stornello 5972 stound 
2f. A historian ; a chronicler. 
,..- . ... ,,., a ,. ,,., . lr . o Rathumus the utoryimter, and Semellius the scribe, . . 
Encyc. Brit., XIX. 272. Blind Story, a pointless tale.-To be in aor one Story* B *** rf "- lEsd.il. 17. 
to be In the same storyt, to agree in testimony ; give Stosh (stosh), n. [Origin obscure.] Fish-offal 
the same account. gurry ; especially, a thick paste made by grind- 
uur *i]i\-t>u in o Vioif . mill mi.l ,, ...I ,. , II !.:*. 
The Tuscan and Umbrian xtornello is much shorter [than 
the rispettol, consisting, indeed, of a hemistich naming 
some natural object which suggests the motive of the 
little poem. Encyc. Brit., XIX. 27i!. 
Storthing (stor'ting), ii. [< Dan. Norw. stor- 
thing (= Icel. storthing), great or high court, 
parliament, < star (= Sw. star = Icel. storr = 
AS. stor, > E. stoor), great, + thing = Sw. tiiitj 
= Icel. t/iini/, assembly, meeting, = AS. thing: 
see thing".] The national parliament of Nor- 
way. It is composed of 114 members, who are chosen by 
indirect election. The Storthing is convened every year, 
and divides itself into an upper house (Lagthing) and a 
lower house (Odelsthing). The former is composed of one 
fourth, and the latter of three fourths of the members. 
See Laijthimj and Oiielsthing. 
storvent. Preterit plural and past participle 
of Middle English xterccn, die. See starve. 
Story 1 (sto'ri), n.; pi. stories (-riz). [< ME. 
storie, storye (cf. It. storia, < LL. storia), an 
aphetic form of istoric, historic, history : see his- 
torif.] 1. A connected account or narration, 
oral or written, of events of the past ; history. 
The prime vertue of Story Is verity. 
Hovxll, Vocall Forrest, Pref. 
She was well versed in the Greek and Roman story, and 
was not unskilled in that of France and England. 
*'"' 1 1 Death of Stella. 
There 's themes enough in Caledonian story 
Would show the tragic muse in a' her glory. 
Burns, Prologue for Mr. Sutherland's Benefit 
1 and ne P w' nte<1 ^ ^ "" 
Shak., M. W. of W iv. 5 8 
So I flud they are all in a story. 
Shendan, The Duenna, ii. 3. 
, - 
i ng slivers in a bait-mill, and used as toll-bait : 
, , . . ehuni . pom ace. 
= Syn. 1. Relation, Jfarration. etc. (see account); record, atoll ( 8 tot) n [Early mod E nko otnttf < 
chronicle, annals. Analu - S- J L 5 , ' 
chronicle, annals. 2. Anecdote, Story. See anecdote. 
3. Tale, fiction, fable, tradition, legend. 4. Memoir, life, 
biography. 
Story 1 (sto'ri), . ; pret. and pp. storied, ppr. 
xtoryiiif/. [< story'-, n. Cf. hixtory, n.] I. 
trans. 1. To tell or describe in historical rela- 
tion ; make the subject of a narrative, tale, or 
legend; relate. 
Pigmies (those diminutive people, or sort of apes or 
satyrs, so much resembling the little men storied under 
that name). Erelyn, True Religion, I. 261. 
What the sage poets, taught by the heavenly Muse, 
Storied of old in high immortal verse, 
Of dire chimeras, and enchanted isles. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 516. 
2. To ornament with sculptured or painted 
scenes from history or legend. Compare sta- 
ll, intrans. To relate; narrate. 
Cupid, if storying Legends lull aright, 
Once framed a rich Elixir of Delight 
Coleridge, Composition of a Kiss. 
aunts, Prologue for Mr. Sutherland's Benefit <nuye, tomposi a juss. 
