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hood, it will go hard with a great number of my fraternity, 
as well as myself, who must all be unsquired, because a 
greyhound will not be allowed to keep us company. Swift. 
SQUl'RELY, adj. Becoming a squire.—One very fit 
for this squirely function. Shelton. 
SQUI'RREL, s. [escuricu, old Fr.; ecureuil, modern ; 
from the Gr. o-Kiovgo;, of a-Kia, shade, and ovoa, tail ; the 
tail being a sort of covering for the animal. Scorel is our 
old word; which is in the Prompt. Parv.] A small animal 
that lives in woods, remarkable for leaping from tree to 
tree. 
One chanc’d to find a nut. 
In the end of which a hole was cut. 
Which lay upon a hazel-root, 
There scatter’d by a squirrel: 
Which out the kernel gotten had ; 
When quoth this fay, dear queen be glad. 
Let Oberon be ne’er so mad, 
I’ll set you safe from peril. 
To SQUIRT, v. a. [of uncertain etymology. Dr. John¬ 
son. —Serenius refers it to the Su. Goth, squaetta, which 
has a similar meaning: and so sqwaettra, to scatter.] To 
throw out in a quick stream.'—Sir Roger she mortally hated, 
and used to hire fellows to squirt kennel water upon him 
as he passed along. Arbuthnot. 
To SQUIRT, v. n. To prate; to let fly. Low cant .— 
You are so given to squirting up and down, and chattering, 
that the world would say, I had chosen a jack-pudding for a 
prime minister. L'Estrange. 
SQUIRT, s. An instrument by which a quick stream is 
ejected. 
He with his squirt- fire cou’d disperse 
Whole troops. Hudibras. 
His weapons are a pin to scratch, and a squirt to bespatter. 
Pope. —A small quick stream.—Water those with squirts of 
an infusion of the medicine in dunged water. Bacon. 
SQUI'RTER, s. One that plies a squirt.—The squirters 
were at it with their kennel water, for they were mad for the 
loss of their bubble. Arbuthnot. 
SRAVANA BELGULA, a town of the south of India, 
province of Mysore. This place is celebrated as being the 
principal seat of the Jain worship, once so prevalent over 
great part of Hindostan, but which has been nearly extir¬ 
pated by the influence of the Brahmins. Near to the town 
are two hills, on one of which is situated the temple; the 
other is cut into the form of a colossal statue 70 feet in height. 
The town is wholly inhabited by Jainas. In Hindostan 
proper, they are generally called Syaurus; and are divided 
into laity and clergy, named Yatis and Sravacas. Lat. 
12. 45. N. long. 76. 43. E. 
SRI MUTTRA, a town of Hindostan, province of Agra. 
It is a place of considerable extent, situated on a naked rock 
of red granite, of which material all the houses are con¬ 
structed. It is the residence of a Hindoo chief, who pays 
tribute to the rajah of Dholpoor. Lat. 26. 41. N. long. 
77. 20. E. 
SRI PERMATURA, a town of the south of India, pro¬ 
vince of the Carnatic, celebrated for being the birth-place of 
Ram Anuja Achary, who was born about the year 1016. He 
was a Brahmin, and preached successfully against the doc¬ 
trines of the Jains and Boodhists. Lat. 12. 59. N. long. 
80. 2. E. 
SRINY, a mountain range of Croatia, forming part of 
the Julian Alps. 
SSIDA, a town of Niphon, in Japan ; 18 miles south of 
Fitaqua. 
SSUUS, a town of Niphon, in Japan; 20 miles south-east 
of Noto. 
STAAB, a small town in the west of Bohemia, on the 
Rabbusa; 11 miles south-south-west of Pilsen, and 61 west- 
south-west of Prague. 
STAAL (Madame de), an ingenious French writer, first 
known by the name of Mademoiselle de Launay, was 
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daughter of a painter at Paris. Her father being obliged to 
quit the kingdom, she was left in a state of poverty. She 
had enjoyed the advantages of a good education at a priory 
in Rouen; but her patroness dying, she was under the neces¬ 
sity of engaging herself as bed-chamber woman to the 
duchess of Maine; who soon discovering the talents of her 
servant, employed her in all the theatrical entertainments 
which she gave at her seat of Sceaux. For some of these 
De Launay wrote verses, and for others she formed the plans, 
and thus obtained the perfect and unlimited confidence of her 
mistress, and the friendship of all the men of wit and letters 
who frequented that court. Following the fortunes of her 
mistress, she was involved in the disgrace incurred by the 
duchess during the regency of the duke of Orleans, and was 
two years a prisoner in the Bastille. After her liberation, 
the duchess, as a reward for her fidelity, married her to M. 
de Staal, lieutenant, and afterwards captain, in the Swiss 
guards. From her own description, she appears to have 
possessed few personal attractions, yet her gallantries were a 
great source ot the vexations with which her life was disqui¬ 
eted. She sometimes loved without a return, and she some¬ 
times attracted attentions to which she paid no regard. She 
died in 1750, and after her death were printed, in 3 vols. 
12mo. “ Memoirs of her Life,” written by herself. These 
are agreeably written, and in a pure and elegant style. 
There has been added a fourth volume, containing two 
comedies acted at Sceaux, entitled “ L’Engoument,” and 
“ La Mode,” the chief merit of which is said to consist in the 
sprightliness of the dialogue. Her memoirs have been trans¬ 
lated into the English language. 
STAATSBURG, a post village of the United States, in 
Clinton county, New York; 10 miles north of Poughkeepsie. 
STAATEN LAND. See New Zealand. 
STAATS, a town of Lower Austria; 35 miles north of 
Vienna, and 5 west-south-west of Falkenstein. Population 
1500. 
STAAVIA, in Botany, a genus of plants. See Brunia. 
To STAB, v. a. [staven, old Dutch.] To pierce with a 
pointed weapon. 
Hear the lamentations of poor Anne, 
Wife to thy Edward, to thy slaughter’d son : 
Stabb'd by the self-same hand that made these wounds. 
Shakspeare. 
To wound mortally or mischievously. 
What tears will then be shed! 
Then, to compleat her woes, will I espouse 
Ilermione:—’twill stab her to the heart! A. Philips. 
To STAB, v. n. To give a wound with a pointed weapon. 
None shall dare 
With shorten’d sword to stab in closer war; 
But in fair combat fight. Dry den. 
To offer a stab. 
Thou hid’st a thousand daggers in thy thoughts, 
Which thou hast whetted on thy stony heart, 
To stab at my frail life. Shakspeare. 
To give a mortal wound.—He speaks poniards, and every 
word stabs. Shakspeare. 
STAB, s. A wound with a sharp pointed weapon. 
The elements 
Of whom your swords are temper’d, may as well 
Wound the loud winds, or with bemockt at stabs 
Kill the still closing waters. Shakspeare. 
A dark injury; a sly mischief.—A stroke; a blow.—He 
had a scripture ready to repel them all; every pertinent text 
urged home being a direct stab to a temptation. South. 
STA'BBER, s. One who stabs; a privy murderer. 
STABI'LIMENT, s. [from stabi/is, Lat.] Support; firm¬ 
ness; act of making firm.—They serve for stabiliment, pro¬ 
pagation and shade. Derham. 
To STABI'LITATE, v. a. To make stable; to esta¬ 
blish. 
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