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An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. Who copied his squibs, and reëchoed his jokes. Goldsmith.

attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady. [Colloq.] Goldsmith.

A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain. A. Smith.

the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia. Dr. W. Smith.

A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.

An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

ire or flame. Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which they do not reflect or transmit. Sir I. Newton.

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

incola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith.

The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch. [Prov. Eng.]

To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. "She stoops to conquer." Goldsmith. Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly. Bacon.

To straighten. [R.] A Smith.

Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile. He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. Shak.

One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wieds the sledge.

ike her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. E. Smith.

t the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond. 3. The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound…

Surplus. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge. Swage block, a perforated block of iron, having grooved sides and a…