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The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.

The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.

An opening in a wall in a coal mine. [Written also stenton.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.…

ving one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American Pacific coast, are very destructive to oysters.

Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray.

The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.

One who, or that which, stings. Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusæ of our seas are stingers. Owen.

The weever.

In a stingy manner.

The quality or state of being stingy.

Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. -- Sting"ing*ly, adv. Stinging cell. (Zoöl.) Same as Lasso cell, under Lasso.

Having no sting.

Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [Old Slang] Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow Addison.

A sting ray.

Stinging; able to sting.

Hewing or dressing stone.

from Strut, v. -- Strut"ting*ly, adv.

Subalternate; successive.

from Suffocate, v. -- Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly, adv.