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stutter 1 (stut'6r), n. [< stutter*, r.] A marked sty 2 (sti), r. ; prct. and pp. sticd, ppr. sti/ing. f < 
ilj 
styl, '.] ' I. intrant. To occupy a sty or hove, 
live in a sty. 
What miry wallowers the generality ot men of our clu> 
are In themselves, and constantly trough and ity with ! 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, V. CM. 
n. trims. To lodge in a sty or hovel; pen 
up. 
Here you sty me 
In this hard rock. Shall., Tempest, I. 2. 343. 
His words were never many, as being so extreme Astvt- ... , ... . , .. / H _\ fin rVirp disthu't 
r,:r that he would sometimes hold his tongue out of his Sty-' (sti), n. , pi. ftUt (tOM). \_ln 
stammer; broken and hesitating utterance of 
words. 
8tUtter'-'t (stut'er), n. [< still + -<r' .] One who 
sluts or stutters; a stutterer. 
Many stutters (we find) are choleric men. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., J 386. 
stutterer (stut'cr-er), . [< xtnttrr 1 + -er 1 .] 
One who stutters; a stammerer. 
mouth ;iKood while before he could speak so much as one 
word, l.irrd Herbert ofCherbury, Life (cd. Howells), p. 129. 
stuttering (stut'er-ing), ii. [Verbal n. of xtut- 
/</', i'.] A hesitation in speaking, in which 
there is a spasmodic and uncontrollable reitera- 
tion of the same syllable. See stammering. 
stutteringly (stut er-ing-H), adv. In a stutter- 
in^' manner; with stammering. 
stuwet, " i*nd c. An obsolete form of stew 1 , 
sty 1 ! (sti), ('. i. [< ME. utini, sli/i-ii. stet/cn, stigh- 
en, sti$en, < AS. stigan = OS. stigan = OPries. 
forms : () Nty, also stye, and formerly stie, a re- 
duction of the earlier , iti/i n. styint (see (&)), or di- 
rectly parallel with MD. stiighi; LG. stige, stieg, 
Norw. slii/ji', Htig, sti, a sty (of. xtigkiiyna, a sty, 
< stig + kiivna, a pustule), (h) Sti/cn, styan, 
early mod. E. also stian,<. ME. "styand, "sti/i-ml. 
< AS. stigend, a sty, lit. ' riser,' < stigende, ppr. 
of stigan, rise: see sty 1 , v. (c) Styany, stunn/. 
early mod. E. styanie, slyoiii/, stynnie, < ME. 
styanye, a sty, supposed to stand for "styund 
ye, lit. 'rising eye. styand, ppr. of styen, rise; 
lie, eye: see sty 1 , v., and eye 1 , n. But there is 
' the 
a 
sty Is not a 'rising eye' at all, and the AS. 
phrase, if used, would be "stigende edge, as an 
AS. ppr. invariably retains its final e except 
when used as a noun.] A circumscribed in- 
flammatory swelling of the edge of the eyelid, 
like a small boil; hordeolum. Also spelled 
stye. 
There is a sty grown o'er the eye o' th' Bull, 
Which will go near to blind the constellation. 
Fletcher (and another), Elder Brother, ii. 4. 
Takthanne this drawht, and whan thou art wel refreshed _i___ / a H'.,, ) i rAlsn stum pftrlv mod E 
and refect, thow shal be moore stydefast to stye into heyere Styan [IB an), n. _ [Also styen, e, ri)r mpa. r-. 
