Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 147
Stall-feed (v. t.) To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox.
Stall-fed (a.) (Of livestock) Kept and fed in a stall in order to fatten for the market.
Stalling (n.) Stabling. --Tennyson.
Stalling (n.) A tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: stall, stalling].
Stallion (n.) A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
Stallion (n.) Uncastrated adult male horse [syn: stallion, entire].
Stallmen (n. pl. ) of Stallman.
Stallman (n.) One who keeps a stall for the sale of merchandise, especially books. -- Sterne.
Stallon (n.) A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting. [R.] -- Holinshed. Stalwart
Stalwart (a.) Alt. of Stalworth.
Stalworth (a.) 健壯的；結實的；堅定的，堅決的；勇敢的，英勇的 Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller of the soil." -- Prof. Wilson.
Fair man he was and wise, stalworth and bold. -- R. of Brunne.
Note: Stalworth is now disused, or but little used, stalwart having taken its place.
Stalwart (a.) Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy].
Stalwart (a.) Dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn: stalwart, stout].
Stalwart (a.) Used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army" [syn: stalwart, stouthearted].
Stalwart (n.) A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) [syn: loyalist, stalwart].
Stalworth (a.) Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller of the soil." -- Prof. Wilson.
Fair man he was and wise, stalworth and bold. -- R. of Brunne.
Note: Stalworth is now disused, or but little used, stalwart having taken its place.
Stalwart (a.) Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy].
Stalwart (a.) Dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn: stalwart, stout].
Stalwart (a.) Used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army" [syn: stalwart, stouthearted].
Stalwart (n.) A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) [syn: loyalist, stalwart].
Stalwart (n.) [C] 健壯的人；忠實成員，堅定分子 A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) [syn: loyalist, stalwart].
Stalwartly (adv.) In a stalwart manner.
Stalwartness (n.) The quality of being stalwart. Stalworthhood
Stalwartness (n.) The property of being strong and resolute [syn: stoutness, stalwartness].
Stalworthhood (n.) Alt. of Stalworthness.
Stalworthness (n.) The quality or state of being stalworth; stalwartness; boldness; daring. [Obs.]
Stamens (n. pl. ) of Stamen.
Stamina (n. pl. ) of Stamen.
Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread.
Stamen (n.) (pl. Stamens, rarely Stamina.) (Bot.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
Stamen (n.) The male reproductive organ of a flower.
Stamened (a.) Furnished with stamens.
Stamin (n.) A kind of woolen cloth. [Written also stamine.] [Obs.]
Stamina (n. pl.) See Stamen.
Stamina (n. pl.) The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
Stamina (n. pl.) Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. -- De Quincey.
Stamina (n. pl.) Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working.
Stamina (n.) Enduring strength and energy [syn: stamina, staying power, toughness].
Staminal (a.) Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.
Staminate (a.) (Bot.) Furnished with stamens; producing stamens.
Staminate (a.) (Bot.) Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
Staminate (v. t.) To indue with stamina. [R.] Stamineal
Staminate (a.) Capable of fertilizing female organs [syn: antheral, staminate].
Stamineal (a.) Alt. of Stamineous.
Stamineous (a.) Consisting of stamens or threads.
Stamineous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary.
Staminiferous (a.) Bearing or having stamens.
Staminode (n.) (Bot.) A staminodium.
Staminodia (n. pl. ) of Staminodium.
Staminodium (n.) (Bot.) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.
Stammel (n.) A large, clumsy horse. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Stammel (n.) A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color. [Obs.]
Stammel (n.) A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries. -- B. Jonson.
Stammel (a.) Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.
Stammel (n.) A coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red.
Stammered (imp. & p. p.) of Stammer.
Stammering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stammer.
Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this concealed man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all. -- Shak.
Stammer (v. t.) To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
Stammer (n.) Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
Stammer (n.) A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds [syn: stammer, stutter].
Stammer (v.) Speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter, stammer, falter].
Stammerer (n.) One who stammers.
Stammering (a.) Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.
Stammering (n.) (Physiol.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
Stamped (imp. & p. p.) of Stamp.
Stamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stamp.
Stamp (v. t.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. -- Shak.
Stamp (v. t.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
Stamp (v. t.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small. -- Deut. ix. 21.
Stamp (v. t.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
Stamp (v. t.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. -- Locke.
Stamp (v. t.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
Stamp (v. t.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.
Stamp (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind. -- Chaucer.
Stamp (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.
But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies. -- Dennis.
Stamp (n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot.
Stamp (n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy. -- Dryden.
Stamp (n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. -- Dryden.
Stamp (n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped.
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks. -- Shak.
Stamp (n.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. [Obs.]
At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. -- Addison.
Stamp (n.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
Stamp (n.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
Stamp (n.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
Stamp (n.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. -- Sir T. Browne.
Stamp (n.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
A soldier of this season's stamp. -- Shak.
Stamp (n.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
Stamp (n.) A half-penny. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Stamp (n.) pl. Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.]
Stamp act, An act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null and void.
Stamp collector, (a) an officer who receives or collects stamp duties.
Stamp collector, (b) one who collects postage or other stamps, as an avocation or for investment; a philatelist.
Stamp duty, A duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. [Eng.]
Stamp hammer, A hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill.
Stamp head, A heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill.
