) Stibnite.
Stibnite (n.) A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.
Stibonium (n.) The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; -- called also antimonium.
Sticcado (n.) An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.
Stich (n.) A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.
Stich (n.) A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible.
Stich (n.) A row, line, or rank of trees.
Stichic (a.) Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines.
Stichida (pl. ) of Stichidium
Stichidium (n.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red algae.
Stichomancy (n.) Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.
Stichometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines.
Stichometry (n.) Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.
Stichometry (n.) Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
Stichwort (n.) A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea).
Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.
Stick (v. t.) Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
Stick (v. t.) A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick.
Stick (v. t.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used.
Stick (v. t.) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
Stuck (imp. & p. p.) of Stick
Sticked () of Stick
Sticking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stick
Stick (n.) To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
Stick (n.) To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
Stick (n.) To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
Stick (n.) To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
Stick (n.) To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
Stick (n.) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
Stick (n.) To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
Stick (n.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.
Stick (n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.
Stick (n.) To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem.
Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
Stick (v. i.) To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.
Stick (v. i.) To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
Stick (v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
Stick (v. i.) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
Sticked (imp.) Stuck.
Sticker (n.) One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
Sticker (n.) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
Sticker (n.) In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
Sticker (n.) Same as Paster, 2.
Stickfuls (pl. ) of Stickful
Stickful (n.) As much set type as fills a composing stick.
Stickiness (n.) The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.
Sticking () a. & n. from Stick, v.
Stickit (a.) Stuck; spoiled in making.
Stick-lac (n.) See the Note under Lac.
Stickled (imp. & p. p.) of Stickle
Stickling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stickle
Stickle (v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening.
Stickle (v. i.) To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
Stickle (v. i.) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
Stickle (v. t.) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
Stickle (v. t.) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.
Stickle (v. t. & i.) A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.
Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.
Stickler (v. t.) One who stickles.
Stickler (v. t.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
Stickler (v. t.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
Stick-seed (n.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.