(J. E. Gray, 
en, stigen, < AS. stigan, = OH. stigan = O*'ries. ye, eye: see siy>, v., ai a rye*, n. . 
stiga = D. stijgcn = MLG. LG. stigen = OHG. no evidence of the ME. "styand ye, nor of th 
stigan, MHG. stigen, G. steigen = Icel. stiga = alleged AS. * stigend edge assumed by Skeat; 
tj '~tl~~ _ 111. *.4.', V^l*U ..I,., ..,,.: ..I.,, fv is Tlnf. !l 'TMHITIO' AV* H.t. fl.11- RTlfl thft A^ 
Sw. st<V/a = Dan. stige = Goth, steigan, rise, 
ascend, mount; in comp. AS. astigan, rise, 
move up, or, with an appropriate adverb, move 
down, descend ; = Gr. artixttv, go, walk, march, 
go in line (see stich), = ~L.\f stigh in vestigium, 
footprint, vestige (see vestige), = OBulg. stig- 
iiiii'ti, haste, Skt. y stigh, mount. Prom this 
root are tilt. E. sty 1 , n., sty%, sty&, stile 1 , stair.'] 
1. To go upward; mount; ascend; soar. 
queBtyouns. Chaucer, Boethlus, iv. prose 6. 
That was Ambition, rash desire to sty, 
And every linck thereof a step of dignity. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. vil. 46. 
2. To mount (upon a horse). 
Stiden vpon stithe horse stird to the Cite, 
And wentou in wightly tho worthy horn selnon. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 4948. 
3. To aspire. 
T had been in vaine ; 
Shee onely sties to such as haue no braine. 
Heywood, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 122). 
Sty 1 (sti), n. [() < ME. sty, stt/c, stie, stig, still, 
< AS. 
stie, 
sti, ^ . , . . 
ladder, = OHG. stiga, MHG. stige, a path, step, 
ladder; also MD. steghe, steegli, D. steeg, a path, 
lane, = MLG. stege, a path, ascent, also a step, 
= OHG. stiega, MHG. stiege, a rise, ascent, step, 
stair, staircase, = Icel. stigi, stegi = Dan. stige, a 
step, ladder; (c) cf.ORG.steg,MB.Q:.stec,G.steg, 
short vowel); related to sty 2 , stile 1 , stair, etc., 
all ult. from the verb sty 1 .] If. An ascent; an 
ascending lane or path ; any narrow pathway or 
course. 
Themperour on his stlf stede a sty forth thanne takes. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. 8.X 1. 212. 
The scheref made to seke [caused to search] Notyngham, 
Bothe be strete and ttye. 
stian, etc.: see sty 3 (6).] Same as sty 3 . [Obso- 
lete or prov. Eng.] 
A soveralgne liniment for the stian or any other hard 
swellings in the eyelids. HoUand, tr. of Pliny, xxvili. 11. 
I knew that a styan . . . upon the eyelid could be easily 
reduced. De Quincey, Autob. Sketches, ii. 
De Quincey, Autob. Sketches, ii 
, n. [Also stiony, early mod. E. styanie, 
etc. : see sty 3 (c).] Same as sty 3 . 
Styanye (or a perle) yn the eye, egilopa. 
Prompt. Pan., p. 475. 
Styony, disease growyng 
within the eyellddes, ( 
style 
performing the office of a column: a, 
iliiKiir images. See cut under <-iiri/nttil. 
stylainblys (sti-lam'blis), . [NL., < (ir. r-,-,- 
/(ii;, n pillnr. 4- intj/l-c, blunt, dulled.] A small 
blunt process of the inner branch of a plcopoil 
of some crustiicc'Hiis. ''. N/c nee Bate. 
Stylar (sti'liir), </. [Also utilar; < xti/le 1 + 
-<n- :) .] Of or pertaining to a style; having 
the character of or resembling a style for 
writing. 
Stylana (sti-la'ri-ii), w. [NL. (Lamarck, 1816), 
< (Jr. oTi'/oi;, :i iiilliir, + -aria.] A genus of an- 
nelids: same as A'ai, 1. 
Stylaster (sti-las'tfer), . [NL 
1831), < Gr. orir/of, a pillar, 
+ aari/p, a star.] 1. The 
typical genus of Stylasteridte. 
It was formerly considered actl- 
noKoan. and placed in the family 
Oadhudee ; it is now known to l> 
hydrozoan, and closely related to 
Millrpwa. 
