stereotypery 
stereotypery(ster'e-o-ti'pev-i), . [(stereotype 
+ -ery.] 1 . The art or work of making stereo- 
type plates. 2. P\.tereotyperies(-iz). A place 
where stereotype plates are made ; a stereo- 
type foundry. 
stereotypic (ster"e-o-tip'ik), 11. [< xtereoty/tf 
+ -ic.] Of or relating to stereotype or stereo- 
type plates. 
Stereotyping (ster'e-o-ti-pin). ii. The art, 
act, or process of making stereotypes Paper 
process of stereotyping. See paper. 
stereotypist (ster'e-o-ti-pist), 11. [< utrri-ii- 
type + -ist.] One who makes stereotype plates; 
a stereotype!'. 
stereotyp'ographer (ster'e-o-ti-pog'ra-fer), . 
[< stereiiti/iM>griiph-y + wci.] A stereotype- 
printer. 
stereotypography (ster"e-o-ti-pog'ra-fi). . 
[< Gr. orcpe6(, fixed, + E. tyjtograjihy.] The 
art or practice of printing from stereotype. 
fn/p. Tlii-t. 
Stereotypy (ster'e-6-ti-pi), H. [= F. sterMupie : 
as stereotype + -#*.] The art or business of 
making stereotype plates. 
Sterhydraulic (ster-hi-dra'lik), a. [Irreg. < Gr. 
oTepeof, solid, + E. hydraulic.] Pertaining to 
or having an action resembling that of a Ster- 
hydraulic press. See the phrase. Sterhydraulic 
press, a peculiar form of hydraulic press in which pressure 
is generated in a hydraulic cylinder by the displacement 
of a part of the contained liquid through the entrance into 
its mass of a rod working through a stuffing-box, a screw 
working in a packed nut, or in some cases a rope wound 
upon a barrel in the inclosure and pulled into it through 
a packed hole, the shaft of the winding-barrel or -drum 
also extending through a stuffing-box in the side of the 
cylinder, and fitted on the exterior with a winch or a 
driving-wheel. Of these forms that using a screw is the 
simplest and best. 
8terigma(ste-rig'ma),.; pl.steriginata (-ma-ta). 
[NL., < Gr. arr/piyua, a prop, support, < OTtplfetv, 
prop.] In bot., a stalk or support of some kind: 
a term of varying application, (a) Same as basiit- 
turn, (b) The stalk-like branch of a basidium which bears 
a spore, (c) The footstalk of a spore, especially of a spore 
of minute size, (d) The cell from which a spermatium is 
cut off. (ct) A ridge or foliaceous appendage proceeding 
down the stem below the attachment of a decurrent leaf. 
Sterigmatic (ster-ig-mat'ik), rt. [< sterigma(t-) 
+ -ic.~\ In bot., resembling, belonging to, or of 
the nature of a sterigma. 
sterilt, a. An obsolete spelling of sterile. 
Sterile (ster'il), rt. [Formerly also steril; < F. 
sterile = St>. Pg. esteril = It. sterile, < L. steri- 
lis, unfruitful, barren ; cf. Gr.eTepeuf, stiff, hard, 
solid, arfpujw;, hard, unfruitful, barren.] 1. 
Unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile. 
Indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this 
goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promon- 
tory. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 310. 
It is certaine that in sterile years corne sowne will 
growe to an other kinde. Bacon, Nat Hist., 525. 
2. Barren ; not reproducing its kind. 
She is grown sterile and barren, and her births of ani- 
mals are now very inconsiderable. 
Dr. H. More, Antidote against Atheism. 
3. In bot., of a flower, producing only stamens 
that is, statninate or male (compare neutral); 
of a stamen, having no anther, or a functionless 
one ; of an anther, without pollen ; of an ovary, 
without perfect seeds; of a seed, without an em- 
bryo ; of a frond, without sori. See cuts under 
Onoclea,Ophioglos8um,sassafras, a,n<H smoke-tree. 
4. Free from living germs. 
I at first suspected that the biologically sterile tube 
might not be chemically clean. Medical News, XLIX. 400. 
5. Leading to no results ; fruitless; profitless; 
useless. 
I will endeavour that the favour conferred on me rest 
not sterile. Abbi Mann, in Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 431. 
6. Lacking richness of thought or expression ; 
bald ; bare : as, a sterile style ; sterile verse. 
Sterile wood a shrub or small tree, Coprosma fcetidis- 
siina, of the Rubiacete, found 'in New Zealand, it is ex- 
tremely fetid when drying, though inodorous when alive 
and growing. 
sterilisation, sterilise, etc. See sterilization, 
etc. 
Sterility (ste-ril'i-ti), M. [< F. sterilite = Sp. 
esterilidad = Pg. esterilidade = It. sierilita, < 
L. sterilila(t-)s, unfruitfulness, barrenness, < 
stcrilis, barren, sterile: see sterile."] The state 
or character of being sterile, (a) Lack of fertility ; 
unproductiveness ; unfruitfulness, as of land, labor, etc. 
