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Squilgee (skwĭlj�), n. Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee, squillagee, squeegee.]
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Squilgee (skwĭlj�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squilgeed (skwĭljēd); p. pr. & vb. n. Squilgeeing.] To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck.
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Squill (skwĭl), n. [F. squille (also scille a squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. �.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea maritima, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in medicine. Called also sea onion. (b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (Scilla mutans).
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) A squilla. (b) A mantis.
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Squilla (skwĭllȧ), n.; pl. E. Squillas (-lȧz), L. Squillæ (-lē). [L., a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. See .] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under .
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Squillitic (skwĭlĭtĭk), a. Of or pertaining to squills. [R.] “Squillitic vinegar.” Holland.
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{ Squinance (skwĭn�ns), Squinancy (-�ns�), } n. [F. esquinancie, OF. squinance, esquinance. See .] 1. (Med.) The quinsy. See . [Obs.]
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2. (Bot.) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.
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Coloq. Squinancy berries , black currants; -- so called because used to cure the quinsy. Dr. Prior.
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Squinch (skwĭnch), n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
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Squinsy (skwĭnz�), n. (Med.) See . [Obs.]
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Squint (skwĭnt), a. [Cf. D. schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinsch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. , , .] 1. Looking obliquely. Specifically: (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See , n., 2.
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2. Fig.: Looking askance. “Squint suspicion.” Milton.
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Squint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squinting.] 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.
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Some can squint when they will. Bacon.
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2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed.
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3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
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4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism. The Forum.
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5. To look with the eyes partly closed.
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Squint, v. t. 1. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
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2. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
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He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid. Shak.
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Squint, n. 1. The act or habit of squinting.
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2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
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3. (Arch.) Same as .
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Squinter (-ẽr), n. One who squints.
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Squint-eye (-ī), n. An eye that squints. Spenser.
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Squint-eyed (-īd), a. 1. Having eyes that squint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed; also called squinty-eyed.
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2. Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.
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Squintifego (-ĭfēg�), a. Squinting. [Obs. & R.]
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Squinting (skwĭntĭng), a. & n. from , v. -- Squintingly, adv.
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Squiny (skwĭn�), v. i. To squint. [Obs.] Shak.
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Squinzey (-z�), n. (Med.) See . [Obs.]
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Squir (skwẽr), v. t. To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost. [Obs.] [Written also squirr.] Addison.
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Squiralty (skwīrălt�), n. Same as .
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That such weight and influence be put thereby into the hands of the squiralty of my kingdom. Sterne.
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Squirarch (skwīrärk), n. [Squire + -arch.] One who belongs to the squirarchy. -- Squirarchal (-�l), a.
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Squirarchy (-�), n. [Squire + -archy.] The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively. [Written also squirearchy.]
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Squire (skwīr), n. [OF. esquierre, F. équerre. See , n.] A square; a measure; a rule. [Obs.] “With golden squire.” Spenser.
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Squire, n. [Aphetic form of esquire.] 1. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
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2. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See . [Eng.] “His privy knights and squires.” Chaucer.
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3. A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
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4. A title of office and courtesy. See under .
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Squire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. squired (skwīrd); p. pr. & vb. n. squiring.] 1. To attend as a squire. Chaucer.
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2. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady. [Colloq.] Goldsmith.
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Squireen (skwīrēn), n. One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously. [Eng.] C. Kingsley.
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Squirehood (skwīrh�d), n. The rank or state of a squire; squireship. Swift.
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squireling (-lĭng), n. A petty squire. Tennyson.
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Squirely, a. & adv. Becoming a squire; like a squire.
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squireship, n. Squirehood.
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Squirm (skwẽrm), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squirmed (skwẽrmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Squirming.] [Cf. to climb a tree.] To twist about briskly with contortions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
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Squirr (skwẽr), v. t. See .
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Squirrel (skwẽrrĕl or skwĭr-; 277), n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. écureuil, LL. squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr. sioyros; skia shade + o'yra tail. Cf. , v. i.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridæ. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.
