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Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.

To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

nsistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.

A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.

rous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless. With hearts stern and stout. Chaucer. A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. Clarendon. The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. Daniel.

Having a brave heart; courageous. -- Stout"-heart"ed*ness, n.

Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.

In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.

The state or quality of being stout.

Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing. [Colloq. U.S.] Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.

To swell; to puff out; to project. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat. Gay.

Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. Shak. Some three months since, or thereabout. Suckling.

Out of that or this. He shall take thereout his handful of the flour. Lev. ii. 2.

te through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house. Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year. Milton.

Throughout. [Ref. spelling.]

The crappie. [U.S.]

To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top`ping-out" course).

To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. [Cant. Eng.]

her; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts.