Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Stirrup (v. i.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
(2) - Stirrup (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.
(3) - Stirrup (v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body.

(1) - Stitch (v. i.) To practice stitching, or needlework.
(2) - Stitch (v. t.) To form land into ridges.
(3) - Stitch (v. t.) To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
(4) - Stitch (v. t.) To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.
(5) - Stitch (v. i.) A furrow.
(6) - Stitch (v. i.) Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.
(7) - Stitch (v. i.) A contortion, or twist.
(8) - Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
(9) - Stitch (v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
(10) - Stitch (v. i.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.
(11) - Stitch (v. i.) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

(1) - Stitcher (n.) One who stitches; a seamstress.