Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
(2) - Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run.
(3) - Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.
(4) - Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
(5) - Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
(6) - Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off.
(7) - Stave (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat.
(8) - Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
(9) - Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
(10) - Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
(11) - Stave (n.) One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

(1) - Stavesacre (n.) A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

(1) - Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
(2) - Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
(3) - Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
(4) - Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
(5) - Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
(6) - Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
(7) - Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
(8) - Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
(9) - Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
(10) - Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
(11) - Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
(12) - Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.
(13) - Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
(14) - Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
(15) - Stay (v. i.) To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
(16) - Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
(17) - Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
(18) - Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.
(19) - Stay (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.
(20) - Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
(21) - Stay (n.) Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
(22) - Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
(23) - Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
(24) - Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
(25) - Stay (v. i.) To continue in a state.