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Stethoscopic (steth-o-skop'ik), . [<8t6tko8eme Stevia (ste'vi-a), . [NL. (C'avanilles, 1797), 
+ -ic.] Of or pertaining to stethoscopy or the 
stethoscope; obtained by means of the stetho- 
scope. 
stethoscopical (steth-o-skop'i-kal), it. [< strtli- 
oxftiiiii- + -nl.~\ Same as steikoscopic, 
stethoSCOpically (stoth-o-skop'i-kal-i), iiflr. Iii 
a etethoBCOpio manner; by means of the steth- 
oscope. 
StetUOSCOpist (steth'o-sko-pist), w. [< xtrtlm- 
xcop-y + -j'gfc] One who is versed in the use 
of the stethoscope. 
Stethoscopy (steth'o-sko-pi), ii. [< Or. arf/ffof, 
the breast, + -aiumia, (. aiumeiv, view.] 1. The 
examination of the chest. 2. Auscultation 
with a stethoscope. 
Stet processus (stet pro-ses'us). [LawL.: L. 
stet, 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. act. of glare, stand ; 
processus, process.] In old Eng. law : (a) The 
named after Kgtme, a Spauisli scientist.] 1. 
A genus of composite plants, of the tribe EIIJUI- 
toriaeess and subtribe Aflerateie. It is character- 
ized by crowded corymbose or loosely panicled heads with 
five or Bix nearly equal involucral bracts, five flowers, ap- 
pendaged anthers, and a variable pappus of several scales 
or awns or of both mingled in the same head. Over one 
hundred species have been described, natives of the wann- 
er parts of America from Buenos Ayres to Mexico, and es 
pccially numerous westward ; absent in tropical Brazil and 
nearly so in Guiana. They are herbs or shrubs, often some- 
what rigid, or rarely diffuse. Their leaves are usually oppo- 
site, three-nerved, and sen-ate, sometimes entire or three- 
parted. The flowers are white or purplish, forming deader 
heads. Several species are cultivated as border-plants in 
Europe. In the t'nited States S. compacta and S. serrata, 
bearing a profusion of small white fragrant flowers, the lat- 
ter flowering later, are grown nndt r ulass in great quanti- 
ties for cutting and for winter use in houses. S. serrata 
and five other species extend within the t'nited States 
into Arizona or Texas. 
2. [I. c.] A plant of this genus. 
as expressing that order. 
Steve, r. t. See sleeve*. 
stevedore (ste've-dor), n. [< Sp. estiuador, a 
wool-packer, hence a stower of wool for expor- 
tation, and gen. one who stows a cargo (cf. Sp. 
estiru = It. stiva = OF. estive, stowage, ballast), 
< estivar = Pg. estirar = It. stirare, press close, 
stow (a cargo), < L. stipare, press together: see ,. , 
*We 2 .] One whose occupation is the stowage a stove 
of goods, packages, etc., in a ship's hold; one 
who loads or unloads vessels. 
Steven (stev'en), . [Early mod. E. also steav- 
en; < ME. steren, stevene, stecyii, stevyne, stefne, 
stemne, < AS. stefii, stemn = OS. stemna, stem- 
nia = OFries. stemma = MD. stemme, D. stem 
= MLG. stempne, stemme, LG. stemme = OHG. 
stimiui, stimma, MHG. G. stimme, voice, = Icel. 
stefna, stemna, direction, summons, = Sw. stam- 
ma = Dan. stemme = Goth, stibna, voice ; root 
and connections unknown. Cf. Gr. ar6/m, 
mouth.] If. Voice; the voice. 
When Little John heard his master speake, 
Well knew he it was his dm- it. 
RMn Hood and Guy of Gisborne. (Halliwell.) 
2f. Speech; speaking; crying out. 
Mamie, stynte of thy steuen and be stille. 
York Plays, p. 366. 
3t. That which is uttered: a speech or cry; 
prayer. 
