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Stiff-tailed
a.
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Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
Stifle
n.
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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
Stifled
imp. & p. p.
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of Stifle
Stifling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Stifle
Stifle
v. t.
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To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
Stifle
v. t.
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To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
Stifle
v. t.
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To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
Stifle
v. i.
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To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
Stifled
a.
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Stifling.
Stifler
n.
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One who, or that which, stifles.
Stifler
n.
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See Camouflet.
Stigmas
pl.
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of Stigma
Stigmata
pl.
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of Stigma
Stigma
v. t.
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A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
Stigma
v. t.
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Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.
Stigma
v. t.
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That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
Stigma
v. t.
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A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
Stigma
v. t.
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A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
Stigma
v. t.
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One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.
Stigma
v. t.
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One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
Stigma
v. t.
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One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus.
Stigma
v. t.
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A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane.
Stigma
v. t.
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Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above.
Stigmaria
n.
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The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
Stigmata
n.
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pl. of Stigma.
Stigmatic
n.
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A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.
Stigmatic
n.
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A person who is marked or deformed by nature.
Stigmatic
n.
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A person bearing the wounds on the hands and feet resembling those of Jesus Christ caused by His crucifixion; -- for true stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been caused miraculously, as a sign of great holiness.
Stigmatic
a.
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Alt. of Stigmatical
Stigmatical
a.
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Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.