Stamp mill (Mining), A mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore.
Stamp note, A stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [Eng.]
Stamp office, An office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties.
Stamp (n.) The distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast, mold, mould, stamp].
Stamp (n.) A type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed".
Stamp (n.) A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" [syn: stamp, impression].
Stamp (n.) A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid [syn: postage, postage stamp, stamp].
Stamp (n.) Something that can be used as an official medium of payment [syn: tender, legal tender, stamp].
Stamp (n.) A small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid [syn: revenue stamp, stamp].
Stamp (n.) Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp, pestle].
Stamp (n.) A block or die used to imprint a mark or design.
Stamp (n.) A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents [syn: seal, stamp].
Stamp (v.) Walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" [syn: stomp, stamp, stump].
Stamp (v.) To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps".
Stamp (v.) Reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic".
Stamp (v.) Affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?"
Stamp (v.) Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp].
Stamp (v.) Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny".
Stamp (v.) Form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles".
Stamp (v.) Crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice".
Stamp (v.) Raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss, boss, stamp].
Stamp, () revenue. An impression made on paper, by order of the government, which must be used in reducing certain contracts to writing, for The purpose of raising a revenue. Vide Stark. Ev. h.t.; 1 Phil. Ev. 444.
Stamp, () Maryland is the only state in the United States that has enacted a stamp.
Stampede (n.) A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
Stampede (n.) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse; as, a stampede to the gold regions; a stampede in a convention; a stampede toward U. S. bonds in the credit markets.
She and her husband would join in the general stampede. -- W. Black.
Stampede (v. i.) To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
Stampede (v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
Stampede (n.) A headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits".
Stampede (n.) A wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle).
Stampede (v.) Cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals",
Stampede (v.) Cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating".
Stampede (v.) Act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software".
Stampede (v.) Run away in a stampede.
Stamper (n.) One who stamps.
Stamper (n.) An instrument for pounding or stamping.
Stamper (n.) A workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine).
Stamper (n.) Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground [syn: stamper, stomper, tramper, trampler].
Stamper (n.) A power tool that stamps; "a metal stamper" [syn: stamping machine, stamper].
Stamping () a. & n. from Stamp, v.
Stamping ground, A place frequented, and much trodden, by animals, wild or domesticated; hence (Colloq.), the scene of one's labors or exploits; also, one's favorite resort; in this sense, often called stomping ground. [U.S.]
Stamping machine, A machine for forming metallic articles or impressions by stamping.
Stamping mill (Mining), A stamp mill.
Stamping ground (n.) A frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground].
Stamping Ground, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 566
Housing Units (2000): 245
Land area (2000): 0.636280 sq. miles (1.647957 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.636280 sq. miles (1.647957 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73038
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.271772 N, 84.684402 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 40379
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Stamping Ground, KY
Stamping Ground
Stamping ground (n.) [ C ] (Informal) 常去的地方；愛去的地方 A place or area that someone is very familiar with and where they like to spend time.
// Do you ever go back to any of our old stamping grounds?
Stance (n.) A stanza. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Stance (n.) A station; a position; a site. [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Stance (n.) (Golf, Baseball) The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke or at bat.
Stance (n.) the mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts in respect to something.
Stance (n.) Standing posture.
Stance (n.) A rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance, posture].
Stanched (imp. & p. p.) of Stanch.
Stanching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stanch.
Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. [Written also staunch.]
Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the bleeding of the nose. -- Bacon.
Stanch (v. t.) To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
Stanch (v. i.) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
Immediately her issue of blood stanched. -- Luke viii. 44.
Stanch (n.) That which stanches or checks. [Obs.]
Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. -- Knight.
Stanch (a.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. -- Evelyn.
Stanch (a.) Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. -- V. Knox.
In politics I hear you 're stanch. -- Prior.
Stanch (a.) Close; secret;
private. [Obs.]
This is to be kept stanch. -- Locke.
Stanch (v. t.) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
His gathered sticks to stanch the wall Of the snow tower when snow should fall. -- Emerson.
Stanch (v.) Stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" [syn: stem, stanch, staunch, halt].
Stanchel (n.) A stanchion.
Stanchion (n.) [Written also
stanchel.] (Arch.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form
of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.
Stanchion (n.) (Naut.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
Stanchion (n.) A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
Stannel (n.) (Zool.) The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. [Written also staniel, stannyel, and stanyel.]
With what wing the staniel checks at it. -- Shak.
Stancher (n.) One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood.
Stanchion (n.) (Arch.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.
Stanchion (n.) (Naut.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
Stanchion (n.) A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
Stanchion (n.) Any vertical post or rod used as a support.
Stanchless (a.) Incapable of being stanched, or stopped.
Stanchless (a.) Unquenchable; insatiable. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Stanchly (adv.) In a stanch manner.
Stanchly (adv.) In a staunch manner; "he staunchly defended his principles" [syn: staunchly, stanchly].
Stanchness (n.) The quality or state of being stanch.
Stood (imp. & p. p.) of Stand.
Standing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stand.
Stand (v. i.) 站立，站著；站起 [（+up）]；（身高，溫度，得分等）是…… [（+at）] To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as:
Stand (v. i.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. "I pray you all, stand up!" -- Shak.