studiedly 
Studiedly (stud'id-li), <nlr. Ill a studied man- 
lier; with study or deliberation : deliberately. 
Life of .Mull', prefixed to his Works, p. :t!l. 
( Liillioiii.) 
studier (stud'i-er), . |< xtiuli/l + -n'l.J One 
who studies; an examiner or investigator. 
.linn- Anxti'ii, I'ride and I'rejmlii-e, ix. 
Studio (stu'di-6), n. [< It. xtiidin, a study: see 
xtiidy.'] A room especially arranged for paint- 
ing, drawing, photographing, or ot her art-work. 
It Is usually lltti-il with windows for securing a pure sky- 
liKlit, or li^ht i !> from cross-reflectionR, and is so placed, 
wlien possible, as to receive light from the north side. 
Studious (stu'di-us), a. [= F. xtiidirns = Sp. 
fg. r studiimn = It.xtudinxo, < li.xludiiixiis. eager, 
assiduous, < .vtitdiuiu, eagerness, zeal, study: see 
xtiidy 1 .] 1. (iiventostudyorlearninfr; inclined 
to learn or investigate; seeking knowledge from 
books, inquiry, meditation, or by other means: 
as, a stiidiniiM pupil or investigator; a studious 
reasoner. 
Let the ttudinus of these things search them In their 
proper Authors. PurchaJt, Pilgrimage, p. 319. 
2. Exercising study or careful consideration ; 
attentively mindful or considerate; thought- 
ful; heedful; intent; assiduous, 
I am stud-unit to keep the ancient terms. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 157. 
One at least studious of deserving well. 
/.'- Jonton, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. 
3. Manifesting study or deliberation; planned; 
studied. 
But yet be wary In thy studious care. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., II. B. 97. 
4. Devoted to or used for the purposes of study ; 
serving as a place of study or contemplation. 
[Rare.] 
Some to the wars, to try their fortune there ; . . . 
Some to the studious universities. 
Shak., T. O. of V., I. S. 10. 
But let my due feet never fail 
To walk the studious cloisters pale. 
Milton, II Penseroso, 1. 15. 
=Syn. 1. Studious, Scholarly. Studious represents a fact 
In conduct ; scholarly, a fact in taste or predilection, or a 
similar result : as, he was very studious, nut not really of 
scholarly instincts, nor likely ever to produce a scholarly 
treatise. 
studiously (stu'di-us-li), rfc. In a studious 
manner; with reference to study or learning; 
as a student ; in a studied manner; with studi- 
ous consideration or care ; studiedly ; heedful- 
ly; deliberately: as, to be studiously inclined; 
to investigate a subject studiously. 
studiousness (stu'di-us-nes), n. The character 
of being studious; diligence in study; addict- 
edness to books or investigation. 
Studite (stu'dit), H. [< LGr. ErotirfiYw, < 2rou- 
<5<of, Studius, a Roman who built a monastery 
(thence known as the Stadium) for the order.] 
A member of the order of Aeoameti. The most 
famous of the order was St. Theodore the Studite (died 826X 
confessor against the Iconoclasts and hymnographer. 
studwork (stud'werk), . [< sterfi + work.'] 
1. Brickwork interspaced with studs ; construc- 
tion with alternating bricks and studs. 2. 
That which is made or held by means of studs, 
especially in armor; brigandine-work. jazerant- 
work, or other process for producing garments 
of fence by means of ordinary textile fabrics or 
leather set with studs. See cut under brigandine. 
Study 1 (stud'i), H. ; pi. studies (-iz). [Early mod. 
E. also studie; < ME. study, stody, studye, studie, 
< OF. estudie, estude, F. etude = Sp. estudio = 
Pg. estudo = It. studio, < L. stadium, eagerness, 
zeal, exertion, study, < studere, be eager, zeal- 
ous, or diligent, study : see student.'] 1 . Eager- 
ness; earnestness; x.eal. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
They do thereby [by the burning of the books] better 
declare the study of their godliness. 
Calvin, on Acts xlx. 19, p. 189 (Calvin Trans. Hoc.). 
2. Zealous endeavor; studied effort, aim, or 
purpose ; deliberate contrivance or intention. 
Men's study is set rather to take gifts, and to get of other 
men's goods, than to give any of their own. 
Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550, 
It is my ft mlii 
To seem despiteful and ungentle to you. 
Shot., As you Like It, v. 2. 86. 
As touching your Graces diligence and singulier good 
*tu<lie and means for the eyde of th Emperors atfayres. 
R. Sampson, To Wolsey (F.llis's Hist. Letters, 3d ser., 
II. S&4). 
This is a cruelty beyond man's study. 
Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, iv. a 
3. The mental effort of understanding, appre- 
ciating, and assimilating anything, especially 
a book; the earnest and protracted examina- 
tion of a question, by reflection, collection and 
scrutiny of evidence, and otherwise ; the pur- 
suit of learning. 
Ill Ml.-, 
In continual) studie and contemplation. 
fiiilenham. Arte of Kng. Poesle, p. 4. 
