stog 
II. inti'tnix. To plant the feet slowly and can- /u-rpor, a measure : see meterl.] The science of 
tiotisly in walking. Jumicson. [Scotch.] calculating the quantities of chemical elements 
stogy (sto'gi), a.jnid n. [< xtoij + -(/i. Cf. involved in chemical reactions or processes. 
(sto'gi). . and n. [< xtog + -y 1 . Cf. 
stocky.'] I. a. Rough; coarse; heavy: Stoiciant, 
as, stogy shoes; a stogy cigar. 
One of his legs, ending in a stogtt boot, was braced out in 
front of him. The Century, XXXVI. 88. 
II. a.', pi. ytoyies (-giz). 1. A rough, heavy 
shoe. 2. A long, coarse cigar. 
[Colloq. in all uses.] 
stoic (sto'ik), a. and n. [Formerly also stoick; 
= F. stoique = Sp. estdico = Pg. estoico = It. 
stnico, < L. stoicus, < Gr. aruiK.ii/;, pertaining to a 
porch or portico, specifically pertaining to that 
called 2roa lioudTin, ' the Painted Porch ' in the 
Agora at Athens, and to the school of philos- 
A Stoic. 
[ME. utoicii'ii ; as Stoic + -iaii.~] 
Chaucer, Boethius, v. meter 4. 
n. [= F. 
Stolephorus 
bud, resemble those of the China aster, and are grown in 
large quantities for the London market, under the nann- 
of Stokes's aster. 
stola (sto'la), . ; fl.stolee(-le). [L. : see*<o?c2.] 
An ample outer tunic or dress worn by Roman 
women over the under-tunic or chemise : it fell 
ims of the Stoics; also, the conduct recommend- 
ed by the Stoics. 2. A real or pretended indif- 
ference to pleasure or pain ; the bearing of pain 
without betraying feeling; calm fortitude. 
He [Nuncomar] had Just parted from those who were 
most nearly connected with him. Their cries and contor- stole 2 (st 61) n. 
tions had appalled the European ministers of justice, but v ;,t n >,. 6' ' 
had not produced the smallest effect on the iron stoicism ?"' 
of the prisoner. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
= Syn. 2. Insensibility, Impassibility, etc. See apathy. 
in around the waist by a girdle. It was a charac- 
teristic garment of the Roman matrons, as the toga was 
of the men. and divorced women and courtezans were not 
permitted to wear it See cut in preceding column. 
stole 1 (stol). Preterit and obsolete past parti- 
ciple of steal 1 . 
'.E. stole, stoole, < OF. estok; 
itola = It. stola, < L. xtolo, 
a stola, robe, stole, < Gr. oro/i?, a long robe: 
orig., in a gen. sense, dress, equipment, sacer- 
dotal vestment or vestments; < are'Afaiv, set, 
array, despatch : seeste//.] 1. A stola, or any 
garment of similar nature. 
Forsoth the fadir seyde to his seruauntis, Soone brynee 
je forth the first stoole, and clothe 30 him. 
Wyclif, Luku xv. H. 
Behind, four priests, in sable stole, 
Sung requiem for the warrior's soul 
Scott, L. of L. M., v. 30. 
iivuiuMuie iieucssity uj wiuuii mi Limits lire Kuvurneu. . *_ Q Jn thp T?nTTinn rMtlmlio Otnmifol T/1 A 
The Stoics are proverbially known for the sternness and StokeH, t>. t. and t. [< ME. stoke>i,< OF. estoquer Ji* lie, Oriental, and An- 
austerity of their ethical doctrines, and for the influence (= It. ^stoccare), stab, thrust, < estoc, a rapier g . . i n ecclesiastical vestment, con- 
whlch their tenets exercised over some of the noblest stock- see stock* stocradf 1 To nifirpp- stiplt 818tln g f a narrow stnp oi silk or other mate- 
spirits of antiquity, especially among the Romans. Their t^*: 8 BK ' rial, worn over the shoulders (by deacons over 
ophy founded by Zeno, who frequented this stoicityt (sto-is'i-ti), n. [< *toc + -ity.~] Stoi- 
porch.] I. a. [cap.] Pertaining to the Stoics, cabaess; stoical indifference. B. Jonson, Epi- 
or to their teaching: as, a Stoic philosopher; ccene, i. 1. 
the Stoic doctrine; hence, manifesting indiffer- stoit (stoit), v. i. [A dial. var. of stot 2 ."] 1. 
ence to pleasure or pain (compare stoical). To walk in a staggering way; totter; stumble 
II. M. 1. [cap.] A disciple of the philoso- onanyobject. [Scotch.] 2. To leap from the 
pher Zeno, who founded a sect about 308 B. c. water, as certain fish. Day. [Prov. Eng.] 
He taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved stoitei (stoi'ter), e. i. [A dial. var. of stotter.'] 
by Joy or grief, and submit without complaint to the un- a,,,, oa <,>,* 
avoidable necessity by which all things are governed. ? a , In * * B *"'" 
system appears to have been an attempt to reconcile a 
theological pantheism and a materialist psychology with 
a logic which seeks the foundations of knowledge in the 
Ne short swerd for to stolce with point bytynge. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1988. 
representations or perceptions of the senses, and a moral- ut,nVo2 irnl.-1 -ot ,,,,! ,.,. */,,;,.,/ 
ity which claims as its first principle the absolute freedom 8 ~* e rV ,SJ'* P t P & ' ?.' f 1" 
of the human will. The Stoics teach that whatever is real is tn 9- l< stoker, taken as an E. noun, < "stoke + 
-f 1 , but appar. < D. stoker, < stoken, kindle a 
fire, incite, instigate, < MD. stock, D. stok a 
stick stock Tanifir- BBB atnrl-l Ct ,inlJl ~\ 
y , ' "2?*; P leI : see Mocki. tf. MM^.] 
? traHS - - 1 poke, stir up, and maintain the fire 
in (a furnace, especially one used with a boiler 
material ; matter and force are the two ultimate principles; 
matter is of itself motionless and unformed, though capa- 
ble of receiving all motions and all forms. Force is the 
active, moving, and molding principle, and is inseparably 
Joined with matter ; the working force in the universe is 
God, whose existence as a wise thinking being is proved 
by the beauty and adaptation of the world. The supreme 
end of life, or the highest good, is virtue that is, a life 
conformed to nature, the agreement of human conduct 
with the all-controlling law of nature, or of the human 
with the divine will ; not contemplation, but action, is 
the supreme problem for man ; virtue is sufficient for 
happiness, but happiness or pleasure should never be 
made the end of human endeavor. The wise man alone 
attains to the complete performance of his duty : he is 
without passion, although not without feeling ; he is not 
indulgent, but just toward himself and others ; he alone 
is free ; he is king and lord, and is inferior in Inner worth 
to no other rational being, not even to Zeus himself. 
Much skill is needed to stake the furnace of a steam- 
boiler successfully ; and one stoker will often be able to 
keep the steam well up when another of equal strength 
and diligence will fail altogether. 
Brandt and Cox, Diet Set, Lit, and Art. 
Cold Stoking, in alast-manu/., the process of lowering 
the temperature of the oven until the glass attains the 
tough fluid consistency necessary for blowing. 
n. in trans. To attend to and supply a furnace 
Certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Sto- 
icks encountered him. Acts xvll. 18. 
i (by i 
one shoulder) and hanging down in front to the 
knees or below them. It is widened and fringed at 
the ends, and usually has a cross embroidered on it at the 
middle and at each extremity. Stoles are worn of differ- 
ent colors, according to the ecclesiastical season. When 
celebrating the eucharist a priest wears his stole crossed 
upon the breast and secured: by the girdle, at other times 
simply pendent from the shoulders. A bishop, on account 
of his pectoral cross, wears it pendent even when cele- 
brating. A deacon wears It over the left shoulder and 
tied on the right side. In the Greek Church the stole has 
been worn since early times in two different forms, the 
nally the stole was of linen, and probably was a napkin or 
cloth indicative of ministering at the altar and at agapw 
The pall or omophorion Is f entirely distinct origin. See 
oranum. 
Forth oomth the preest with stole aboute his nekke, 
And bad hire be lyke to Sarra and Rebekke 
In wysdom and in trouthe of mariage. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 459. 
3. A chorister's surplice or cotta : an occasional 
erroneous use. 
nv 
(stok hoi), w. The compartment of 
Hence 2. A person not easily excited; one who 
appears or professes to be indifferent to plea- 
sure or pain: one who exhibits calm fortitude. 
Flint-hearted Stoics, you, whose marble eyes 
Contemn a wrinkle, and whose souls despise 
To follow nature's too affected fashion. 
Quarles, Emblems, ii. 4. 
School Of the Stoics, the Porch. See porch. 
stoical (sto'i-kal), a. r/ '-'- -- ~'" 1 
taining to, or chai 
hence, manifesting or maintaining indifference 
to pleasure or pain ; exhibiting or proceeding 
from calm fortitude : as, stoical indifference. 
. , , one who kin- 
dles or sets on fire, \ stoken, kindle a fire, stir 
a fire, < stok, a stock, stick (hence a poker for a 
fire): see stock*-, and cf. stoke 1 *.] I. One who 
attends to and maintains suitable combustion 
in a furnace, especially a furnace used in gen- 
Six little Singing-boys dear little souls 
In nice clean faces, and nice white stulel. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 210. 
4. In her., usually, a bearing representing a 
scarf with straight and parallel sides, fringed 
at each end.-Oroom of the stole, the first lord of the 
bed-chamber in the household of an English king. Or- 
der Of the Golden Stole, a Venetian order, the badge 
of which was a stole of cloth of gold worn over the robes. 
It disappeared with the independence of the republic of 
Venice. Stole-fee, a fee paid to a priest for religious or 
lesiastical service, as for marriages, christenings, and 
era! s. 
1 (stol), n. Same as stolon. 
stole*t, " An obsolete form of stool. 