2. An account of an event or incident: arela- Story 2 (sto'ri), n. [Sometimes storey, early 
tion; a recital: as, stories of bravery. ! n S. E ' stor "'' *!"">'"'>' < ME - story, Pb. < 
OF. "estoree, a building, a thing built, '< estoree, 
fern. pp. of estorer, build, < L. instaurare, erect, 
build, etc.: see store*, .] If. A building; an 
edifice. 
HII [they] bygonne her heye tonnes strengthy [strengthen) 
vaste aboute, 
Her castles & storys, that hii my,, lit.- be ynne in doute 
[danger]. Rob. of Gloucester, p. 181. 
MK. stot, xtott, stotte, a horse, a bullock; cf. 
Icel. stvtr, a bull, the butt-end of a horn, a 
stumpy thing, = Sw. xtut, a bullock, also a blow, 
bang, dial, a young ox, a young man, = Norw. 
still, a bullock, also an ox-horn, = Dan. stud, a 
bullock ; prob. lit. ' pusher,' from the root of D. 
xtiiiiii'ii = (',. sliissfii. push, thrust, strike, = Icel. 
stitiitn, strike, bent, stutter, = Sw. sliita = Dan. 
xtiiili; strike, push, thrust, = Goth, staiilitii, 
strike. Cf. stoat, stotel.] If. Ahorse; a stal- 
lion. 
This reve sat npon a ful good stot, 
That was al pomely grey and highte Scot. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., L 615. 
2. A young ox ; a steer. 
And Grace gauc Piercs of his goodnesse foure stottis, 
Al that his oxen eryed they to harwe after. 
Piers Plouinan (B), xix. 262. 
To procure restitution in Integrant of every stirk and 
stot that the chief . . . and his clan had stolen since the 
days of Malcolm Canmore. Scott, Waverlcy, xv. 
The woman would work ay, and get up at any hour ; 
and the strength of a stot she had. 
tion ; a recital : as, stories of bravery 
A lered man, to lere the [teach thee) 
... of gode Friday the storye. 
Piers Plowman (B), xili. 447. 
And tell sad stories of the death of kings ; 
How some have been deposed, some slain in war. 
Shak., Rich. II., ill. 2. 166. ._ . , ......... 
To make short of a long story, ... I have been bred up Her castles & storys, that hii myshte be ynne in doute " Nay, olde stot, that is not myn entente," 
from childhood with great expectations. [danger]. Rob. of Gloucester, p. 181. Quod this somonour, "for torepente me." 
Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, vL g. A stage or floor of a building; hence, a sub- Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 
3. In lit., a narrative, either true or fictitious, division of the height of a house ; a set of rooms stot 2 (stot), v. i. ; pret. and pp. staffed, ppr. 
in prose or verse; a tale, written in a more or on the same level or floor. A story comprehends ting. [Formerly state; < ME. stoten; = D. stoo- 
less imaginative style, of that which has hap- the distance from one floor to another: as, a (rfory of nine, ten, push, etc. : see stotl, and cf. stotter, sttit, 
pened or is supposed to have happened: spe- twelve, or sixteen feet elevation. stutter*.] 1. To stumble; walk irregularly; 
p.ifipn.llv n. firttifinna tola ^ i,. ,,.(.,,. OH i..... They founde the kyng in his pallalce sittynge vppon a bounce in walking. Compare stoit TProv 
floure or stoune made of the leaues of date trees wrought Ene 1 
after a curious diuise lyke a certeyne kynde of mattes. 
It. Eden, tr. of Antonio Plgafetta (First Books on America, Tne y <*<>* along side by side. 
[ed. Arber, p. 257). * f'errier, Inheritance, il. 367. 
2. To rebound, as a ball. [Prov. Eng.] 
itotayt, 0. i. [ME. stotayen, stotaien, < OF. es- 
toteier, estotier, estoutoier, etc., be thrown into 
disorder, tr. throw into disorder, maltreat (< es- 
tout, estot, etc., rash, bold, stout: see stoufl), 
butjn sense confused with stoten, stumble: see 
To stumble ; stagger. 
cifically, a fictitious tale, shorter and less 
elaborate than a novel; a short romance; a 
folk-tale. 
