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In a staggering manner.

A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobæa).

A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.

The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.

A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle. [Written also Stagyrite.]

State of being stagnant.

That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.

In a stagnant manner.

To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.

The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.

The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as , which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.

Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; --chiefly used depreciatively.

Adjustment. [R.]

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

Expense; cost. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

tipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight. Shak. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. Bacon.

A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy.

interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.