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Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.

at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics. Social statics, the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.

The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.

le. [Archaic or Prov. Eng.] And in his hand a huge poleax did bear. Whose steale was iron-studded but not long. Spenser.

In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.

Scientific study or knowledge of the mouth.

An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.

A contraction of Studding sail. With every rag set, stunsails, sky scrapers and all. Lowell.

onsideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto. Blackstone. As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes from it. J. H. Newman.

An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar. [Cambridge Univ. Eng.] Bid my subsizar carry my hackney to the buttery and give him his bever. J. Fletcher.

t is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge. This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. Shak. He is a presumptuous and superficial writer. Burke. That superficial judgment, whi…

. Also used figuratively. You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. Dryden.

often unknown, or imperfectly known. The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs. Tylor. Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection, under Natural.

ge, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club. Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. Bp. Sanders…

Of labor, study, pain, etc.

The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.),

One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. Sir H. Wotton.

he beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.