When tin- mind with great earnestness, and of choice, 
fixes Its view on any Idea, i-onstders It on all sides, and 
will not be culled off by the ordinary solicitation of ntlin 
Ideas, it i Mint wi- call intension orstui/i/. 
I.nfkr, Hum:, M Cnderstandhuc, II. xlx. I. 
4. An exereise in learning or the pursuit of 
knowledge; an act or eourse of intellectual 
acquisition, as by memorizing words, facts, or 
principles: as, the actor's study was very rapid ; 
also, an effort to gain an understanding of some- 
thing; a particular course of learning, inquiry, 
or investigation : as, to pursue the study of phys- 
ics or of a language; to make a study of trade, 
of a case at law, or of a man's life or character. 
The chlefe cltie Is Ilamsa, sometime called Tarsus, 
famous for the studies of learning, herein (salth Stral'i 
surmounting both Athens and Alexandria. 
run/iiiii, Pilgrimage, p. 334. 
His (Calvin's) bringing up was in the study of the civil 
law. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., II. 
5. That which is studied or to be studied ; a 
branch of learning ; a subject of acquired or 
desired knowledge ; a matter for investigation 
or meditation. 
Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. 
/.-IK-../I . Studies (ed. 1887). 
The proper study of mankind is man. 
/'/. Easay on Man, II. '2. 
Twas, in truth, a dmlii. 
To mark his spirit, alternating between 
A decent and professional gravity 
And an Irreverent mirthfulness. 
Whittier, Bridal of Pennacook, Int. 
Personally I think that Shakespeare Is almost the easi- 
est fiiitlii ; perhaps because of my being accustomed as a 
boy to see Shakespeare's plays. 
Lester WaUack, Scribner'a Mag., IV. 72O. 
6. A state of mental inquiry or cogitation; 
debate or counsel with one's self ; deep medi- 
tation ; a muse ; a quandary. 
Pandarus, that In a stodye stod, 
Er he was war, she tok hym by the hood. 
Chaucer, Trollus, 11. 1180. 
I haf gret stody til I haf tydings fro gow. 
Paston Letters, I. 78. 
The king of Castile, herewith a little confused, and in a 
studie, said, That can I doe with my honour. 
Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII., p. 224. 
7. 27iea<.,one who studies or learns; a studier; 
specifically, a memorizer of a part for the thea- 
ter ; an actor as a memorizer. 
I've got a part of twelve lengths here which I must be 
up in to-morrow night, and I haven't had time to look at 
it yet. I'm a confounded quick study, that 's one comfort. 
Dickens, Nicholas Nlckleby, xxlii. 
8. In music, a composition, usually instrumen- 
tal, having something of the instructive and 
gymnastic purpose of an exercise combined 
with a certain amount of artistic value ; an 
elude. An elaborate work of this class, combining great 
technical difficulty with decided artistic interest, is often 
called a concert study. 
9. Something done as an exercise in learning, 
or in special study or observation ; specifi- 
cally, in art, a sketch or performance executed 
as an educational exercise, as a memorandum 
or record of observations or effects, or as a guide 
for a finished production : as, the story is a study 
of morbid passion ; a study of a head for a paint- 
ing. 10. A room in a dwelling-house or other 
building set apart for private study, reading, 
writing, or any similar occupation; by exten- 
sion, the private room or office of the master of 
a house, however it may be used. 
Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. 
Shak., J. C., II. 1. 7. 
There Is a gold wand, 
Stands In King Cornwalls study wlndowe. 
Ballad of King Arthur (Child's Ballads, I. 242). 
Academy study. See academy. Brown study See 
&roirn. = 8yn. 3. Research, inquiry, investigation. 6. Re- 
flection. 
Study 1 (stud'i), r. ; pret. and pp. studied, ppr. 
studying. [< ME. studyen, stodyen, < OF. rxtu- 
dier, F. e'tudier = Sp. estudiar = Pg. estudar = 
It. studiare, < ML. studiare, study, < L. stadium, 
eagerness, zeal, study: see stud// 1 , .] I. /. 
trans. 1, To exercise the mind in learning; ap- 
ply one's self to the acquisition of knowledge; 
acquire knowledge and mental training, as by 
memorizing words, facts, or principles. 
So much, dear liege, I have already swoni : 
That is, to live and study here three years. 
Shot., L. L. L., I. 1. 35. 
2. To exercise the mind in considering or con- 
triving; deliberate upon or about something; 
ponder. 
Al this maketh me on meteles to studie, 
And how the preest preuede no pardon to Do-wel. 
Pien Ploieman <C\ x. 317. 
stuff 
I found a moral first, and then studied for a fable. 
