Stunsail Stun"sail noun (Nautical) A contraction of Studding sail .

With every rag set, stunsails , sky scrapers and all.

Lowell.

Stunt Stunt transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stunted ; present participle & verbal noun Stunting .] [ See Stint .] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.

When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation.

Burke.

Stunt Stunt noun 1. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.

2. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.

Stunt Stunt noun [ Confer Stint a task.] A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat. [ Colloq.]

An extraordinary man does three or four different " stunts " with remarkable dexterity.

The Bookman.

He does not try to do stunts ; and, above all, he does not care to go in swimming.

Latin Hutton.

Stunted Stunt"ed adjective Dwarfed. -- Stunt"ed*ness , noun

Stuntness Stunt"ness noun Stuntedness; brevity. [ R.] Earle.

Stupa Stu"pa (stō"pȧ) noun [ Sanskrit stūpa .] A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.

Stupa Stu"pa (stū"pȧ) noun [ Latin ] (Medicine) See 1st Stupe .

Stupe Stupe noun [ Latin stupa , or better stuppa , tow. Confer Stop , transitive verb ] (Medicine) Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.

Stupe Stupe transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stuped ; present participle & verbal noun Stuping .] To foment with a stupe. Wiseman.

Stupe Stupe noun [ See Stupid .] A stupid person. [ Obsolete]

Stupefacient Stu`pe·fa"cient adjective [ Latin stupefaciens , present participle of stupefacere to stupefy; stupere to be stupefied + facere to make. Confer Stupefy .] [ Written also stupifacient .] Producing stupefaction; stupefactive. -- noun (Medicine) Anything promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.

Stupefaction Stu`pe·fac"tion noun [ Confer French stupéfaction . See Stupefacient .] The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied. [ Written also stupifaction .]

Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and stupefaction upon it.

South.

Stupefactive Stu`pe·fac"tive adjective & noun [ Confer French stupéfactif , Late Latin stupefactivus .] Same as Stupefacient . [ Written also stupifactive .]

Stupefied Stu"pe·fied adjective Having been made stupid.

Stupefiedness Stu"pe·fied`ness noun Quality of being stupid.

Stupefier Stu"pe·fi`er noun One who, or that which, stupefies; a stupefying agent.

Stupefy Stu"pe·fy transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stupefied ; present participle & verbal noun Stupefying .] [ French stupéfier , from Latin stupere to be stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere . See Stupid , Fact , and confer Stupefacient .] [ Written also stupify , especially in England.] 1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.

The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.

South.

2. To deprive of material mobility. [ Obsolete]

It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupefied .

Bacon.

Stupendous Stu·pen"dous adjective [ Latin stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Confer Stupid .] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. "A stupendous sum." Macaulay.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole.

Pope.

-- Stu*pen"dous*ly , adverb -- Stu*pen"dous*ness , noun

Stupeous Stu"pe·ous adjective [ Latin stupa , or better stuppa , tow; confer Latin stuppeus made of tow. Confer Stupose .] Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose.

Stupid Stu"pid adjective [ Latin stupidus , from stupere to be stupefied: confer French stupide .] 1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . .
As to forsake the living God!

Milton.

With wild surprise,
A moment stupid , motionless he stood.

Thomson.

2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.

Observe what loads of stupid rhymes
Oppress us in corrupted times.

Swift.

Syn. -- Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish; sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. -- Stu"pid*ly adverb -- Stu"pid*ness , noun

Stupidity Stu·pid"i·ty noun [ Latin stupiditas : confer French stupidité .] 1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [ R.]

A stupidity
Past admiration strikes me, joined with fear.

Chapman.

Stupify Stu"pi·fy transitive verb See Stupefy .

Stupor Stu"por noun [ Latin , from stupere to be struck senseless.] 1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.

2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.

Stupose Stu·pose adjective [ Latin stupa , or better stuppa , tow. Confer Stupeous .] (Botany) Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow; stupeous.

Stuprate Stu"prate transitive verb [ Latin stupratus , past participle of stuprare to ravish, from stuprum defilement.] To ravish; to debauch. [ R.] Heywood.