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☞ Among the common North American squirrels are the gray squirrel (Sciurus Carolinensis) and its black variety; the fox, or cat, squirrel (Sciurus cinereus, or Sciurus niger) which is a large species, and variable in color, the southern variety being frequently black, while the northern and western varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see ); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see ); and the California gray squirrel (Sciurus fossor). Several other species inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European species (Sciurus vulgaris) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. The so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See , and .
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2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
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Coloq. Barking squirrel (Zoöl.), the prairie dog. -- Coloq. Federation squirrel (Zoöl.), the striped gopher. See , 2. -- Coloq. Flying squirrel (Zoöl.). See , in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Java squirrel . (Zoöl.). See . -- Coloq. Squirrel corn (Bot.), a North American herb (Dicentra Canadensis) bearing little yellow tubers. -- Coloq. Squirrel cup (Bot.), the blossom of the Hepatica triloba, a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the earliest flowers of spring. -- Coloq. Squirrel fish . (Zoöl.) (a) A sea bass (Serranus fascicularis) of the Southern United States. (b) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides). (c) The redmouth, or grunt. (d) A market fish of Bermuda (Holocentrum Ascensione). -- Coloq. Squirrel grass (Bot.), a pestiferous grass (Hordeum murinum) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spikelets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even producing death. -- Coloq. Squirrel hake (Zoöl.), a common American hake (Phycis tenuis); -- called also white hake. -- Coloq. Squirrel hawk (Zoöl.), any rough-legged hawk; especially, the California species Archibuteo ferrugineus. -- Coloq. Squirrel monkey . (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South American monkeys of the genus Callithrix. They are noted for their graceful form and agility. See . (b) A marmoset. -- Coloq. Squirrel petaurus (Zoöl.), a flying phalanger of Australia. See , , and Flying phalanger under . -- Coloq. Squirrel shrew (Zoöl.), any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus Tupaia. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like that of a squirrel. -- Coloq. Squirrel-tail grass (Bot.), a grass (Hordeum jubatum) found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a dense spike beset with long awns.
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Squirt (skwẽrt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squirting.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqvätta, E. squander.] To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.
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The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate. Sir W. Scott.
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Coloq. Squirting cucumber . (Bot.) See .
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Squirt, v. i. 1. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
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2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate. [Low] L'Estrange.
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Squirt, n. 1. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force. Young.
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2. A small, quick stream; a jet. Bacon.
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3. (Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
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4. a youngster.
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5. a short, overly assertive, or impudent person, especially when young; -- used in contempt.
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Squirter (-ẽr), n. One who, or that which, squirts.
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Squiry (skwīr�), n. [See .] The body of squires, collectively considered; squirarchy. [Obs.]
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The flower of chivalry and squiry. Ld. Berners.
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squish (skwĭsh), v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. .] To make the sound of squirting water, like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of gushing, swashing, or splashing sound; to move with such a sound.
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squish (skwĭsh), n. A sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; a gushing, swashing, or splashing sound; a squishing sound.
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Squitch grass (skwĭch grȧs). (Bot.) Quitch grass.
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Squitee (skwĭtē), n. [From the N. American Indian name.] (Zoöl.) The squeteague; -- called also squit.
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Stab (stăb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed (stăbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf. .] 1. 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.
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2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
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Stab, v. i. 1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
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None shall dare
With shortened sword to stab in closer war. Dryden.
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2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
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She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak.
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Coloq. To stab at , to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.
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Stab, n. 1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
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2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab of an assassin. Shak.
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3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
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Stabat Mater (stābăt mātẽr). [L., the mother was standing.] A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making “the way of the cross” (Via Crucis). See , 7 (c).
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Stabber (stăbbẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
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2. (Naut.) A small marline spike; a pricker.
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Stabbingly (-bĭngl�), adv. By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly. Bp. Parker.
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Stab culture. (Bacteriol.) A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire; -- called also stab. The growths are usually of characteristic form.
