Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 166
Stormy (a.) Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks.
Stormy (a.) Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.
Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain. -- Sir W. Scott.
Stormy (a.) (Especially of weather) Affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas" [ant: {calm}].
Stormy (a.) Characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy argument"; "a stormy marriage" [syn: {stormy}, {tempestuous}].
Storthing (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions.
Storven () p. p. of Starve.
Stories (n. pl. ) of Story
Story (v. t.) A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
Story (n.) A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
Story (n.) The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
Story (n.) A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
Storied (imp. & p. p.) of Story
Storying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Story
Story (v. t.) To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
Storybook (n.) A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false.
Story-teller (n.) One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller.
Story-teller (n.) An historian; -- in contempt.
Story-teller (n.) A euphemism or child's word for
Story-telling (a.) Being accustomed to tell stories.
Story-telling (n.) The act or practice of telling stories.
Story-writer (n.) One who writes short stories, as for magazines.
Story-writer (n.) An historian; a chronicler.
Stot (n.) A horse.
Stot (n.) A young bull or ox, especially one three years old.
Stote (n.) See Stoat.
Stound (v. i.) To be in pain or sorrow.
Stound (v. i.) Stunned.
Stound (n.) A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm.
Stound (n.) Astonishment; amazement.
Stound (n.) Hour; time; season.
Stound (n.) A brief space of time; a moment.
Stound (n.) A vessel for holding small beer.
Stoup (n.) A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids.
Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup.
Stour (n.) A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion.
Stour (a.) Tall; strong; stern.
Stout (n.) 過胖的人 [C]；特大號的衣服 [C]；烈性黑啤酒 [U] A strong, dark malt brew having a higher percentage of hops than porter; strong porter; a popular variety sold in the U. S. is {Guinness' stout}. -- Swift.
Stout (a.) 矮胖的，肥胖的；結實的，牢固的；勇敢的，大膽的 [B] Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless.
With hearts stern and stout. -- Chaucer.
A stouter champion never handled sword. -- Shak.
He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. -- Clarendon.
The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. -- Daniel.
Stout (a.) Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
Your words have been stout against me. -- Mal. iii. 13.
Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. -- Latimer.
Stout (a.) Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
Stout (a.) Large; bulky; corpulent.
Syn: {Stout}, {Corpulent}, {Portly}.
Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size." In America, stout is still commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole.
Stout (a.) Dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn: {stalwart}, {stout}].
Stout (a.) Euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout" [syn: {portly}, {stout}].
Stout (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}].
Stout (n.) A strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops.
Stout (n.) A garment size for a large or heavy person.
Stout-hearted (a.) Having a brave heart; courageous.
Stoutish (a.) Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.
Stoutly (adv.) In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.
Stoutness (n.) The state or quality of being stout.
Stove () imp. of Stave.
Stove (n.) A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.
Stove (n.) An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
Stoved (imp. & p. p.) of Stove
Stoving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stove
Stove (v. t.) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.
Stove (v. t.) To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
Stovehouse (n.) A hothouse.
Stovepipe (n.) Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue.
Stover (n.) Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
Stowed (imp. & p. p.) of Stow
Stowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stow
Stow (v. t.) 堆裝；裝載；貯藏，收藏 [（+away/ in/ into）]；使暫留，使暫宿；（地點或容器）能容納；【俚】（常用祈使語氣）停止 To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.
Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides. -- Dryden.
Stow (v. t.) To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
Foul thief! where hast thou stowed my daughter? -- Shak.
Stow (v. t.) To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.
Stow (v.) Fill by packing tightly; "stow the cart".
Stow, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 32139
Housing Units (2000): 12852
Land area (2000): 17.112144 sq. miles (44.320248 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.230406 sq. miles (0.596748 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 17.342550 sq. miles (44.916996 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74944
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.176623 N, 81.436231 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44224
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Stowage (n.) 裝貨；裝載方法；堆積處；裝載的貨物；裝載費 The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel.
Stowage (n.) Room in which things may be stowed. -- Cook.
In every vessel is stowage for immense treasures. -- Addison.
Stowage (n.) The state of being stowed, or put away. "To have them in safe stowage." -- Shak.
