Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 146
Stake (n.) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
Stake (n.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
Stake (n.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
Stake (n.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
Stake (n.) (Mormon Ch.) A territorial division; -- called also stake of Zion.
Every city, or "stake," including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men. -- Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
At stake, In danger; hazarded; pledged. "I see my reputation is at stake." -- Shak.
Staked (imp. & p. p.) of Stake.
Staking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stake.
Stake (v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
Stake (v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays. -- Pope.
Stake (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake. -- Spectator.
Stake (n.) (Law) A right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future" [syn: interest, stake].
Stake (n.) A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake" [syn: post, stake].
Stake (n.) Instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning.
Stake (n.) The money risked on a gamble [syn: stake, stakes, bet, wager].
Stake (n.) A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground.
Stake (v.) Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize].
Stake (v.) Place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt].
Stake (v.) Mark with a stake; "stake out the path" [syn: stake, post].
Stake (v.) Tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat".
Stake (v.) Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" [syn: impale, stake].
Stake-driver (n.) (Zool.) The common American bittern ({Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.
Compare: Bittern
Bittern (n.) (Zool.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
Note: The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the least+bittern+({Ardetta+exilis">least bittern ({Ardetta exilis), and the sun bittern.
Stakehead (n.) (Rope Making) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
Stakeholder (n.) 賭金保管人 The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
Stakeholder (n.) Someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner.
Stakeholder (n.), Contracts. A third person, chosen by two or more persons, to keep in deposit property, the right or possession of which is contested between them and to be delivered to the one who shall establish his right to it. Thus each of them is considered as depositing the whole thing. This distinguishes this contract from that which takes place when two or more tenants in common deposit a thing with a bailee. Domat, Lois Civ. liv. 1, t. 7, s. 4; 1 Vern. R. 44, n. 1.
Stakeholder (n.) A person having in his hands money or other property claimed by several others, is considered in equity as a stakeholder. 1 Vern. R. 144.
Stakeholder (n.) The duties of a stakeholder are to deliver the thing holden by him to the person entitled to it on demand. It is frequently questionable who is entitled to it. In case of an unlawful wager, although be may be justified for delivering the thing to the winner, by the express or implied consent of the loser; 8, John. 147; yet if before the event has happened he has been required by either party to give up the thing deposited with him by such party, he is bound so to deliver it; 3 Taunt. 377; 4 Taunt. 492; or if, after the event has happened, the losing party give notice to the stakeholder not to pay the winner, a payment made to him afterwards will be made in his own wrong, and the party who deposited the money or thing may recover it from the stakeholder. 16 S. & R. 147; 7 T. R. 536; 8 T. R. 575; 4 Taunt. 474; 2 Marsh. 542. See 3 Penna. R. 468; 4 John. 426; 5 Wend. 250; 2 P. A. Browne, 182; 1 Bailey, 486, 503. See Wagers.
Stakeholder (n.) [C] (Share) 持股人，股東 A person or group of people who own a share in a business.
Stakeholder (n.) （組織、社團等的）利害關係人，有權益關係者 A person such as an employee, customer, or citizen who is involved with an organization, society, etc. and therefore has responsibilities towards it and an interest in its success.
Stakeholder (n.) [ C ] (Risk) 賭金保管人 A person who is in charge of the prize money given by people betting on the result of a game or competition and who gives it to the winner.
Staktometer (n.) 滴數計；表面張力計 A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See {Pipette}. -- Sir. D. Brewster.
Staktometer (n.) (In British) (or Stactometer) An instrument for counting drops of liquid, consisting of a glass tube with a hollow bulb in it and one narrow end with a small opening. Also called: Stalagmometer.
Stal (obs. imp. of Steal.) Stole. -- Chaucer. Stalactic
Stalactic (a.) Alt. of Stalactical.
Stalactical (a.) (Geol.) Stalactic.
Stalactiform (a.) Like a stalactite; resembling a stalactite.
Stalactites (n. pl. ) of Stalactite.
Stalactite (n.) (Geol.) A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.
Stalactite (n.) (Geol.) In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava.
Stalactite (n.; pl. Stalactites) (Geol.) A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment.
Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.
Stalactite (n.; pl. Stalactites) (Geol.) In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava.
Stalactites (n.) A stalactite. [Obs.] -- Woodward. Stalactitic
Stalactitic (a.) Alt. of Stalactitical.