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Stabiliment (stȧbĭlĭm�nt), n. [L. stabilimentum, fr. stabilire to make firm or stable, fr. stabilis. See , a.] The act of making firm; firm support; establishment. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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They serve for stabiliment, propagation, and shade. Derham.
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Stabilitate (-tāt), v. t. [LL. stabilitatus, p. p. of stabilitare to make stable.] To make stable; to establish. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Stability (stȧbĭlĭt�), n. [L. stabilitas; cf. F. stabilité. See , a.] 1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.
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2. Steadiness or firmness of character; firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.
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3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.
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Since fluidness and stability are contrary qualities. Boyle.
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Syn. -- Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability; firmness.
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Stable (stāb'l), a. [OF. estable, F. stable, fr. L. stabilis, fr. stare to stand. See , v. i. and cf. .] 1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
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In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable. Rogers.
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2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.
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And to her husband ever meek and stable. Chaucer.
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3. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.
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4. (Physics) So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or chemical disturbance; -- said of any body or substance.
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Coloq. Stable equilibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former position, as in the case when the center of gravity is below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed does not tend to return to its former position, but to move farther away from it, as in the case of a body supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf. Neutral equilibrium, under .
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Syn. -- Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm.
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Stable, v. t. To fix; to establish. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Stable, n. [OF. estable, F. étable, from L. stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See , v. i.] A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable. Milton.
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Coloq. Stable fly (Zoöl.), a common dipterous fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings, especially in autumn; called also biting house fly. These flies, unlike the common house flies, which they resemble, bite severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle. They differ from the larger .
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Stable, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Stabling (-blĭng).] To put or keep in a stable.
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Stable, v. i. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel. Milton.
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{ Stableboy (-boi), Stableman (-măn), } n. A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
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Stableness, n. The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
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Stabler (-blẽr), n. A stable keeper. De Foe.
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Stable stand (stănd). (O.Eng. Law) The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. Wharton.
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Stabling (-blĭng), n. 1. The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.
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2. A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.
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Stablish (stăblĭsh), v. t. [Aphetic form of establish.] To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix. [Obs.] 2 Sam. vii. 13.
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Stablishment (-m�nt), n. Establishment. [Obs.]
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Stably (stābl�), adv. In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.
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Stabulation (stăb�lāshŭn), n. [L. stabulatio, fr. stabulari to stable cattle, fr. stabulum. See , n.] 1. The act of stabling or housing beasts. [Obs.]
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2. A place for lodging beasts; a stable. [Obs.]
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Staccato (stȧkkät�), a. [It., p. p. of staccare, equivalent to distaccare. See .] 1. (Mus.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.
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2. Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.
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Staccato and peremptory [literary criticism]. G. Eliot.
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Stack (stăk), n. [Icel. stakkr; akin to Sw. stack, Dan. stak. Cf. .] 1. A large and to some degree orderly 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.
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But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack. Cowper.
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2. Hence: An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; -- used especially of piles of wood. A stack is usually more orderly than a pile
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Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's height. Bacon.
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3. Specifically: A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. [Eng.]
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4. Hence: A large quantity; as, a stack of cash. [Informal]
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5. (Arch.) (a) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: (b) 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.
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6. (Computer programming) (a) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved. (b) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
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7. pl. The section of a library containing shelves which hold books less frequently requested.
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Coloq. Stack of arms (Mil.), a number of muskets or rifles set up together, with the bayonets crossing one another, forming a sort of conical self-supporting pile. -- Coloq. to blow one's stacks to become very angry and lose one's self-control, and especially to display one's fury by shouting.
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Stack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stacked (stăkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Stacking.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See , n.] 1. 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.
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2. Specifically: To place in a vertical arrangement so that each item in a pile is resting on top of another item in the pile, except for the bottom item; as, to stack the papers neatly on the desk; to stack the bricks.
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3. To select or arrange dishonestly so as to achieve an unfair advantage; as, to stack a deck of cards; to stack a jury with persons prejudiced against the defendant.
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Coloq. To stack arms (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conical pile.
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