3. To muse; nieditati- : cogitate; relle.-i 
volve thoughts or ideas: used absolutely. [Ar- 
chaic or eolloq,] 
Whh-h Mi:i<i<- Ihi' lnil.'hri > <,f Ni.n iiik'iiiiio 
TII rim/;/ as they ,\\t\ stand, 
Caylnu, "Siiri-ly In- ii, some pi< <; 
/.'I/, 'n lli*t ami the llntchrr (( mill's MallacU 
lirer Fox, hi- come up. i-n iliir lay Bn-r Kuhlilt, pi-ricnti.i 
cole en stltf . Brer Fox he lix>k at Brer Kalililt, en he sorter 
study. J. C. Harris, Tnclc Kemus, xv. 
4. To endeavor studiously or thoughtfully: 
u - studied or careful efforts; be diligent or 
zealous; plan; contrive : as, to study for pear. 
or for the general gooil. 
With that he departed from his moder and yede Into n 
chamber, and he-gan to stttdye howe he myght spede to u> < 
to the kynge Arthur. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), II. 178. 
Study [give diligence, R. V.| to shew thyself approved 
unto God. 2 Tim. II. 1.x 
5. To prosecute a regular course of study, as 
that prescribed to prepare one for the exercise 
of a profession : as, to study for the bar, or for 
the church or ministry To study up, to make a 
special study ; bring up or refresh one's knowledge by 
study. (CoUoq.) 
II. trnim. 1. To seek to learn by memorizing 
the facts, principles, or words of; apply the 
mind to learning; store in the memory, either 
generally or verbatim : as, to study a book, a 
language, history, etc. ; to study a part in a 
play or a piece for recitation. 
Kni I,. Where did you study all this goodly speech? 
Pet. It Is extempore, from my mother-wit. 
Shak., T. of the 8., II. 1. 264. 
2. To seek to ascertain or to learn the par- 
ticulars of, as by observation or inquiry ; make 
a study of ; inquire into ; investigate : as, to 
-.-//"/// a man's character or the customs of 
society; to study the geology of a region, or a 
case of disease. 
Ill . . . entertain some score or two of tailors, 
To study fashions to adorn my body. 
Shak., Rich. III., L 2. 258. 
3. To consider in detail ; deliberate upon ; 
think out: as, to xtudy the best way of doing 
something ; to study a discourse or a compli- 
ment. 
I will still study some revenge past this. 
B. Jonton, Sad Shepherd, i. 2. 
4. To regard attentively or discriminatingly ; 
consider as to requirements, character, quality. 
use, effect, or the like ; pay distinguishing at- 
tention to: as, to study one's own interests; to 
study the effect of one's actions; to study a 
per 
5. To look at musingly 
He was studying the toe of his foot, visible through a 
rift in his well-worn brogan. The Century, XXXVIII. 85. 
6. To apply the mind to learning (a specific 
science or branch of science), especially with 
the object of preparing for the exercise of a pro- 
fession : as, the one is studying medicine, the 
other theology. 7t. To subject to study ; carry 
through a course of learning; educate; instruct. 
The State of Avlgnlon, . . . tieing visited with such ofthe 
French Preachers as had been studied at Geneva, the peo- 
ple generally became inclined unto Calvin's doctrines. 
Heylin, Hist. Presbyterians, p. 54. (Danes.) 
To study out. (a) To find out by study or consideration : 
get at the bottom of ; unravel : as, to study out a person's 
meaning ; he has studied out the mystery, (b) To think 
out deliberately ; arrange definitely in the mind ; deter- 
mine the details of : as, I have studied out a plan ; to study 
out a set of rules. TO Study up. (a) To learn by spe- 
cial study or investigation ; get up a knowledge of, as for 
a particular purpose or occasion : as, to study up a law 
case, or a subject for an examination ; to study up routes 
of travel. (6) To seek or get a knowledge of by observa- 
tion or consideration ; observe or reflect upon critically ; 
make up one's mind about : as, to study up a person or a 
man 's character; to study up arguments or reasons. = 8yn. 
2. To scrutinize, search into. S. To reflect upon, medi- 
tate, ponder. 4. To contemplate. 
Study 2 (stud'i), ti. ; pi. studies (-iz). Another 
spelling of stiddyl, a variant of stitliy. [Prov. 
Eng. and Scotch.] 
Stufa (sta'fft), n. ; It. pi. stitfe (-fe), E. gtufax 
(-fftz). [It.] A jet of steam issuing from a fis- 
sure of the earth in volcanic regions. 
In many volcanic regions jets of steam, called by the 
Italians stu/as, issue from Assures at a temperature high 
above the boiling-point. 
Lyell, Prin. of Qeol. (llth ed.X I. 301. 
Stuff (stuf ), H. and a. [Early mod. E. stuffe ; < 
ME. stuf, stuff, stuffe (= D. LG. Dan. stof= G. 
Sw. staff ; ML. estopa), < OF. estofft, F. etoffe 
= Sp. Pg. rstofa, quilted stuff, = It. xtoffa, < L. 
fti<i>pa (ML. prob. also Germanized *xtii)if<i. 
xtitffa), earlier stupn. the coarse part of flax, 
hards, tow: see X<H/W-I. Cf. atop. The sense of 
jerson ; to study a drapery or a model in art. 
5. To look at musingly, as in a brown study. 