Stalactitical (a.) (Geol.) Of or pertaining to a stalactite; having the form or characters of a stalactite; stalactic.
Stalactitiform (a.) Having the form of a stalactite; stalactiform.
Stalagmite (n.) (Geol.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material. Stalagmitic
Stalagmitic (a.) Alt. of Stalagmitical.
Stalagmitical (a.) Having the form or structure of stalagmites. -- Stal`ag*mit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Stalagmometer (n.) (Chemistry, Physics.) 滴數計；表面張力計 An instrument for determining the number of drops, or the weight of each drop, in a given volume of liquid.
Compare: Staktometer
Staktometer (n.) A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette. -- Sir D. Brewster.
Stalder (n.) A wooden frame to set casks on. [Prov. Eng.]
Stale (n.) The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [Written also steal, stele, etc.]
But seeing the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go No further than it might be seen. -- Chapman.
Stale (a.) Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.
Stale (a.) Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.
Stale (a.) Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed. "A stale virgin." -- Spectator.
Stale (a.) Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common. -- Swift.
Wit itself, if stale is less pleasing. -- Grew.
How weary, stale flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! -- Shak.
Stale affidavit (Law), An affidavit held above a year. -- Craig.
Stale demand (Law), A claim or demand which has not been pressed or demanded for a long time.
Staled (imp. & p. p.) of Stale.
Staling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stale.
Stale (v. t.) To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. -- Shak.
Stale (v. i.) To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle. -- Hudibras.
Stale (n.) That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use. [Obs.]
Stale (n.) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
Stale (n.) Urine, esp. that of beasts. "Stale of horses." -- Shak.
Stale (n.) Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon. [Obs.]
Still, as he went, he crafty stales did lay. -- Spenser.
Stale (n.) A stalking-horse. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Stale (n.) (Chess) A stalemate. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Stale (n.) A laughingstock; a dupe. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Stale (a.) Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" [ant: fresh].
Stale (a.) Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth- eaten theories about race"; "stale news" [syn: cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten].
Stale (v.) Urinate, of cattle and horses.
Stalely (adv.) In a state stale manner.
Stalely (adv.) Of old; long since. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Stalemate (n.) (Chess) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.
Stalemate (v. t.) (Chess) To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.
Stalemate (n.) A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill].
Stalemate (n.) Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check.
Stalemate (v.) Subject to a stalemate.
Staleness (n.) The quality or state of being stale.
Staleness (n.) Unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn: triteness, staleness].
Staleness (n.) Having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging [ant: freshness].
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (n.) [a] (18 December 1878[2] – 5 March 1953) 約瑟夫·維薩里奧諾維奇·史達林 Was a Soviet revolutionary and political leader. He governed the Soviet Union as dictator from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. In this capacity, he served as the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1953 and as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952. Ideologically a Marxist and a Leninist, he helped to formalise these ideas as Marxism-Leninism while his own policies and theories became known as Stalinism.
Stalk (n.) (Bot.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
Stalk (n.) (Bot.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
Stalk (n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill. -- Grew.
Stalk (n.) (Arch.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
Stalk (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.]
To climb by the rungs and the stalks. -- Chaucer.
Stalk (n.) (Zool.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
Stalk (n.) (Zool.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
Stalk (n.) (Zool.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
Stalk (n.) (Founding) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
Stalk borer (Zool.), The larva of a noctuid moth ({Gortyna nitela), which bores in the stalks of the raspberry, strawberry, tomato, asters, and many other garden plants, often doing much injury.
Stalked (imp. & p. p.) of Stalk.
Stalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stalk.
Stalk (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun. -- Shak.
Into the chamber he stalked him full still. -- Chaucer.
[Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, Pressing to be employed. -- Dryden.
Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he. -- Bacon.
One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk. -- Drayton.
Stalk (v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
With manly mien he stalked along the ground. -- Dryden.
Then stalking through the deep, He fords the ocean. -- Addison.
I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he has long stalked alone and unchallenged. -- Merivale.
Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer. -- Sir W. Scott.
Stalk (v. t.) To follow (a person) persistently, with or without attempts to evade detection; as, the paparazzi stalk celebrities to get candid photographs; obsessed fans may stalk their favorite movie stars.
Stalk (n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.
Thus twice before, . . . With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. -- Shak.
The which with monstrous stalk behind him stepped. -- Spenser.
Stalk (n.) The act or process of stalking.
When the stalk was over (the antelope took alarm and ran off before I was within rifle shot) I came back. -- T. Roosevelt.