To thee, lady, y make my moone ; I praie thee heere my 
steuen. Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. 8.), p. 6. 
4+. Word; bidding; command; direction. 
Thre semely sonnes and a worthy wiffe 
I haue euer at my steoen to stande. 
Fort Plays, p. 45. 
5. One's word or promise; an agreement; an 
appointment; hence, anything fixed by appoint- 
ment. 
Pg. estufa = It. stufa, stove, hothouse, < OHG. 
stubd, stupa, MHG. stube , a heated room, a bath- 
room, G. stube, a room or chamber in general, 
= MLG. stove = MD. stove = AS. stofa, a hot- 
house, bath-room: see store 1 , the same word in 
a more orig. form. In defs. 8 and 9 the noun is 
from the verb.] 1. A heated room, especially 
such a room for bathing purposes ; a hothouse ; 
Stephen kept his xteamn, and to the time he gave 
Came to demand what penance he should have. 
It fr-i'scibc more strongly in tho Contrees than on this 
half; and therfore hathe every man Stewes in his Hous, 
and in tho Steves the! eten and don here Occupations, 
alle that the! may. Mandemlle, Travels, p. 131. 
Whan he came out of his stewe or bayne, he axyd drynke, 
by the force whereof he was poysoned. 
Fabyan, Chron., cxxv. 
It [a small artificially wanned room] is used for drying 
various substances, as plants, extracts, conserves, &c., or 
for taking vapor baths. In this case the stew or stove Is 
said to be wet or humid ; in the opposite case it is said to 
Iw dry. Dunglison, Med. Diet., p. 987. 
2. Specifically, a hatters' drying-room. Halli- 
well. 3t. A room; a chamber; a closet. 
Troylus, that stood and myghte it se 
Thorghout a litel wyndowe In a stewe, 
Ther he bishet, sen mydnyght, was on mewe. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iii. B01. 
4. A brothel; a bagnio: of ten used in the plural, 
sometimes witli the force of a singular noun. 
Sleuthe . . . wedded on Wanhope, a wenche of the 
stewes. Piers Plowman (C), xxlii. 159. 
Wommen of the styves. Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 34. 
Shall we every decency confound ? 
Through taverns, stem, and bagnios take our round V 
Pope, Imlt. of Horace, I. vi. 120. 
5f. A lock hospital. See hospital. 
In the borough of Southwark, prior to the time some- 
times fixed upon for the origin of syphilis, there were 
places called stews, where prostitutes were confined and 
received the benefits of surgical assistance. 
S. Cooper, Practice of Surgery (6th ed.), p. 832. 
[(Encyc. Diet.) 
Ellis, Spec, of Anc. Poetry, III. 121. (Nares.) 6f. A prostitute : sometimes in the plural form 
At unset Steven* , at a time or place not previously spe- 
cified ; without definite appointment. 
It is ful fair a man to bere hym evene, 
For al day meeteth men at unset steixne. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 666. 
To set a Steven, to make an agreement ; fix an appointed 
time. [Prov. Eng. I 
Hit HI, on a tyde, 
That by her bothe assent was set a steoen. 
Chaucer, Complaint of Mars, 1. 52. 
Steven (stev'en), r. [< ME. sterenen, < AS. stef- 
iiiati, call, summon (= Icel. slcfna, stemna, cite, 
summon), < stefn, sterna, voice: see steren, .] 
I. trans. If. To speak ; utter ; tell of ; name. 
In Rome Y shalle sou steuene 
And [an] honyred kyrkes fowrty and seuen. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. FurnivallX p. 113. 
2f. To call ; summon ; command ; appoint. 
Lord God ! I loue the lastandly 
And highly, botht with harte and hande 
That me, thy poure prophett Hely 
Haue steuened me in this stede to stande. 
York Plays, p. 187. 
