Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 145
Stag (n.) A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
Stag (n.) A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull seg}. See the Note under {Ox}.
Stag (n.) (Stock Exchange) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. [Cant]
Stag (n.) (Stock Exchange) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant]
Stag (n.) (Zool.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
Stag beetle (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Lucanus and allied genera, especially Lucanus cervus of Europe and Lucanus dama of the United States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug, and horse beetle.
Stag dance, A dance by men only. [Slang, U.S.]
Stag hog (Zool.), The babiroussa.
Stag-horn coral (Zool.), Any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially Madrepora cervicornis, and Madrepora palmata, of Florida and the West Indies.
Stag-horn fern (Bot.), An Australian and West African fern ({Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.
Stag-horn sumac (Bot.), A common American shrub ({Rhus typhina) having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.
Stag party, A party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]
Stag tick (Zool.), A parasitic dipterous insect of the family Hippoboscidae, which lives upon the stag and is usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that case has wings.
Stag (v. i.) (Com.) To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks. [Cant]
Stag (v. t.) To watch; to dog, or keep track of. [Prov. Eng. Or Slag] -- H, Kingsley.
Steg (n.) (Zool.) A gander. [Written also {stag}.] [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Stag (n.) A male deer, especially an adult male red deer [syn: {hart}, {stag}].
Stag (n.) Adult male deer.
Stag (v.) Attend a dance or a party without a female companion.
Stag (v.) Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: {denounce}, {tell on}, {betray}, {give away}, {rat}, {grass}, {shit}, {shop}, {snitch}, {stag}].
Stag (v.) Watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: {spy}, {stag}, {snoop}, {sleuth}].
Stage (n.) A floor or story of a house. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Stage (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
Stage (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
Stage (n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage. -- Pope.
Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. -- C. Sprague.
Stage (n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or career; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs; as, politicians must live their lives on the public stage.
When we are born, we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools. -- Shak.
Music and ethereal mirth Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring. -- Miton.
Stage (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of {Microscope}.
Stage (n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.
A stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a road. -- Jeffrey.
He traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite horse performing the journey by easy stages. -- Smiles.
Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.
Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society. -- Macaulay.
Stage (n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. "A parcel sent you by the stage." -- Cowper. [Obsolescent].
I went in the sixpenny stage. -- Swift.
Stage (n.) (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
Stage box, A box close to the stage in a theater.
Stage carriage, A stagecoach.
Stage door, The actors' and workmen's entrance to a theater.
Stage lights, The lights by which the stage in a theater is illuminated.
Stage micrometer, A graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object.
Stage wagon, A wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods.
Stage whisper, A loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside.
Stage (v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly. -- Shak.
Stage (n.) Any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" [syn: {phase}, {stage}].
Stage (n.) A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: {degree}, {level}, {stage}, {point}].
Stage (n.) A large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box".
Stage (n.) The theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage".
Stage (n.) A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles" [syn: {stagecoach}, {stage}].
Stage (n.) A section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" [syn: {stage}, {leg}].
Stage (n.) Any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations".
Stage (n.) A small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination [syn: {stage}, {microscope stage}].
Stage (v.) Perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: {stage}, {present}, {represent}].
Stage (v.) Plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion" [syn: {stage}, {arrange}].
Stagecoach (n.) （美國舊時的）驛馬車，定期公共馬車 [C] A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.
Stagecoach (n.) A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles" [syn: {stagecoach}, {stage}].
Stagecoach, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 455
Housing Units (2000): 162
Land area (2000): 1.137662 sq. miles (2.946532 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.052596 sq. miles (0.136222 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.190258 sq. miles (3.082754 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69932
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.142858 N, 95.711232 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Stagecoach, TX
Stagecoach
Stagecoachmen (n. pl. ) of Stagecoachman.
Stagecoachman (n.) 驛車 [公共馬車] 趕車人 One who drives a stagecoach.
Stagehouse (n.) 舞臺用房 A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.
Stagely (a.) Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.
Stageplay (n.) A dramatic or theatrical entertainment.
Stageplayer (n.) An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.
Stager (n.) A player.
Stager (n.) One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
Stager (n.) A horse used in drawing a stage.
Stagery (n.) Exhibition on the stage.
Stage-struck (a.) Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.
Stag-evil (n.) A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse.
Stagflation (n.) Persistent inflation combined with stagnant consumer demand and relatively high unemployment.
Staggard (n.) The male red deer when four years old.
Staggered (imp. & p. p.) of Stagger.
Staggering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagger.
Stagger (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
Stagger (n.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
Stagger (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
Stagger (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter.
Stagger (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
Stagger (v. t.) To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
Stagger (n.) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
Stagger (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
Stagger (n.) Bewilderment; perplexity.
Staggerbush (n.) An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.
Staggeringly (adv.) In a staggering manner.
Staggerwort (n.) A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea).
Stag-horn coral () Alt. of Stag-horn fern.
Stag-horn fern () See under Stag.
Stag-horned (a.) Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles.
Staghound (n.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.
Staging (n.) A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
Staging (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.
Staging (n.) [ C ] The performance of a play or show.
// The production is a modern staging of the fairy tale "Cinderella".
Stagirite
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Stagnancy (n.) State of being stagnant.
Stagnant (a.) That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.
Stagnant (a.) Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.
Stagnantly (adv.) In a stagnant manner.
Stagnated (imp. & p. p.) of Stagnate.
Stagnating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagnate.
Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
Stagnate (a.) Stagnant.
Stagnation (n.) The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.
Stagnation (n.) The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business.
Stagworm (n.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.
Stahlian (a.) Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.
Stahlian (n.) A believer in, or advocate of, Stahlism.
Stahlism (n.) Alt. of Stahlianism.
Stahlianism (n.) The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul.
Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Staid (a.) Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful.
Staidly (adv.) In a staid manner, sedately.
Staidness (n.) The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity.
Stail (n.) A handle, as of a mop; a stale.
Stained (imp. & p. p.) of Stain.
Staining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stain.
Stain (v. t.) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
Stain (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.
Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Stain (v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
Stain (v. i.) To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
Stain (n.) A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.
Stain (n.) A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Stain (n.) Cause of reproach; shame.
Stain (n.) A tincture; a tinge.
Stainer (n.) One who stains or tarnishes.
Stainer (n.) A workman who stains; as, a stainer of wood.
Stainless (a.) Free from stain; immaculate.
Stainlessly (adv.) In a stainless manner.
Stair (n.) One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.
Stair (n.) A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only.
Staircase (n.) A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.
Stairhead (n.) The head or top of a staircase.
Stairway (n.) A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.
Staith (n.) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.
Staithman (n.) A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith.
Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.