For the Soil of Spain, the Fruitfulness of their Vallies 
recompences the Sterility of their Hills. 
HmceU, Letters, I. iii. 32. 
(b) Lack of fecundity; barrenness: said of animals or 
plants. 
Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend 
To make this creature fruitful ! 
Into her womb convey sterility! 
Shak., Lear, i. 4. 300. 
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(c) Fruitlessness ; profltlessness. 
The trueness of this formula is only equalled by its ste- 
rility for psychological purposes. 
W. James, I'rin. of Psychol., I. 651. 
(d) Deficiency in ideas, sentiments, or expression ; lack of 
richness or luxuriance, as in literary style ; poverty; bald- 
ness; meagerness. 
He had more frequent occasion for repetition than any 
poet ; yet one cannot ascribe this to any sterility of ex- 
pression, but to the genius of his times, which delighted 
in these reiterated verses. Pope, Essay on Homer. . 
Sterilization (ster"il-i-za'shon), H. [< stci'ili,:/ 
+ -ation."] The act or operation of making ster- 
ile; specifically, the process of freeing from 
living germs. Also spelled stfrili.iation. 
Sterilization of cow's milk must and will be a most valua- 
ble preventive of summer diarrhea. 
M.ilical Sews, LIU. 12. 
sterilize (ster'il-iz), r. t.; pret. and pp. xti-ril- 
i~i'il, ppr. stcriliziHij. [= F. steriliser = Sp. Pg. 
esterilizar; as sterile + -icp.] To render sterile 
or unproductive in any way; specifically, in 
bacteriology, to render free from living germs, .-i s 
by heating or otherwise. Also spelled sterilim . 
No, no such wars do thou, Ambition, wage ! 
60 sterilize the fertile with thy rage ! 
Whole nations to depopulate is thine. 
Savage, Public Spirit. 
Prof. Tyndall found that he could not sterilize an infu 
sion of old hay . . . without boiling it continuously for 
several hours. IF. B. Carpenter, Micros., SOU. 
sterilizer (ster'il-i-zer), H. [< sterilize + -cri.] 
One who or that which sterilizes ; especially, 
any apparatus for rendering substances free 
from living germs, as by means of heat. Also m 
spelled steriliser. 
sterkt. An old spelling of stark 1 , stirk. 
Sterlet (ster'let), . [< F. sterlet = Dan. sir ,1,1 
= Sw. sterlett, < G. sterlet, (. Russ. sterlyadi, a 
sterlet.] A species of sturgeon, Acipenser 
ruthemiu. It is of small size and slender form, with a 
long sharp snout and fringed barbels, and from sixty to 
seventy lateral shields. It rarely reaches a length of two 
feet, and is generally not more than a foot long. It In- 
habits the Black Sea, Sea of Azof, Caspian Sea, and the 
rivers of Asiatic Russia, as well as certain rivers of Sibe- 
ria. It is highly esteemed for its flavor, and its roe makes 
a superior 'caviar. Compare also cuts under Acipenter. 
Sterletus (ster'le-tus), H. [NL. (Rafinesque, 
1820), < F. sterlet, < Russ. sterlyadi, sterlet : see 
sterlet."] A genus of sturgeons, the type of 
which is the sterlet, having the spines of the 
dorsal shield posterior, no stellate plates, and 
the lip emarginate. 
sterling^, An obsolete form of starling*. 
Sterling 2 (ster'ling), w. and a. [< ME. ster- 
ling, sterlinge, sterlynge, starling, the coin so 
called; cf. D. sterling = Sw. Dan. sterling, ster- 
ling (as in mod. E. use), = Icel. sterlingr, a ster- 
ling (the English coin so called), = MHG. ster- 
linc, stesrlinc (-ling), a coin so called, G. sterling 
(as in mod. E. use) ; = OF. esterlin, a sterling 
(the English coin so called), sterlin, esterlin, es- 
tellin, estelin, a weight of twenty-eight grains (of 
gold), the twentieth part of an ounce, = Sp. Pg. 
esterlino, in libra esterlina, a pound sterling, = 
It. sterlino, in lira sterlina, a pound sterling, 
also as a noun, sterlino, sterling coin, standard 
rate (of coin) ; ML. sterlingus, sterlingum, ster- 
linus, stellinus, stelligus, sterlingeus, sterilingus, 
esterlingus, estrilingus, a sterling (the English 
coin so called), also a weight of twenty-eight 
grains, the twentieth part of an ounce ; all < 
E., unless, as Kluge asserts, the E. itself (and 
so in part the OF. and ML.) is < MHG. sterlinc, 
staerlinc (-ling), which is then < sterl- or ster-, 
origin unknown, + -ing& or -ling* as in shilling, 
farthing (AS. f earthing, feorthling), penny (AS. 
pening, etc.). In this view the word must have 
been introduced into ME. use by the Hanse 
merchants in London, who, according to the 
story, first stamped the coin in England. The 
accepted statement is that these merchants 
were called Easterlings as coming from "the 
east parts of Germany" (Camden), and that 
the coin received its name from them ; but the 
similarity appears to be accidental, and the 
statement, besides other deficiencies, fails to 
explain the MHG. name, which could not have 
meant ' Easterling.' It seems more probable 
that the MHG. word is, like the rest, derived 
from the ME. word, which must then be due, 
in spite of unexplained difficulties, to Easter- 
stem 
ling, or else is derived. :is assorted in a state- 
ment quoted hy Minsheu from Linwood, from 
the figure of a starling (ME. sterling) at one 
time engraved on one quarter of the coin so 
called: lee f terifoj? 1 . Historical evidence of the 
truth of this assertion is as yet lacking.] I. it. 
