stamp | noun (n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot. |
| noun (n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. |
| noun (n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. |
| noun (n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped. |
| verb (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. |
| verb (v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. |
| verb (v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. |
| verb (v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. |
| verb (v. i.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. |
| verb (v. i.) 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. |
| verb (v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. |
| verb (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush. |
| verb (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward. |
| verb (v. t.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. t.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. t.) A half-penny. |
| verb (v. t.) Money, esp. paper money. |
stampede | noun (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. |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. i.) To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. |
| verb (v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. |
stab | noun (n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon. |
| noun (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin. |
| noun (n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character. |
| verb (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person. |
| verb (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation. |
| verb (v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon. |
| verb (v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. |
stack | noun (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. |
| adjective (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch. |
| adjective (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. |
| adjective (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. |
| adjective (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: |
| adjective (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel. |
| adjective (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved. |
| adjective (a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack. |
stadium | noun (n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia. |
| noun (n.) Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races. |
| noun (n.) A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod. |
| noun (n.) A modern structure, with its inclosure, resembling the ancient stadium, used for athletic games, etc. |
staff | noun (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. |
| noun (n.) A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds. |
| noun (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff. |
| noun (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. |
| noun (n.) The round of a ladder. |
| noun (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. |
| noun (n.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. |
| noun (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. |
| noun (n.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder. |
| noun (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major. |
| noun (n.) Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper. |
| noun (n.) Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster. |
stag | noun (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti. |
| noun (n.) The male of certain other species of large deer. |
| noun (n.) A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. |
| noun (n.) A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox. |
| noun (n.) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. |
| noun (n.) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. |
| noun (n.) The European wren. |
| verb (v. i.) To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks. |
| verb (v. t.) To watch; to dog, or keep track of. |
stage | noun (n.) A floor or story of a house. |
| noun (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like. |
| noun (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging. |
| noun (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. |
| noun (n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited. |
| noun (n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs. |
| noun (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope. |
| noun (n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. |
| noun (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles. |
| noun (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result. |
| noun (n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. |
| noun (n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage. |
| verb (v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly. |
stagger | noun (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter. |
| noun (n.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. |
| noun (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. |
| noun (n.) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man. |
| noun (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers. |
| noun (n.) Bewilderment; perplexity. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock. |
| verb (v. t.) To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam. |