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A tern. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.

The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.

A petty squire. Tennyson.

The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.

Stabling. Tennyson.

Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Ste…

In a startling manner.

m lack or food, or nutriment. Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak.

The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.

By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion. Sir P. Sidney.

The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.

A young small steer.

Same as Starling, 3.

A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

The act or practice of telling stories.

Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3. Knight.

from Straggle, v.

In a straggling manner.

lescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 1 Sam. xvii. 56.