Stowage (n.) Things stowed or packed. -- Beau. & Fl.
Stowage (n.) Money paid for stowing goods.
Stowage (n.) The charge for stowing goods.
Stowage (n.) A room in which things are stored [syn: {storeroom}, {storage room}, {stowage}].
Stowage (n.) The act of packing or storing away [syn: {stowage}, {stowing}].
Stowage, () mar. law. The proper arrangement in a ship, of the different articles of which a cargo consists, so that they may not injure each other by friction, or be damaged by the leakage of the ship.
Stowage, () The master of the ship is bound to attend to the stowage, unless, by custom or agreement, this business is to be performed by persons employed by the merchant. Abbott on Ship. 228; Pardes. Dr. Com. n. 721.
Stowaway (n.) One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.
Stowboard (n.) A place into which rubbish is put.
Stowce (n.) (Mining) A windlass.
Stowce (n.) (Mining) A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.
Stowing (n.) (Mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
Stowing (n.) The act of packing or storing away [syn: stowage, stowing].
Stowre (a.) See Stour, a.
Stowre (n.) See Stour, n.
Strabism (n.) Strabismus.
Strabismometer (n.) (Med.) An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus.
Strabismus (n.) (Med.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.
Strabismus (n.) Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes [syn: strabismus, squint].
Strabotomy (n.) (Surg.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.
Strabotomy (n.) The surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus.
Straddled (imp. & p. p.) of Straddle.
Straddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straddle.
Straddle (v. i.) 跨坐，兩腿叉開坐，觀望 To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
Straddle (v. i.) To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
Straddle (v. t.) 跨坐，兩腿叉開坐，觀望 To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.
Straddle (n.) 跨坐，觀望 The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.
Straddle (n.) The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.
Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. [Broker's Cant]
Straddle (n.) A noncommittal or equivocal position.
Straddle (n.) A gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars.
Straddle (n.) The act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle, span].
Straddle (n.) The option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options.
Straddle (v.) Sit or stand astride of.
Straddle (v.) Range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" [syn: range, straddle].
Straddle (v.) Be noncommittal.
Straddling (a.) Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3. -- Knight.
Stradometrical (a.) Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. [R.]
Strafe (n.) 猛烈砲轟 An attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields".
Strafe (v.) 猛烈砲轟；從（低空）掃射；猛擊；痛打 Attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender".
Strafe (v.) [ T ] （飛機）低空掃射 To attack an enemy by shooting from aircraft that are flying low in the sky.
Straggled (imp. & p. p.) of Straggle
Straggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straggle
Straggle (v. i.) 奮鬥；鬥爭 [（+for/ against/ with）] [+to-v]；努力；使勁；掙扎 [（+for）] [+to-v]；艱難地行進 [Q]；競爭；對抗 To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. -- Dryden.
Straggle (v. i.) To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
The wolf spied out a straggling kid. -- L'Estrange.
Straggle (v. i.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out. -- Mortimer.
Straggle (v. i.) To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. "Straggling pistol shots." -- Sir W. Scott.
They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Straggle (n.) [C] 奮鬥；鬥爭 [（+for/ against/ with）]；努力；使勁；掙扎 [（+for）]；難事 The act of straggling. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Straggle (n.) A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers".
Straggle (v.) Wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle].
Straggle (v.) Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle].
Straggler (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.
Straggler (n.) A roving vagabond. -- Shak.
Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
Let thy hand supply the pruning knife, And crop luxuriant stragglers. -- Dryden.
Straggler (n.) Something that stands alone or by itself.
Straggler (n.) Someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler, strayer].
Straggling () a. & n. from Straggle, v.
Straggling (a.) Spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly].
Stragglingly (adv.) In a straggling manner.
Stragglingly (adv.) In a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods" [syn: raggedly, stragglingly].
Stragula (n. pl. ) of Stragulum
Stragulum (n.) (Zool.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
Straight (a.) 筆直的；挺直的；平直的；平的；整齊的；端正的；有條理的 [F] A variant of {Strait}, a. [Obs. or R.]
Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow. -- Sir J. Mandeville.