stylotypite 6014 suasively 
ver, from Copiapo, Chili : it is closely related styracin, styracine (stir'a-sin), . [< NL. Sty- suadet (swad), r. t. [< OF. sunder = Sp. si 
to bournonite. rax (-ac-) + -in' 2 , -inc 2 .] An ester (CigHigOg) = It. suadere, < L. sxadere, advise, urge, per- 
stylus (sti'lus), .; pi. styli (-Ii). [NL., < L. of cinnamic acid, which is the chief constituent suade: see suasion, and cf. dissuade, persuade.] 
stylus, prop, stilus, a pointed instrument: see of storax. It forms odorless and tasteless crys- To persuade. 
style 1 .] 1. A sponge-spicule of the monaxon tals, which have the properties of a resin. suadiblet (swa'di-bl), a. [< suade + -itic.] 
uniradiate type, sharp at one end and not at Styrax (sti'raks), it. [NL. (Tournefort, 1700), Same as suasible. 
the other. It is regarded as an oxea one of so named because producing a gum; < L. sty- Suseda (su-e'da), . [NL. (Forskal, 1775), from 
nix, storax, < Gr. orrpof, the gum storax, also an Ar. name.] A genus of apetalous plants, of 
the tree producing it : see storax.] A genus of the order Chenopodiacese and series Spirolobeie, 
dicotyledonous plants, type of the order Styra- *~ 
cc ef. It is characterized by flowers with five partly united 
or separate petals, ten stamens in one row with linear or 
rarely oblong anthers, and a three-celled or afterward one- 
celled ovary with the ovules usually few and erect or pen- 
dulous. The fruit is seated upon the calyx and is globose 
or oblong, dry or drupaceous, indehiscent or three-valved, 
and nearly filled by the usually solitary seed. There are 
over 60 species, widely scattered through warm regions of 
Asia and America, a few also natives of temperate parts 
of Asia and southern Europe, but none found in Africa or 
Australia. They are shrubs or trees, usually scurfy or 
covered with stellate hairs, and bearing entire or slightly 
serrate leaves, and 
usually white 
flowers in pen- 
dulous racemes. 
Several species are 
cultivated for or- 
nament ; S. Ja- 
ponica, recently 
introduced into 
gardens, is known 
from its feathery 
white blossoms as 
snowflake - flower. 
Others yield valu- 
able gums, espe- 
cially 5. Benzoin 
(see benzoin) and 
S. officinalis (see 
storax). S. punc- 
iota, a Central 
American tree, 
yields agumwhich 
is used as frankincense, and is obtained on removing the 
external wood from trees which have been cut for several 
years. S. ffrandifolia, S. Americana, and S. pulverulenta, 
known as American storax, occur in the United States 
from Virginia southward, with one species in Texas and 
one in California. 
Styrian (stir'i-an), a. and n. [< Styria (see def. ) 
+ -an.] I. a." Of or pertaining to Styria, a 
crpwnland and duchy of the Austrian empire, 
lying south of Upper and Lower Austria, and 
west of Hungary; 
H. w. One of the people of Styria. 
Styrol (sti'rol), . [< L. styr(ax) + -ol.] A 
Mankind is infinitely beholden to this noble styptick, that colorless strongly refractive liquid (CgHg), see.si 
could produce such wonderful effects so suddenly. with an odor like that of benzin, obtained by P ursuallt - 
Steele, Lying Lover, v. l. heating styracin with calcium hydrate. Also even ' 
2. A substance employed to check a flow of called ciiniamene. The Middlesex Cattle Show goes off here with eclat an- 
blood by application to the bleeding orifice or styrolene (stl'ro-len), . [< styrol + -ee.] Same Z2 y ' a8 "^ theJotota0 ' the ^ C T^Tden1p W 37? 
whose rays is suppressed. 2. In entom., a 
style or stylet. 
styme, n. See stimc. 
stymie (sti'mi), . [Origin obscure; perhaps 
connected witli styme, stime, a glimpse, a tran- 
sitory glance.] In golf-playing, a position iu 
which a player has to putt for the hole with his 
opponent's ball directly iu the line of his ap- 
proach. 
Stymphalian (stim-fa'li-an), a. [< L. Stympha- 
lius, < Gr. Xrtw^&lfof, < Zri'/<0aAof, Stymphalus 
(see def.).] Of or pertaining to Stymphalus 
(the ancient name of a small deep valley, a 
lake, a river, and a town in Arcadia, Greece). 
Stymphalian birds, in Gr. fable, a flock of noisome, 
voracious, and destructive birds, with brazen or iron claws, 
wings, and beaks, which infested Stymphalus. The kill- 
ing or expulsion of these birds was the sixth labor of Her- 
cules. 
