Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 157
Stereotype (v. t.) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
Stereotype (v. t.) Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. -- Duke of Argyll (1887).
Stereotype (n.) A conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding".
Stereotype (v.) Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp].
Stereotype (n.) [ C ] (Disapproving) (C1) （尤指錯誤的）刻板印象，老套俗見，成見 A set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong.
// Racial/ sexual stereotypes.
// He doesn't conform to/ fit/ fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman.
// The characters in the book are just stereotypes.
Stereotype (v.) [ T ] (Disapproving) 對…形成刻板的看法；（尤指）對…有成見 To have a set idea about what a particular type of person is like, especially an idea that is wrong.
// The study claims that British advertising stereotypes women.
// We tried not to give the children sexually stereotyped toys.
Stereotyped (a.) Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates.
Stereotyped (a.) Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions.
Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. -- J. C. Shairp.
Stereotyped (a.) Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative" [syn: stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative].
Stereotyper (n.) One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.
Stereotypery (n.) The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates.
Stereotypery (n.) A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
Stereotypic (a.) Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates.
Stereotypic (a.) Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative" [syn: stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative].
Stereotypist (n.) A stereotyper.
Stereotypographer (n.) A stereotype printer.
Stereotypography (n.) The act or art of printing from stereotype plates.
Stereotypy (n.) The art or process of making stereotype plates.
Sterhydraulic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a press in action or principle.
Sterhydraulic press, an hydraulic press producing pressure or motion by the introduction of a solid substance (as a long rod, or a cord wound on a roller) into a cylinder previously filled with a liquid.
Sterile (a.) Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.
Sterile (a.) (Biol.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.
Sterile (a.) (Biol.) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.
Sterile (a.) Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.
Sterile (a.) Incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" [syn: sterile, unfertile, infertile] [ant: fertile].
Sterile (a.) Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques" [syn: aseptic, sterile].
Sterile (a.) Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing" [syn: sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive].
Sterility (n.) The quality or condition of being sterile.
Sterility (n.) (Biol.) Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores.
Sterility (n.) (Of non-living objects) The state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness].
Sterility (n.) The state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate [syn: sterility, infertility] [ant: fecundity, fertility].
Sterility. () Barrenness; incapacity to produce a child. It is curable and incurable; when of the latter kind, at the time of the marriage, and arising from impotency, it is a good cause for dissolving a marriage. 1 Fodere, Med. Leg. Sec. 254. See Impotency.
Sterilization (n.) (Biol.) The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
Sterilization (n.) The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) [syn: sterilization, sterilisation].
Sterilization (n.) The procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) [syn: sterilization, sterilisation].
Sterilized (imp. & p. p.) of Sterilize.
Sterilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sterilize.
Sterilize (v. t.) To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility. [R.] "Sterilizing the earth." -- Woodward.
Sterilize (v. t.) (Biol.) To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.
Sterilize (v. t.) (Microbiology, Medicine) To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture) or on (a medical
instrument), as by heat, so as to prevent contamination by bacteria or other organisms. A common method of sterilization in laboratories and medical facilities is to heat a liquid sample or an instrument in an autoclave.
Sterilize (v. t.) To destroy all spores or germs on (a surface) by wetting with an antiseptic liquid, such as an alcoholic solution.
Sterilize (v.) Make free from bacteria [syn: sterilize, sterilise].
Sterilize (v.) Make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" [syn: sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix].
Sterlet (n.) (Zool.) A small sturgeon ({Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.
Sterling (n.) (Engin.) Same as Starling, 3.
Sterling (n.) Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
So that ye offer nobles or sterlings. -- Chaucer.
And Roman wealth in English sterling view. -- Arbuthnot.
Sterling (n.) A certain standard of quality or value for money.
Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign. -- S. M. Leake.
Sterling (a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used. "With sterling money." -- Shak.
Sterling (a.) Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.
Starling (n.) (Zool.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra.
Starling (n.) (Zool.) A California fish; the rock trout.
Starling (n.) A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
Rose-colored starling. (Zool.) See Pastor.
Sterling (a.) Highest in quality [syn: greatest, sterling(a), superlative].
Sterling (n.) British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK.
