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Subtile. [Obs.]

Subtlety. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.

Of or pertaining to the style of a dial. [Written also stylar.]

A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.

A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.

Mode of composition. See Style. [Obs.] May I not write in such a stile as this Bunyan.

A stiletto. [R.]

trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.] The very quack of fashions, the very he that Wears a stiletto on his chin. Ford.

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still. "Still as any stone." Chaucer.

To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.

Ever closing. [Obs.] "Still-clothing waters." Shak.

er; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously. -- Still"-hunt`er, n. -- Still"-hunt`ing, n. [U.S.]

A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.

Falling in drops; drawn by a still.

An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [R.] Bacon.

The birth of a dead fetus.

Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.

One who stills, or quiets.

A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.