A sort of dangerous fowl [critics], who have a perverse 
inclination to plunder the best branches of the tree of know- 
ledge, like those Stymphalian birds that eat up the fruit. 
Swift, Tale of a Tub, Ui. 
styptic (stip'tik), a. and n. [Formerly also stip- 
tic, stiptik; < ME. stiptik, < OF. (and F.) styp- 
tique = Sp. estiptico = Pg. estitico = It. stitico, 
< L. stypticus, < Gr. <mnrraf<if , astringent, < ort'- 
6v, contract, draw together, be astringent.] 
1. a. If. Astringent; constrictive ; binding. 
Take hede that slippery meats be not fyrste eaten, nor 
that stiptik nor restraining meates be taken at the begyn- 
ning, as quynces, peares, and medlars. 
Sir T. Elyot, Castle of Health, fol. 45. 
2. Having the quality of checking hemorrhage 
or bleeding; stanching. 
Then in his hands a bitter root he bruis'd ; 
The wound he wash'd, the styptic juice infus'd. 
Pope, Iliad, xi. 983. 
Styptic collodion, a compound of collodion 100 parts, 
carbolic acid 10 parts, pure tannin 5 parts, and benzole 
acid 3 parts. Also called styptic colloid. Styptic pow- 
der. See powder. 
II. . If. An astringent ; something causing 
constriction or constraint. 
Styrax Benzoin, a, a flower. 
type of the tribe Suiedcie. It is characterized by 
fleshy linear leaves, and flowers with a flve-lobed persis- 
tent perianth from which the inclosed utricle is nearly or 
quite free. There are about 46 species, natives of sea- 
shores and salt deserts. They are erect or prostrate herbs 
or shrubs, green or glaucous, and either simple or diffusely 
branched. Their leaves are usually terete and entire, and 
their flowers small and nearly or quite sessile in the axils. 
S. linearix is a small sea-coast plant of the Atlantic coast 
from Nova Scotia to Florida ; 6 or 7 other species occur 
westward. S. fruticosa, known as sea-rosemary, shrubby 
ffoosefoot, or white ffeunMri^ an erect branching evergreen 
common in the Mediterranean region, is one of the plants 
formerly burned to produce barilla. For S. maritima, also 
called sea-ff0osefoot,_eee sea-Wife, under Mite". 
Suaedese (su-e'de-e), n.pl. [NL. (Moquin, 1852), 
< Suxda + -ex.] A tribe of apetalous plants, 
of the order Clienopodiaceee and suborder Cltcmi- 
podieee. It is characterized by an unjointed stem with 
mostly linear, terete, or ovate leaves, and by its fruit, a 
utricle included in the unchanged or appendaged perianth, 
the seed-coat crustaceous or finally membranous, and the 
embryo spiral. It includes five genera, four monotypic 
and occurring in saline regions in Persia and central Asia ; 
for the other, the type, see Suxda. 
suaget, swage t (swaj), r. K ME. swagen; by 
apheresis from assuage.] I. trans. To make 
quiet; soothe; assuage. 
Ffayne were tho freikes and the folke all, 
And swiftly thai swere, swagtt there herttes, 
To be lell to the lord all his lyf tyme. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S), 1. 13643. 
Nor wanting power to mitigate and 'suaye 
With solemn touches troubled thoughts. 
Milton, P. L., i. 556. 
II. intrans. To become quiet ; abate. 
These yoies seuyn 
Shalle neuer swage nor sesse 
But euermore endure and encresse. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 146. 
Soone after mydnyght the grete tempest byganne to 
swage and wex lasse. 
Sir R. (fuylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 73. 
suant 1 (su'ant), a. [Also suent, formerly sew- 
ant, seicent; < OF. suant, ppr. of suivre, etc., fol- 
low: see me, sequent.] 1. Following; sequent; 
Halliu:en(\mdersitfiit). 2. Smooth; 
surface. 
This wyne alle medycyne is take unto 
Ther stiptik stont [stop] ejectyng bloode, and wo 
Of wombe or of stomak this wol declyne. 
Palladium, llusbondrie (B. E. T. 8.), p. 102. 
as styrol. 
[Prov. Eng. and New Eng. in both 
Cotton-wool styptic, cotton-wool soaked iu tincture of 
perchlorid of iron. 
Styptical(stip'ti-kal),. [< Styptic +-al.] Same 
as styptic. 
styptic-bur (stip'tik-ber), n. See Priva. 
stypticite (stip'ti-sit), re. [< styptic + -ite?.] 
Same as fibroferrite. 
stypticity (stip-tis'i-ti), . [< styptic + -i-ly.] 