2. (I. c.] Any polyp of the 
family Stylastcridte. The 
numerous species are deli- 
cate calcareous corals, usu- 
ally pink, and most nearly 
related to the millepores. 
Stylasteridae (stl-las-ter'i- 
de), . pi. [NL.. < Stylaster 
+ -idee?] A family of the order ffydrocorallinee, 
or coralligenoushydromedusan s, typified by the 
genus Stylaster, related to the Milleporidte, and 
with the millepores forming the order, stylai- 
terida differ from MiUeporidtt In having a calcified axial 
style at the base of an ampulla or dilated section of each 
gasterozooid, and in the more complicated cyclosystenis 
the massive hydrosome contains tubes which possess 
pseudosepta formed by the regular position of the ten- 
tacular zooids; the alimentary zooids have from four to 
twelve tentacles. The stylasters abound in tropical seas, 
where they contribute to the formation of coral reefs. 
stylate 1 (sti'lat), a. [< NL. "stylatus, prop. 
*stilatus, < L. stilus, a^stake, point, style: see 
style 1 .'] Imool.: (a) 
Stylaiter duetto t- 
taingi. 
styliferous. (6) Pen 
styliform. 
stylate 2 (st: 
a style (of a flower) 
i Having a style or stylet ; 
-like or peg-like ; styloid ; 
coppe: 
the Anglo-Saxon 
riod, current in 
kingdom of Northum- 
bria in the seventh, 
eighth, and ninth centuries, and weighingabout 
eighteen or nineteen grains. 
f, pertaining to the Styx: see Styx.] In 
entom. : (a) In Lepidoptera, a genus of bombycid 
moths, of the family Psychidse. (b) In Diptera, 
a genus of tanystomine flies, of the family Bom- 
byliidx, not having the antennae wide apart at 
the base. Also called Lomatia and Stygides. 
Meigen. 
'RMnHood'and'the Mottle (Child's Ballads, V. 14). Stygial (stij'i-al), a. [< L. Stygius (see Stygian ) 
2f. A step upward; a stair. -L^ Same' as Styfftan, [Rare.] 
Stygian (stig'i-an), a. [< L. Stygius, < Gr. 
2riy/of, pertaining to the Styx, < Srfcf (Zrvj-), a 
river of the lower world,also applied to a fatally 
cold fountain, a piercing chill, hatred, < orvyeiv, 
hate, abhor.] 1 .Pertaining to the Styx, a river, 
according to the ancient myth, flowing around 
the lower world, the waters of which were used 
as a symbol in the most binding oaths of the 
gods. 
From what Part of the World came you ? For here was 
a melancholy Report that you had taken a Voyage to the 
Stygian Shades. 
N. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, IL 2. 
Hence 8. Infernal; hellish: as, Stygian va- 
pors ; a Stygian pool. 
At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng 
Bent their aspect. MUtan, f. I . . \. 453. 
1. A pen or inclosure for swine ; a Stygogenes (sti-goj'e-nez), n. [NL. (Gttnther, 
1864), < Gr. Zrif (Srvy-), a river of the lower 
world, + ->w>fo, produced.] In ichth., a genus 
of catfishes, of the family Argiidx, found in the 
Andean waters: so named from the popular 
notion that the typical species lives in sub- 
terranean waters of active volcanoes. Also 
called Cyflojtiitm. 
stylagalmaic (sti'la-gal-ma'ik), a. and H. [Ir- 
reg. < Gr. ori/tof , a pillar, + aya/./ui, a statue : 
And sties also are ordande thore [there], 
With stalworthe steeles as mystir wore [need were], 
Bothe some schorte and some lang. 
York Plays, p. S40. 