Call up him that left half-told 
The story of Cambuscan bold, 
Of Camball and of Algarsife, 
And who had Canace to wife. 
Milton, II Penseroso, 1. 110. 
Voltaire has a curious essay to show that most of our 
best modern stories and plots originally belonged to the 
eastern nations. /. D'Israeli, Curios, of Lit, I. 174 
Upon the ground storey a fair gallery, open, upon pil- 
lars ; and upon the third storey likewise an open gallery 
upon pillars, to take the prospect and freshness of the 
garden. Bacon, Building (ed. 1887). 
Attic story. See attici, l. Mezzanine story Same 
as entresol.-The upper story, the brain; the wits. 
[Familiar and ludicrous.) 
He 's a good sort o' man, fur all he 's not overburthen'd 
i' (A 1 tipper storey. George Eliot, Amos Barton, i. 
W. Black, Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 889. 
3. A weasel; a stoat. See cut under stoat. 
Lamb, wolf, fox, leopard, minx, stot, miniver. 
Middleton, Triumphs of Love and Antiquity. 
(The name was formerly applied In contempt to a human 
being. 
332.) 
Stot- 
StOO- 
4. The facts or events in a given case consid- 
ered in their sequence, whether related or not; ~~. ^-.v. ^^ 
the experience or career of an individual : as, story-book (sto'ri-buk), n. A book containing 
the story of a foundling; his is a sad story. on e or more stories or tales; a printed collec- 
Weep with me, all you that read tion of short tales 
This little storv. , . , 
, r,.,-t... i, a i *KI i i> _ " vou wan t to make presents of ston/-books to children, 
lathlel Pavy. hia |R ic hter'sl are the best you can now get 
in he stotays for made, and alle his straight faylez, 
;es upe to the lyfte, and alle his lyre chaunges! 
Than 
Lokes "P e . 
Downne he swey8 fuUe J. w * vth Ji,r d '" ft !, W U 2 ' 
"^ Arthure < K E - T - s -* L 4272 - 
See stoat. 
See stot'' and stuft. 
as not a grove in the church-yard but had its Ruskin, Elements of Drawing, App. Stotert, . . An obsolete form of stotter. 
well. Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 206. gtory.post (sto'ri-post), n. In building, an up- Stoteyet, . [ME., < OF. estotie, egtoutie, estu- 
.ecdote : as, a speech abounding in right post supporting a beam on which rests a tie > boldness, rashness, < estout, estot, bold, 
floor or a wall, as when the whole front of a stout: see stoufl.] Cunning; stratagem. 
o yet further, and affirm that the success nf A "-round floor ia ,rl-i v..,l TTuHp h.> h-i.i hia t i w^i/i rh a i I/I A **,-. 
Hde he had his ost lie wold [haue] a-saide there 
Tb haue ,h 'ng.htoutli hire wonne 
There was not a grove in the church-yard but had its 
5. An anecdote: 
good stories 
I will go yet further, and affirm that the success of a ground floor is'glazed. 
foa V tion onL d f?a?ures U orhi t m e who k rel'ftl8lt b0dy ' "" d S*0ry-rod (sto'ri-rod), n. A wooden strip used 
Steel,, Guardian, So. 42. j n fitting up a staircase. It is equal in height lru amo ' f? = T - 8 ->' L *** 
Sometimes I recorded a storu a jest or a nun for con * the staircase, and is divided according to the BH>er (stot er), v. [< MK stoteren; freq. of 
sideration. 0. W. Holmes,' The Atlantic; LXVI. 666. number of stairs. * Cf. stutter*.] I. intrans. To stumble. 
6. A report; an account; a statement; any- Story-teller (sto'ri-tel'er), n. 1. One who tells 
thing told: often used slightingly: as accord- s t. n . es true or fictitious, whether orally or in 
; *!,:,...,, i.- j-j _ writing. Specifically (a) One whose calling is the reci- 
tation of tales in public : as, the story-tetters of Arabia. 
ing to his story, he did wonders. 