If. A silver coin struck by English (and Scot- 
tish) kings from the time of Richard I. (1190). 
Faste conien out of halle 
And shwken nobles and sterlinijfK. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1315. 
The oldest pieces [of the coinage of Scotland] are silver 
pennies or sterlings, resembling the contemporary English 
money, of the beginning of the 12tli century. 
Kncyc. Brit., XVII. 656. 
2. English money. [Rare.] 
And Roman wealth in English sterling view. Arbuthnot. 
II. a. 1. Of fixed or standard national value; 
conforming to the national standard of value ; 
said of English money, and, by extension, of the 
precious metals: as, a pound sterling; a shilling 
sterling. Abbreviated ster.. xlg. 
In the Canon Law mention is made of r shillings ster- 
ling, and a merke sterling, cap. 3. de Arbitris, & c. con- 
stitut. 12. de procurator. Miiuheu, 1617. 
When a given weight of gold or silver is of a given fine- 
ness, it is then of the true standard, and called esterlinc 
or sterling metal. blackntone, Com., I. vli. 
I lost between seven and eight thousand pounds sterling 
of your English money. J. S. Le Fanu, Dragon Volant, v. 
2. Of acknowledged worth or influence; au- 
thoritative. 
If my word be sterling yet in England, 
, Let it command a mirror hither straight, 
That it may show me what a face I have. 
Shak., Rich. II., Iv. 1. 264. 
3. Genuine; true; pure; hence, of great value 
or excellence. 
His sterling worth, which words cannot express, 
Lives with his friends, their pride and their distress. 
Crabbe, Works, II. 27. 
I might recall other evidence of the sterling and unusual 
qualities of his public virtue. 
R. Choate, Addresses, p. 321. 
sterling 8 (ster'ling), H. See starling^. 
Sterling's formula. See formula. 
stern 1 (stern), . [< ME. stern, sterin, sterne, 
sturne, < AS. styrne, severe, austere, stern (also 
in comp. styrn-mod, stern-minded); akin to 
OHG. stornen, be astonished, sturni, stupor; 
perhaps related to OHG. storren, MHG. storren, 
stand out, project, = Goth, 'stanrran, in comp. 
and-staurran, murmur against, also to D. 
stuiirsch, stern, = Sw. stursk, refractory, and 
to Icel. stura, gloom, despair, stura, mope, fret.] 
1. Severe in disposition or conduct; austere; 
harsh; rigorous; hard. 
No Man was more gentle where there was Submission ; 
where Opposition, no Man more stern. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 132. 
And sterner hearts alone may feel 
The wound that time can never heal. 
Byron, The Oiaour. 
2. Characterized by severity or rigor ; especial- 
ly, resulting from or expressive of harshness : 
as, a stern reply ; a stern glance ; a stern rebuke. 
He herd thair strakes, that war ful sterin. 
Ywaine ana Gawin, I. 3219. (Hallimll.) 
If wolves had at thy gate howl'd that stern time, 
Thou shoutdst have said, "Good porter, turn the key." 
Shak., Lear, lit 7. 63. 
Gods and men 
Fear'd her stern frown. Milton, ComuB, 1. 446. 
3. Grim or forbidding in aspect; gloomy; re- 
pelling. 
In passing through these stern and lofty mountains, 
their path was often along the bottom of a barauco, or 
deep rocky valley. Ining, Granada, p. 88. 
4. Rough; violent; tumultuous; fierce. 
The werre wox in that won wonderly stern. 
Alisaunder of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 337. 
Those stern waves, which like huge mountains roll. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 435. 
5. Rigid; stringent; strict. 
Subjected to stern discipline by the rigid enforcement 
of uniform motives. Maudsley, Body and Will, p. 8. 
6f. Stout; strong; heavy. 
The hamnr bothe Sterne and gret 
That drof the nayles thorow hond and fete. 
Holy Hood (E. E. T. S.), p. 184. 
Of bak A of brest al were his bodi sturne. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 143. 
7. Firm; unyielding; inflexible; hard. 
When that the poor have cried. Ctcsar hath wept : 
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. 
Shak., 3. C., iii. 2. 97. 
The sterner sex. See xi . = Syn. 1. Severe. Harsh, Strict, 
etc. See austere. 1 and 2. Unrelenting, uncompromis- 
ing, inflexible. 