3. A ladder. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Sty 2 (sti), . ; pi. sties (stiz). [Early mod. E. also 
stye, stie; < ME. stie, stye, < AS. stigu, stigo, a 
pen for cattle, = MD. stijghe = OHG. stiga, 
MHG. stige, a pen for small cattle, a sow's lit- 
ter, G. steige, steig, pen, chicken-coop (schweine- 
steige, swine-sty), = Icel. stia = OSw. stiga, 
stiii, Sw. stia, dial, sti, steg = Dan. sti, pen for 
swine, goats, sheep, etc. ; from the root of sty 1 , 
AS. stigan , rise, orig. go : see sty 1 . The connec- 
tion of thought is not clear; cf. Gr. oroZ^of, a 
row, file of soldiers, also a row of poles with 
hunting-nets into which game was driven (i. e., 
a pen).] 
pigsty. 
Her [their] cotes make beforne 
Under sum porche, and parte hem so betwene 
That every stye a moder [sow with litter] wol sustene. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 99. 
Hence 8. A filthy hovel or place ; anyplace 
of mean living or bestial debauchery. 
To roll with pleasure in a sensual stye. 
"" n, Comus, 1. 77. 
The painted booth and sordid sties of vice and luxury. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
. 
see agalma.] In arch., noting a caryatid, or a 
stylate 2 (sti'lat), a. [< NL. "stylatus, < stylus, 
a style (of a flower), < Gr. orWof, a pillar: see 
style^.] In hot., having a persistent style. 
Lindley. 
Style 1 (stll), n. [Formerly also, and prop., stile; 
also in def. 1, as L., stylus, prop, stilus; < OF. 
style, stile, F. style Sp. Pg. estilo = It. stilo, 
< L. stilus, in ML. also, improp., stylus, a stake, 
pale, a pointed instrument used about plants, 
the stem or stalk of a plant, and esp. for scrib- 
ing on a waxen tablet, hence writing, manner 
of writing, mode of expression in writing or 
speech, style ; perhaps earlier with long vowel, 
stilus,- tor orig. "stiglus, < / stig in stinguere = 
Gr. orifrtv, pierce, stick, puncture (see stick 1 , 
stigma) ; otherwise akin to OHG. MHG. stil, G. 
stiel, a handle, etc., AS. steel, stel, E. stale, steal, 
a handle: see stale' 2 . The word is prop, writ- 
ten stile; the spelling style is in simulation of 
the Gr. arvAof, a pillar, which is not connected 
(see style 2 ).] 1. An iron instrument, in the 
form of a bodkin tapering to a point at one 
end, used, in one of the methods of writing 
practised in ancient and medieval times, for 
scratching the letters into a waxed tablet, the 
other end being blunt for rubbing out writing 
and smoothing the tablet; figuratively, any 
writing-instrument. 
But this my style no living man shall touch, 
If first I be not forced by base reproach ; 
But like a sheathed sword It shall defend 
My innocent life. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. 
Some wrought in Silks, some writ In tender Barks ; 
Some the sharp Stile in waxen Tables marks. 
Cowley, Davideis, i. 
2. Something similar in form to the instru- 
ment above described, or in some respect sug- 
gestive of it. (a) A pointed or needle-like tool. Imple- 
ment, or attachment, as the marking-point in the tele- 
graph or phonograph, a graver, or an etching-needle. (6) 
InzooJ. and anat. , a small, slender, pointed process or part ; 
a gtyloid or styliform part or organ ; a stylet; of sponge- 
splcules, a stylus. Specifically, in entom.: (1) Same as 
stylet, 3. (2) The bristle or seta of the antenna of a dipter ; 
a stylus. See cuts under Gordius and Rhynchoarla. 
3. Mode of expression in writing or speaking: 
characteristic diction ; a particular method of 
expressing thought by selection or collocation 
of words, distinct in some respect from other 
methods, as determined by nationality, period, 
literary form, individuality, etc. ; in an abso- 
lute sense, appropriate or suitable diction ; con- 
formity to an approved literary standard : as, 
the style of Shakspere or of Dickens; antiquated 
or modern style; didactic, poetic, or forensic 
