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See Spilikin.

Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers.

Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.

Like a statue; motionless.

Stealthy; sly. Wordsworth.

To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten. [Scot.]

See Steek. [Scot.]

Stanza. [Obs.] Sackville.

A strake.

ther with the hand or with any instrument or missile. He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. Shak.

One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wieds the sledge.

a. & n. from Strike, v. Striking distance, the distance through which an object can be reached by striking; the distance at which a force is effective when directed to a particular object. -- Striking plate. (a) The plate against which the latch of a door lock strikes as the door is closed. (b) A part of the centering…

See Strickle.

Like or resembling the sun. "A spot of sunlike brilliancy." Tyndall.

Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches. [Written also souslik.]

Resembling a swan.

signs, as Greek fret or meander, are derived from or closely associated with it. The swastika is found in remains from the Bronze Age in various parts of Europe, esp. at Hissarlik (Troy), and was in frequent use as late as the 10th century. It is found in ancient Persia, in India, where both Jains and Buddhists used (o…

Like a sylph; airy; graceful. Sometimes a dance . . . Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze. Byron.

A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball. [U. S.]

Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish. Servile and thrall-like fear. Milton.