The property of being styptic ; astringency. 
It 
sewant). [Prov. 
Behold some others ranged all along 
To take the sewant, yea, the flounder sweet. 
J. Dennys (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 171). 
The shad that in the springtime Cometh in ; 
The suant swift, that is not set by least. 
J. Dennys (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 175). 
j slightly soluble 
in water, and volatile at high temperatures. 
Stythe 1 !, n. [An irreg. var. of sty*.] A sty. 
O out of my stythe I [a maiden transformed to a beast] 
winna rise . . . 
Till Kempion, the Kingis son, 
Cum to the crag, and thrice kiss me. .i_ , -, . ,., 
Kempion (Child's Ballads, 1. 140). SUantly (su ant-h), adv. Evenly; smoothly; 
And, at last, into the very swine's stythe, regularly. Also suen tl//. [Prov. New Eng.] 
The Queen brought forth a son. SUarrow (sij-ar 6), n. A variant of souari. 
Pause Foodraye (Child's Ballads, HI. 43). SUasible (swa'si-bl), a. [= Sp. suasible = It. 
stythe 2 (stith), n. [More prop, stithe; cf. E. suasibile, < L. suadere, pp. suasnx, advise, urge : 
dial, stithe, stifling; prob. a var. of stive, after see suade, suasion. Cf. suadible.] Sameasjjer- 
Styptic-weed (stip'tik-wed), . The western ***.**> strong: see stith.] Choke-damp; snasible Bailey, 1731. [Rare.] 
cassia, Cassia occidentalis, a tall herb of tropical after -a am P ! black-damp ; the mixture of gases suasion (swa zhon), . [< ME. suaeyon, < OF. 
America and the southern United Statesf Its . ft . after an ex P losion f fire-damp, and con- suasion = It. suasione, < L. sitasio(n-), an ad- 
seeds, from their use, are called negro or Mogdad coffee, siting chiefly of carbonic-acid gas; also, more vising, a counseling, exhortation, < suadere. pp. 
though they do not contain caffein ; its root is said to be rarely, this gas accumulated in perceptible suasus, advise, counsel, urge, persuade (cf. LL. 
w 1 o"fds C /wh n ence 8 the a n?rnrt e TlS^SSS^E.Ste* quantity in any part of a coal-mine, whether maclus, persuasive, L. Suada, the goddess of 
wounds, he name). AtaoMM*******^ arising from respiration of men or animals, persuasion), < suavis, orig. 'simdris, pleasant, 
Styracaceae (sti-ra-ka'se-e), n. pi. [NL. (Al- fr m the use of gunpowder, or from the burn- sweet: see suave, sweet.] The act or effort 
Sir J. Flayer. 
The western 
ing of lamps or candles. [Lancashire, Eng., 
coal-field.] 
Shallow and badly ventilated mines produce stythe. 
j __ Oresley. 
order of gamopetaloiis plants, of the cohort stywardt, n. A Middle English form of steic- 
Ebenales. It is characterized by flowers which usually 
, . . . 
phonse de Candolle, 1844), < Styrax (-ac-) 
-acees.] Same as Styraceie. 
Styraceae (sti-ra'se4), . pi. [NL. (Richard, 
1808), for Styracaceae; < Styrax + -ace*.] An 
of persuading; the use of persuasive means 
or efforts: now chiefly in the phrase moral 
suasion. 
The suacyon of swetenesse rethoryen. 
Chaucer, Boethius, ii. prose 1. 
The; had, by the subtill suasion of the deuill, broken 
the thirde commaundement in tasting the forboden fruyte. 
small South American genera, and the others belong' to the 
large genus Symplocos or to the type Styrax, natives of 
warm regions, but wanting in Africa. They are smooth, 
hairy or scurfy trees or shrubs, with alternate entire or 
serrate membranous or coriaceous feather-veined leaves 
Their flowers are usually white and racemed, rarely red- 
dish, and sometimes cymose or fascicled. See Ilalesia 
Khmr<r t an( J gtoTOX. 
,. -- , Same as Swabian. see suade, suasion.] * 'Having power to per- 
suabihty (su-a-bil'i-ti), re. [< suable + -4-ty.] suade; persuasive. [Archaic and poetical.] 
Liability to be sued ; the State of being suable, IU [justice's] command over them was but motive and 
to civil process. political. South, Sermons, I. ii. 
a. [< sMel + -able.] Capable suasively (swa'siv-li), adi: So as to persuade, 
be sued ; subject by law to Let a true tale ... be nouriwiy told them. 
Carlyle, French Rev., I. in. 2. 
of being of'liable to ' 
civil process. 
