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One who stitches; a seamstress.

Needlework; -- in comtempt. Shak.

The act of one who stitches.

See Stichwort.

An anvil; a stithy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He invented also pincers, hammers, iron crows, and the anvil, or stith. Holland.

A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge. "As foul as Vulcan's stithy." Shak.

Inflammation of the mouth.

Strontic.

Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in. [R.]

Surreptitious. [Obs.] -- Sub`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically (Mil.),

Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia. Substituted executor (Law), an executor appointed to act in place of one removed or resigned.…

The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.

Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted. -- Sub`sti*tu"tion*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional.

Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted. Bp. Wilkins.

Helping; aiding; supporting. Urquhart.

One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another. Bailey.

An outer vestment or garment. [R.] Bp. Horne.