Sterling. () Current money of Great Britain, but anciently a small coin, worth about one penny; and so called, as some suppose, because it was stamped with the figure of a small star, or, as others suppose, because it was first stamped in England in the reign of King John, by merchants from Germany called Esterlings. Pounds sterling, originally signified so many pounds in weight of these coins. Thus we find in Matthew Paris, A.D. 1242, the expression "Accepit a rege pro stipendio tredecim libras esterlingorum." The secondary or derived sense is a certain value in current money, whether in coins or other currency. Lowndes, 14. Watts' Gloss. Ad verbum.
Sterling -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 1393
Housing Units (2000): 633
Land area (2000): 923.357747 sq. miles (2391.485484 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.131714 sq. miles (0.341137 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 923.489461 sq. miles (2391.826621 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.818347 N, 101.045503 W
Headwords:
Sterling
Sterling, TX
Sterling County
Sterling County, TX
Sterling, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 4705
Housing Units (2000): 2554
Land area (2000): 77.309128 sq. miles (200.229713 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.079789 sq. miles (5.386628 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 79.388917 sq. miles (205.616341 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73070
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 60.529635 N, 150.797887 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99672
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sterling, AK
Sterling
Sterling, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 507
Housing Units (2000): 234
Land area (2000): 0.404357 sq. miles (1.047279 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.404357 sq. miles (1.047279 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47150
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.461893 N, 96.378355 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68443
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sterling, NE
Sterling
Sterling, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado
Population (2000): 11360
Housing Units (2000): 5171
Land area (2000): 6.872008 sq. miles (17.798417 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.872008 sq. miles (17.798417 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73935
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.625430 N, 103.211783 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80751
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sterling, CO
Sterling
Sterling, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 762
Housing Units (2000): 348
Land area (2000): 0.797247 sq. miles (2.064860 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.797247 sq. miles (2.064860 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70150
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.749450 N, 98.169470 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sterling, OK
Sterling
Sterling, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000): 15451
Housing Units (2000): 6596
Land area (2000): 4.672171 sq. miles (12.100868 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.188128 sq. miles (0.487249 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.860299 sq. miles (12.588117 sq. km)
FIPS code: 72546
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.796805 N, 89.693258 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61081
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sterling, IL
Sterling
Sterling, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 2642
Housing Units (2000): 963
Land area (2000): 1.419463 sq. miles (3.676391 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.035204 sq. miles (0.091178 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.454667 sq. miles (3.767569 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68200
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.210658 N, 98.204549 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67579
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sterling, KS
Sterling
Sterling, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 533
Housing Units (2000): 197
Land area (2000): 1.001597 sq. miles (2.594125 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.001597 sq. miles (2.594125 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76420
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 44.032145 N, 84.020308 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48659
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sterling, MI
Sterling
Sterling, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000): 235
Housing Units (2000): 81
Land area (2000): 0.240713 sq. miles (0.623444 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.240713 sq. miles (0.623444 sq. km)
FIPS code: 72940
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 39.194264 N, 111.691627 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sterling, UT
Sterling
Stern (n.) (Zool.)
The black tern.
Stern (a.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. -- Chaucer.
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. -- Shak.
When
that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner
stuff. -- Shak.
Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. -- Dryden.
These barren rocks, your stern inheritance. -- Wordsworth.
Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless.
Stern (n.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Stern (n.) (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
Stern (n.) Fig.: The post of management or direction.
And sit chiefest stern of public weal. -- Shak.
Stern (n.) The hinder part of anything. -- Spenser.
Stern (n.) The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.
By the stern. (Naut.) See By the head, under By.
Stern (a.) Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
Stern board (Naut.), A going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See Board, n., 8 (b) .
Stern chase. (Naut.) (a) See under Chase, n.
Stern chase. (Naut.) (b) A stern chaser.
Stern
chaser (Naut.),
A cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to
annoy a ship that is in pursuit.
Stern fast (Naut.), A rope used to confine the stern of a ship or
other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy.
Stern frame (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship.
Stern knee. See Sternson.
Stern port (Naut.), A port, or opening, in the stern of a ship.
Stern sheets (Naut.), That part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers.
Stern wheel, A paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels.
Stern (a.) Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn: austere, stern].
Stern (a.) Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting].
Stern (a.) Severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [syn: stern, strict, exacting].
Stern (a.) Severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere, severe, stark, stern].
Stern (n.) The rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail].
Stern (n.) United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) [syn: Stern, Isaac Stern].
Stern (n.) The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass].
Sternage (n.) Stern. [R.] -- Shak.
Sternal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.
Sternal ribs. See the Note under Rib, n., 1.
Sternal (a.) Of or relating to or near the sternum.