Fal. You confess, then, you picked my pocket? 
Prince. It appears so by the story. 
Shalc.,'l Hen. IV., ill. 3. 191. 
All for a slanderous story, that cost me many a tear. 
Tennyson, The Grandmother. 
7. A falsehood; a lie; a fib. [Colloq. and 
euphemistic.] 
I wrote the lines; . . . owned them; he told stories. 
(Signed) Thomas Ingoldsby. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 116, note. 
8. The plot or intrigue of a novel or drama : 
as, many persons read a novel, or are interested 
in a play, only for the story. 
(e) One who tells falsehoods; a fibber. [Colloq. and eu- 
phemistic.) 
Becky gave her brother-in-law a bottle of white wine, 
some that Rawdon had brought with him from France 
. . . the little story-teller said. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xliv. 
It is thought clever to write a novel with no stoni at all Story-telling (sto'ri-tel'ing), n. 1 . The act or 
or at least with a very dull one. ' art of relating stories, true or fictitious. 
ft. L. Stevenson, A Gossip on Romance. Story-telling ... is not perfect without proper gesticu- 
9f. A scene from history, legend or romance Iati ns of the body, which naturally attend such merry 
depicted by means of painting, sculpture nee- emotions of the mind - s * fe . Guardian, -No. 42. 
die work, or other art of design. 2. The telling of fibs; lying. [Colloq. and 
The walles also of all the body of the Chirche, from the euphemistic.] 
pyllers to the Rooff, be poyntyd with storys from the be- Story-wnter (sto'n-ri'ter), n. 1. A writer of 
gynnyng of the world. stories 
To erect greate cSs"' ^ "^ -""T"' "' ^ P e fSKP*" and P>T wri ""'' 8 <""'" is > W 
JmSeliKnam^s. 18 ' ' ' ' ' ^ < alr "* > . <> ^IftV^t sSiT^ 8 ""'^ mnd "'^ A ** What * 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 341. 0. w'. Holmes, Atlantic Monthly, LXVI. 664. 
II. trans. To affect with staggers. 
He'd tell what bullock's fate was traglck 
So right, some thought he dealt in magick ; 
" Master," said he [AchmetL " I know many stories, such 4 n h d f* we " k t n , ew / by W ,, i8dom , i tward ' 
astheseorj/.teU^relateinthecotfee-houseiofCaui." What ox must fall or sheep be ^wd. 
B. Taylor, Journey to Central Africa, xix. Vrje , Colin s Walk, i. (Danes.) 
(b) One given to relating anecdotes: as, a good story-teller StOUk, n. An obsolete or dialectal form of 
at a dinner-table. stook. 
Good company will be no longer pestered with dull, dry, StOtUldH (stound), n. [< ME. stounde, stund, 
tedious storytellers. Swift, Polite Conversation, Int. stunt, stunde, < AS. stund, a time, space of time, 
season, = OS. stunda = OFries. stunde, stonde 
= MD. stonde, a time, while, moment, D. sbmd, 
a moment, = MLG. stunde, stunt, LG. stunde = 
OHG. stunta, stunt, MHG. stunde, a time, while, 
hour, G. stunde, an hour, = Icel. Sw. Dan. stund, 
a time, while, hour, moment; perhaps orig. 'a 
point of resting or standing,' and akin to 
stand.] A time; a short time; a while; a mo- 
ment; an instant. 
Now lat us stynte of Troylus a stounde. 
Chaucer, Troilus, i. 1086. 
Soe death is heer & yonder in one stound. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 129. 
Upon a Stound, in a moment. 
Stound 2 (stound), i\ i. [Also stoun; = Icel. 
stynja = Dan. stonne = D. stenen = LG. stenen, 
stiinen, ~>G.stiihnen, groan. Cf. stound?, n.] 1. 
To ache; smart. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To long; 