3. To bespeak. Hallhcell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Il.t intrant. To talk; call out ; shout; make 
a noise. 
with a singular meaning. 
And shall Cassandra now be termed, in common speeche, 
a stewes' O. Whetttone, Promos and Cass., I., iv. 3. 
It was so plotted betwixt her husband and Bristol! that 
instead of that beauty he had a notorious stew sent to him. 
Sir A. Weldon, Court of K. James, p. 146. 
7f. A close vessel in which something is cooked 
or stewed ; a stew-pot or stew-pan. 
I have seen corruption boil and bubble 
Till it o'er-run the stew. 
Shot., M. for M., v. 1. 321. 
8. Food cooked by stewing; especially, meat 
or fish prepared by slow cooking in a liquid. 
The contents of the kettle a stew of meat and pota- 
toes ... had been taken off the fire and turned out 
into a yellow platter. 
Oeorye Eliot, Mill on the Flo*, t 11. 
9. A state of agitation or ferment; mental dis- 
turbance; worry; fuss. [Colloq.] 
And he, though naturally bold and stout, 
In short, was in a most tremendous stew. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 104. 
Box-Stew, an oyster-stew made of box-oysters that is 
of large select oysters. Irish stew, a dish made of mut- 
ton, onions, and potatoes, and sometimes other vegetables, 
stewed in water mixed with flour, and seasoned with salt 
and pepper. 
Stew 1 (stu), v. [< ME. 'stewen, stuen, stutceii, < 
OF. esturer ("estuwer), bathe, stew, F. etuver, 
Ye rebaldis that regnys in this rowte, 
3e stynte of youre steuenyng so stowte. 
_4...__..-.,. j, r , . A y, p. J07. ... . vuv tvf ^ voi/ww/wy, uuLiiG, Btew, r . eiuver, 
stevenedt, . [< late ME. stei-ynyd, stevend, ster- stew, = Sp. estufar, estofar, estobar = Pg. estu- 
I/IKI, also and appar. orig. steyned, steynyd, ste- far = It. stufare, stew (cf. D. MLG. LG. storen 
tea, lit. stained,' pp. of steynen, steinen, stain : ( > G. stoven) = Sw. stufva = Dan. stuve, stew) ; 
seestojw.] Party-colored. Catli. Aug., p. 363. from the noun: see stew 1 , n. Cf . stiveS, a doub- 
Item, a utevynyd clothe, a crucifix, . . . xxd. let of stew 1 .'] I. trans. If. To bathe, as in a 
Paston Utters, III. 408. liquid or a vapor-bath. 
steward 
Ktuwtfn or hathyn, or ittuyn in a stw. Kjtliif... 
ri-ntupt. 1'tnr. 
2t. Figuratively, lo strop. 
The Stockes were fitter for him ; the most corrupted 
fellow about tin- Suburbs, his conscience isstewd in llribes. 
lirinne., Sparagus Garden, v. IS. 
3. To cook (food) by simmering or slowly boil- 
ing; prepare by cooking in a liquid kept at Hie 
simmering-point: as, to */ meat or fruit : to 
ste tr oysters. 
Ktmeijn or xttti/n mete. Stupho. I'mnijil. run: 
sti-,r,l shrimps and Afric cockles shall excite 
A jaded drinker's languid appetite. 
Francis, tr. of Horace's Satires, ii. 4. 
Stewed Quaker. See v</. ,-. 
II. inli-diin. To be cooked by slowly simmer- 
ing TO stew in one's own grease. See yrease. 
Stew 2 (stu), w. [< ME. gtcii-i; stilt; ../inn; ulirr 
= MLG. stouice, stouic, stou, stoic, a dam, weir, 
fish-pond; connected with stouwen, dam, hem 
in, = G. sttiiicn, dam, = MD. stouwen, heap up, 
collect. Cf. stow 1 .'] 1. A pond, usually arti- 
ficial, used for domestic purposes ; especially, a 
pool or tank in which fish are kept until needed 
for the table; avivafium; a stew-pond. 