Sternbergite (n.) (Min.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black.
Sternebrae (n. pl. ) of Sternebra.
Sternebra (n.) (Anat.) One of the segments of the sternum. -- Ster"ne*bral, a.
Sterned (a.) Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition; as, square-sterned.
Sterner (n.) A director. [Obs. & R.] -- Dr. R. Clerke.
Sternforemost (adv.) With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
A fatal genius for going sternforemost. -- Lowell.
Sternite (n.) (Zool.) The sternum of an arthropod somite.
Sternly (adv.) In a stern manner.
Sternly (adv.) With sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses" [syn: sternly, severely].
Sternmost (a.) Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.
Sternness (n.) The quality or state of being stern.
Sterno- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.
Sternocoracoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.
Sternocostal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages.
Sternohyoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.
Sternomastoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.
Sternothyroid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.
Sternpost (n.) (Naut.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.
Sternpost (n.) (Nautical) The principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel.
Sternsman (n.) A steersman. [Obs.]
Sternson (n.) (Naut.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.
Sterna (n. pl. ) of Sternum.
Sternums (n. pl. ) of Sternum.
Sternum (n.) (Anat.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.
Note: The sternum is connected with the ribs or the pectorial girdle, or with both. In man it is a flat bone, broad anteriorly, narrowed behind, and connected with the clavicles and the cartilages of the seven anterior pairs of ribs. In most birds it has a high median keel for the attachment of the muscles of the wings.
Sternum (n.) (Zool.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
Sternum (n.) The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs [syn: sternum, breastbone].
Sternutation (n.) The act of sneezing. -- Quincy.
Sternutation (n.) A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose [syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation].
Sternutative (a.) Having the quality of provoking to sneeze.
Sternutative (a.) Causing sneezing; "pepper is a sternutatory substance" [syn: sternutatory, sternutative].
Sternutatory (a.) Sternutative.
Sternutatory (n.) 催嚏劑 A sternutatory substance or medicine.
Sternutatory (a.) 催打噴嚏的；噴嚏的 Tending to cause sneezing.
Sternutatory (a.) Causing sneezing; "pepper is a sternutatory substance" [syn: {sternutatory}, {sternutative}].
Sternutatory (n.) A chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying; "police used a sternutatory to subdue the mob" [syn: {sternutator}, {sternutatory}].
Sternway (n.) (Naut.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
Stern-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
Stern-wheeler (n.) A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. [Colloq. U.S.]
Sterquilinous (a.) Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Sterre (n.) A star. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Sterrink (n.) (Zool.) The crab-eating seal ({Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.
Sterrometal (n.) Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made.
Stert (obs. p. p. of Start.) Started. -- Chaucer.
Sterte (obs. p. p. of Start.) -- Chaucer.
Stertorious (a.) Stertorous. [R.]
Stertorous (a.) Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.
Burning, stertorous breath that hurt her cheek. -- Mrs. Browning.
The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room, before his stertorous breathing lulls. -- Dickens.
Stertorous (a.) Of breathing having a heavy snoring sound.
Sterve (v. t. & i.) To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. -- Spenser.
Stet (subj. 3d pers. sing.) (Print.) Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
Stetted (imp. & p. p.) of Stet.
Stetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stet.
Stet (v. t.) (Print.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.
Stet (v.) Printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion.
Stet (v.) Printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative).
Stethal (n.) (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.
Compare: Pneumatograph
Pneumatograph (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph.
Stethograph (n.) (Physiol.) See Pneumatograph.
Stethometer (n.) (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer.
Stethoscope (n.) (Med.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.
Stethoscope (v. t.) To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. -- M. W. Savage. Stethoscopic
Stethoscope (n.) A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.
Stethoscopic (a.) Alt. of Stethoscopical.
Stethoscopical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope. -- Steth`o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.
Stethoscopist (n.) One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.
Stethoscopy (n.) The art or process of examination by the stethoscope.
Steve (v. t.) To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve.
Stevedore (n.) One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.
Stevedore (n.) A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper].
Steven (n.) Voice; speech; language. [Obs. or Scot.]
Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven. -- Chaucer.
Steven
(n.) An
outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
To set steven, to make an appointment. [Obs.]
They setten steven for to meet To playen at the dice. -- Chaucer.
Stew (n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Chaucer. Evelyn.
Stew (n.) An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.]
Stewed (imp. & p. p.) of Stew.