Stupration Stu·pra"tion noun Violation of chastity by force; rape. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Stuprum Stu"prum noun [ Latin ] Stupration.

Sturb Sturb transitive verb To disturb. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Sturdily Stur"di·ly adverb In a sturdy manner.

Sturdiness Stur"di·ness noun Quality of being sturdy.

Sturdy Stur"dy adjective [ Compar. Sturdier ; superl. Sturdiest .] [ Middle English sturdi inconsiderable, Old French estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, French étourdi , past participle of Old French estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, French étourdir ; of uncertain origin. The sense has probably been influenced by English stout .] 1. Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.

This sturdy marquis gan his hearte dress
To rue upon her wifely steadfastness.

Chaucer.

This must be done, and I would fain see
Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay.

Hudibras.

A sturdy , hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps.

Atterbury.

2. Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism.

3. Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout.

How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!

Gray.

4. Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak. Milton.

He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.

Sir H. Wotton.

Syn. -- Hardy; stout; strong; firm; robust; stiff.

Sturdy Stur"dy noun [ Old French estourdi giddiness, stupefaction.] (Vet.) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.

Sturgeon Stur"geon noun [ French esturgeon , Late Latin sturio , sturgio , Old High German sturjo , German stör ; akin to Anglo-Saxon styria , styriga .] (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridæ . They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.

» The common North American species are Acipenser sturio of the Atlantic coast region, A. transmontanus of the Pacific coast, and A. rubicundus of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In Europe, the common species is Acipenser sturio , and other well-known species are the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head, and has four barbels in front.

Shovel-nosed sturgeon . (Zoology) See Shovelnose (d) .

Sturiones Stu`ri·o"nes noun plural [ New Latin , from Late Latin sturio . See Sturgeon .] (Zoology) An order of fishes including the sturgeons.

Sturionian Stu`ri·o"ni·an noun (Zoology) One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type.

Sturk Sturk noun See Stirk . [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Sturnoid Stur"noid adjective [ Latin sturnus a starling + -oid .] (Zoology) Like or pertaining to the starlings.

Sturt Sturt transitive verb [ Confer Start , intransitive verb ] To vex; to annoy; to startle. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Sturt Sturt noun 1. Disturbance; annoyance; care. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] " Sturt and care." J. Rolland.

2. (Mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits. Raymond.

Sturtion Stur"tion noun A corruption of Nasturtion .

Stut Stut intransitive verb To stutter. [ Obsolete] Skelton.

Stutter Stut"ter transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Stuttered ; present participle & verbal noun Stuttering .] [ Freq. of stut , Middle English stoten ; probably of Dutch or Low German origin; confer D. & LG. stotteren , German stottern , Dutch stooten to push, to strike; akin to German stossen , Icelandic stauta , Swedish stöta , Danish stöde , Goth. stautan , Latin tundere , Sanskrit tud to thrust. Confer Contuse , Obtuse .] To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

Trembling, stuttering , calling for his confessor.

Macaulay.

Stutter Stut"ter noun 1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer , and Stuttering .

2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Stutterer Stut"ter·er noun One who stutters; a stammerer.

Stuttering Stut"ter·ing noun The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering .

Stuttering Stut"ter·ing adjective Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. -- Stut"ter*ing*ly , adverb

Sty Sty noun ; plural Sties [ Written also stigh .] [ Anglo-Saxon stigu , from stīgan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. √164. See Sty , intransitive verb , and confer Steward .] 1. A pen or inclosure for swine.

2. A place of bestial debauchery.

To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty .

Milton.

Sty Sty transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stied ; present participle & verbal noun Stying .] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.

Sty Sty intransitive verb [ Middle English stien , sti...en , Anglo-Saxon stīgan to rise; akin to Dutch stijgen , Old Saxon & Old High German stīgan , German steigen , Icelandic stīga , Swedish stiga , Danish stige , Goth. steigan , Latin vestigium footstep, Greek ... to walk, to go, Sanskrit stigh to mount. Confer Distich , Stair steps, Stirrup , Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vestige .] To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup . [ Obsolete]

With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty ,
To the last praises of this Faery Queene.

Spenser.

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