Many a breem and many a luce in gtntre. 
Chaucer, (Jen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 860. 
At the Priory, a low and moist situation, there were 
ponds and stews for their fish. 
tf ilbert White, Antiq. of Sclborne, Letter xxvi. 
We find vivarium sometimes rendered as "vivary" and 
at other times as "stew." Atheiueum, No. 3234, p. 624. 
2. A breeding-place for tame pheasants. Kn- 
cyc. Diet. 3. An artificial bed of oysters: 
used of the old Roman and also of the modern 
methods of fattening. 
stew 3 (stu), n. [< ME. stew (Sc. pi. stovys), mist ; 
cf. Dan. stim, dust, D. stof, dust (stofregeit, 
drizzling rain), G. staub, dust.] Dust; a cloud 
of dust, smoke, or vapor. [Prov. Eng. and 
Scotch.] 
stew*t, ' A Middle English variant of stow 1 . 
Steward (stu'ard), n. [< ME. steward, stewarde, 
stewerd, steweirde, stuward, stuard (also Stewart, 
stuart, as in the surname Stewart, Stuart; AF. 
estuard), earlier stiward, styward, < AS. stig- 
iceard, later stiweard (> Icel. stivardhr), a stew- 
ard, < stigu, stif/o, a sty, pen for cattle, + weard, 
award: see sty'* and ward. Cf.AS.stigwita.sti- 
wita, a steward, < stigu, stigo, a sty, + wita, an 
officer, adviser.] 1. One who has charge of 
the household or estate of another; a majordo- 
mo ; especially, a person employed in a court, 
household, or important domestic establishment 
of any kind to superintend financial affairs, as 
by keeping accounts, collecting rents or other 
revenue, or disbursing money for household 
expenses. 
This lessoun loke thow nogt for- jet c : 
The stuard, countroller, and tresurere, 
Sittand at de deshe, thou haylse in fere. 
Babees Book (E. E, T. S.). p. 299. 
The first of them, that eldest was and best, 
Of all the house had charge and governement, 
As Guardian and Steward of the rest. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. x. 87. 
Protector, steward, substitute 
Or lowly factor for another's gain. 
Shale., Rich. III., iii. 7. 133. 
The hedge broke in, the banner blew, 
The butler drank, the steward scrawl'd. 
Tennyson, Day-Dream. 
2. Aii officer or retainer appointed to perform 
duties similar to those mentioned above; espe- 
cially, a person appointed to provide and dis- 
tribute food and all the requisites of the table ; 
a purveyor, (o) In some British colleges, one who has 
charge of the commons. (6) One of a ship's company whose 
duty it is to distribute provisions to the officers and crew. 
In passenger-ships he has charge of the table, servants, 
staterooms, etc., and is called distinctively chief steward, 
the title gteirard being also extended to his male helpers 
those who wait at table and attend to the staterooms. In 
a man-of-war the paymaster's steward is now styled pay- 
master's yeoman (see yeouian) ; the cabin-steward, ward- 
room steward, steeraye -steward, and warrant-ojicen' stew- 
ard are petty officers charged with providing for their 
several messes and keeping the apartments in order. 
3. Figuratively, a manager ; especially, one who 
controls expenditure ; a disburser. 
A man is but a steward of his owne goods; wherof God 
one day will demaund an account. 
Babees Boole (E. E. T. S.), p. 251. 
And what not rare? Luxury being the steward, and the 
treasure unexhaustible. Sandys, Travailes, p. 25. 
4. Formerly, in the English gilds, one of the 
officers in charge of the finances of the society ; 
also, a corresponding functionary in municipal 
affairs. The title is still given in English towns to ma- 
gistrates varying in functions, authority, rank, etc. In 
this latter case it is usually qualified by some limiting 
word : as, the city steward of York ; the land steward of 
