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Stomatopoda, (sto-ma-top'o-da). [Gk. stoma, 

 mouth; pous, foot.] One of Hoeven's sub- 

 divisions of Crustaceans, v. Stomapoda. 

 Stone, (ston). [Stan, the A.-S. word.] 1. A 

 general term for hard earth, when put to 

 use, as for building, road-making, &c. 2. 

 A concretion of inorganic matter; also called 

 Calculus, sometimes formed in the body, 

 either by mechanical aggregation or as sedi- 

 ment from the secretions. S. bed : A bed of 

 flints, below the Norwich Crag, containing 

 fossil remains of mastodon, <fcc. S. chat= 

 Saxicola rubicola. S.crop=Sedum, q.v. S. flies 

 =Semblis. S. ficAe7i=Parmelia fahlunensis. 

 Stonesfield slate. A bed of limestone belong- 

 ing to Great Oolite, containing many fossil 

 remains: especially remarkable for the mam- 

 malian fossils found in it. 

 Stools of trees. Roots and lower portions of 

 trunks. 



Stope, (st5p). A piece of ground to be worked 

 as a miiie=Ore when still in the mine. 

 Storax, (sto'raks). v. Styrax. 

 Storax-worts, (sto'raks). =Styracea8, q.v. 

 Stork, (stork). Ciconia 

 alba. S.'s bill = Ero- 

 dium. 



Strabismus, (stra-biz- 

 mus). [L. strabo, squin- 

 ter. ) = Squinting: an 

 imperfection in eye- 

 sight, caused by the 

 axes of the two eyes not 

 being symmetrically 

 directed. 



Strakes.(straks). [Streak. 

 The long planks at the 

 side of a ship. 

 Stramonium. ( stra-mo'- Stork, 



ni-uin). [The Latin name.]=Daturia stra- 

 monium ; also called Thorn apple. 

 Strap-wort=Corrigiola : an herb belonging to 

 Parouychiacefe. 



Strata. Plural of stratum, q.v. 

 Stratification, (strat-i-fl-ka'shun). [Stratum, 

 q.v.', L. facio, I make.] Division into dis- 

 tinct layers; used especially in geology. 

 Stratiotes, (strat-i-5'tez). [Gk. stratioles, sol- 

 dier.] Water-soldiers; aquatic herbs be- 

 longing to Hydrocharidacese. 

 Stratum, (stra'tum). [The Latin word.]= 

 Bed : any thing strewn over a surface, or 

 spread out, as a layer. 



Stratus, (stra'tus). [L. stratum, a layer. ]= 

 Cloud of night : a widely extended cloud. 

 Strawberry, (straw'ber-ri). [Straw aiid Berry; 

 or Stray- berry. ] = Fragaria, 

 q.v. S. - tree = Arbutus 

 Unedo : named from the 

 form of its fruit. 

 Straw-fiddle. A variety of 

 Claque-bois, q. v ., in which 

 the wooden bars rest on 

 twisted straw. 

 Streak, (strek). The colour 

 of a mineral when pow- 

 dered ; usually darker 

 than the mineral, if it 

 lighter, if non-metallic. 



.rawberry. 



be a metal; and 



5tream-tin=Alluvial tin-ore. 

 Strepsiptera, (strep-sip'ter-a). [Gk. strepsis, 

 twisting; pteron, wing.] Insects whose ante- 

 rior wings are twisted, parisitic on bees and 

 wasps. 



Strepsirhina, (strep-si-ri'na). [Gk. strepsis, 

 twisting ; rkin, nose.] A sub-division of 

 quadrumana by Owen, represented by the 

 lemur. 



Streptospondylus, (strep- to-spon'di-lus). [Gk. 

 streptos, twisted; spondylus, an upper ver- 

 tebra.] A saurian animal, known only by 

 fossil bones and teeth, found in Oolite 

 rocks. 



Stretcher. In brickwork, a brick placed 

 lengthways. 



Stridulation, (strid-u-la'shun). [L. ttridulv*, 

 creaking.] In insects, such as the cricket, 

 grasshopper, &c. ; the sound made by the 

 movements of the wing-cases, legs, etc. 

 Strigidse, (strij'i-de). [Strix, q.v.] Owls, 

 &c.: a family of birds, chiefly nocturnal, be- 

 longing to Raptores. 



Strike, (strik). Direction of strata at right 

 angles to their dip; if the dip be represented 

 by the slope of the slates of a house-roof, the 

 direction of the ridge will represent the 

 strike. 



String. S. boards: long boards supporting 

 the ends of a flight of steps, &c. S. courses: 

 projecting lines of masonry in a wall. 

 Strix, (striks). [The Latin name.] Owl: a 

 nocturnal bird, the type of Strigidae. 

 Strobila, (strob'i-la). [Gk. strobilos, fir-cone.] 

 The collective name for a scolex and all the 

 successive proglottides which have budded 

 from it. 



Strontia, (stron'shi-a). [Strontian, in Argyle- 

 shire.]=SrO: oxide of strontium, a white 

 substance resembling baryta in properties. 

 Strontic, (stron'tik). [Strontium, q.v.] Con- 

 taining strontium as the chief constituent. 

 Strontium, (stron'shi-ura). [Strontia, q.v.] 

 =Sr": one of the alkaline earth -metals, 

 found in limestones; a yellow malleable sub- 

 stance, which decomposes water by contact, 

 owing to its affinity for oxygen. 

 Struthio, (stro'thi-6). [The Latin name.] 

 Ostrich : the type of Struthionidae, q.v. 

 Struthionidse, ( stto-thi-on'i-de ). [Struthio, 

 q.v.; Gk. eidos, form.] A family of birds, 

 having long legs and very short wings; in- 

 cluding the ostrich, emu, cassowary, and 

 apteryx. 



Struthious birds, (stro'thi-us). Ostrich, emu, 

 cassowary, &c. 



Strychnia, (strik'ni-a). [Strychnos, q.v.] = 

 C 2 iH22N2Oo : a powerful alkaline base, very 

 poisonous, found in the seeds of 

 strychnos. 



Strychnos, (strik'nos). [The Greek 

 name. ] A tropical plant, the 

 seeds of which are very poisonous. 

 S. nux-vomica: an Indian tree 

 with small flowers and very poi- 

 sonous seeds. 



Stufling-box. A small enclosure 

 to prevent the escape of steam, stuflius- 

 &c., at a joint in machinery. 



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