" (stold), a. [< stole? + -ed 2 .] Wearing 
It is a common imputation to Seneca that though he ere > attributing the coal to the" grate in definite ^quantity a stole. G. Fletcher, Christ's Triumph After 
declaimed with so much strength of reason, and a stoical ** neede <t, while shaking grates, revolving grate-bars, and Death. 
contempt of riches and power, he was at the same time 8 P cial bars called picker-Ian, with teeth working in the stolen (sto'lu) V a FPo of stean 1 Obtained 
one of the nchest and most powert^ men^Rom^ ^ JJ $**+ > !*> discharge of ^SSrf SfSS^SttSffSi 'Lul , ,1 
Stoical ethics. See Stoic, n., l. " ' Stokesia (sto-ke'si-a), n. 
stoically (sto'i-kal-i), adr. In the manner of 
the Stoics, or of a "i" 1 - 
ing or sensibility; 
or j>ain; with calm fortitude. tribe " Euvernonieee, 
stoicalness (sto'i-kal-nes), n. The state of be- and series Stilpnopap- 
mg stoical ; indifference to pleasure or pain ; pete, it is characterized 
I), a. [< stoic + -al.~\ Of, per- erating steam, as on a locomotive or steamship; ecclesi 
characteristic of the Stoics; a fireman. 2. A poker. [Bare.] Mechanical ' une ra 
ing or maintaining indifference Stoker, an automatic device for feeding fuel to a furnace, stole 3 
>ain; exhibiting or proceeding wffl&Mttttl^E^r. s t, le t 
[NL. (L'Heritier, 
nirod hv stnalth r thft 
or acq'ure" by stealth or theft : as, stolen goods. 
Stolen waters are sweet. 'Prov. ix. 17. 
calm fortitude. 
stoicheiology (stoi-ki-ol'o-ji), n. [Also stoicM- 
ology, and more prop, sicechiology ; < Gr. oro<- 
', a small post, also a first principle (dim. of 
l>y large stalked heads of 
blue flowers, with smooth 
three- or four-angled 
achenes and a pappus of 
four or five long bristles. 
The conditions of mere thinking are given in certain ele- 
the nature of the different kinds of objects that andsomewhatligulate, and 
science deals with, but not of the manner in toward the outside of the 
head, by then? increased 
size and deeply five- parted 
border, they suggest the 
tribe Cichoriacea. The only 
species, S. cyanea, is a na- 
tive of the southern United 
. . . . .TOM,*/,, "i mis uoc- States near the Gulf of 
trine conversant about the elementary requisites of mere Mexico, a rare plant of 
thought. . . . In its stoicheiology, or doctrine of elements wet pine-barrens. It is an 
logic considers the conditions of possible thought erect shrub, clad above 
Sir W. Hamilton, Logic, iv xxiv wlth Ioose w o1 and alter ' 
Stoicheiometrical (stoi'kl-o-met'ri-kal), a. bearin^petMedTa^s^ 
LAlaostu:chiomeMcal;<stoictieioietr-y+-ic-al.'] low, which are entire or 
Pertaining to stoicheiometry. spiny-fringed. The hand- 
stoicheiometry(stoi-ki-om'e-tri), w. TAlsosto- f me bl ? e fl . ow , ers J or 
I'liinnift,',, / ft,. Z '' .L"." large terminal beads 
iftiy, < Gr. aro, X twi>, a first principle, + which are purplish in the 
Roman Woman Clad in the Stola 
tover which ib dmpeil the palla). 
the anchovies. The body is oblong or elongate ; the 
snout is produced forward ; the mouth is very large and 
inferior; the maxillaries are very narrow, and project 
backward ; the dorsal tin is submedian and short ; the anal 
fin is rather long ; the pectorals are normal ; and the ven- 
trals are abdominal, but further advanced than usual, and 
of moderate size. There is no lateral line, but along the 
sides is generally developed a broad silvery band, to which 
the typical genus owes its name. The species are mostly 
of small size, rarely exceeding 6 inches, and often less. 
About 70 are known, some inhabiting almost all tropical 
and temperate seas. Enyrnvliilitlie is a synonym. 
stolephoroid (sto-lef'o-roid), . and a. [< Sto- 
lephorvs + -oid.'] I.' n. A fish of the family 
StolepJioridee. 
II. a. Of, or having characters of, the Stole- 
pJioridse. 
Stolephorus (sto-lef 'o-rus), n. [NL. (Lacepede, 
1803), < Gr. croA.fl, a stole, 4- <f>epeiv = E. fteor 1 .] 
A genus of fishes, related to the herrings, but 
with a produced snout, and a broad silvery band 
which has been compared to the white stole or 
band worn by priests, typical of the family Stole- 
nhoridse (or Engraulididie). The common anchovy 
Is S. encrasicholus. There are several others, as S. brownt, 
from Cape Cod to Brazil, abounding southward ; S. ringem, 
from Vancouver Island to Peru, a large anchovy; 5. deli- 
catissimus and S. compressus, of the Californian and Mexi- 
can coasts, the latter locally known as sprat (see prot2, 