Stalk (n.) Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble].
Stalk (n.) A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ [syn: stalk, stem].
Stalk (n.) A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush [syn: stalk, stalking, still hunt].
Stalk (n.) The act of following prey stealthily [syn: stalk, stalking].
Stalk (n.) A stiff or threatening gait [syn: stalk, angry walk].
Stalk (v.) Walk stiffly.
Stalk (v.) Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her" [syn: haunt, stalk].
Stalk (v.) Go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer".
Stalked (a.) Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
Stalked barnacle (Zool.), A goose barnacle, or anatifer; -- called also stalk barnacle.
Stalked crinoid (Zool.), Any crinoid having a jointed stem.
Stalked (a.) Having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk" [syn: pedunculate, stalked] [ant: sessile, stalkless]
Stalker (n.) One who stalks.
Stalker (n.) A kind of fishing net.
Stalker (n.) Someone who walks with long stiff strides.
Stalker (n.) Someone who stalks game.
Stalker (n.) Someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions [syn: prowler, sneak, stalker].
Stalk-eyed (a.) (Zool.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.
Stalk-eyed crustaceans. (Zool.) See Podophthalmia.
Stalking (n.) A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush [syn: stalk, stalking, still hunt].
Stalking (n.) The act of following prey stealthily [syn: stalk, stalking].
Stalking (n.) [ U ] 【律】盯梢他人（圖謀不軌）罪 The crime of illegally following and watching someone over a period of time.
// He was arrested for stalking.
Stalking-horse (n.) A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.
Stalking-horse (n.) Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an affectation of simplicity and religion. -- L'Estrange.
How much more abominable is it to make of him [Christ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and enjoy the world! -- Bunyan.
Stalking-horse (n.) A candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate.
Stalking-horse (n.) Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason [syn: pretext, stalking-horse].
Stalking-horse (n.) Screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game.
Stalking-horse (n.) A horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game.
Stalkless (a.) Having no stalk.
Stalkless (a.) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate" [syn: sessile, stalkless] [ant: pedunculate, stalked].
Stalky (a.) Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.
At the top [it] bears a great stalky head. -- Mortimer.
Stall (n.) A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal. "In an oxes stall." -- Chaucer.
Stall (n.) A stable; a place for cattle.
At last he found a stall where oxen stood. -- Dryden.
Stall (n.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
Stall (n.) A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid. -- Gay.
Stall (n.) A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides.
The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls. -- Bp. Warburton.
Loud the monks sang in their stalls. -- Longfellow.
Stall (n.) In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
Stall (n.) (Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
Stall (n.) A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.
Stall reader, One who reads books at a stall where they are exposed for sale.
Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on A titlepage is this!" -- Milton.
Stalled (imp. & p. p.) of Stall.
Stalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall.
Stall (v. t.) To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled. -- Dryden.
Stall (v. t.) To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
Stall (v. t.) To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Stall (v. t.) To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. -- Burton.
His horses had been stalled in the snow. -- E. E. Hale.
Stall (v. t.) To forestall; to anticipitate. [Obs.]
This is not to be stall'd by my report. -- Massinger.
Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]
Stall this in your bosom. -- Shak.
Stall (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.]
We could not stall together In the whole world. -- Shak.
Stall (v. i.) To kennel, as dogs. -- Johnson.
Stall (v. i.) To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
Stall (v. i.) To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
Stall (n.) A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed.
Stall (n.) Small area set off by walls for special use [syn: booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk].
Stall (n.) A booth where articles are displayed for sale [syn: stall, stand, sales booth].
Stall (n.) A malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it".
Stall (n.) Seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater.
Stall (n.) Small individual study area in a library [syn: carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall].
Stall (n.) A tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: stall, stalling].
Stall (v.) Postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally].
Stall (v.) Come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" [syn: stall, conk].
Stall (v.) Deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling".
Stall (v.) Put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse".
Stall (v.) Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes.
Stall (v.) Cause an airplane to go into a stall.
Stall (v.) Cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car".
Stallage (n.) (Eng. Law) The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall.
Stallage (n.) Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw. [Obs.]
Stallation (n.) Installation. [Obs.]
Stalled (a.) Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. "A stalled ox." -- Prov. xv. 17.
Staller, (n.) A standard bearer. [R.] -- Fuller.
Stall-fed (imp. & p. p.) of Stall-feed.
Stall-feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall-feed.