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ut houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra.

olts in the vessel. One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman.

The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.

Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor. "Heads of steel." Johnson. "Manhood's heart of steel." Byron.

A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.

A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.

The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [R.] Swift.

A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard.

(except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base. From stem to stern (Naut.), from one end of the ship to the other, or through the whole length. -- Stem leaf (Bot.), a leaf growing from the stem of a plant, as contrasted with a basal or radical leaf.

One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna. Steppe murrain. (Far.) See Rinderpest.

Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. His whole work stands stock-still. Sterne.

ching to the feet. Spenser. But when mild morn, in saffron stole, First issues from her eastern goal. T. Warton.

iolence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.] Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain. Spenser. This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent. Locke.

Stout; sullen; obstinate. [Obs.] With stern looks and stomachous disdain. Spenser.

Tall; strong; stern. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

lusty; vigorous; 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.…

ming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak.

rtion of the log line which is veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned. -- Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the stray line.

; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields. A mouse . . . struck forth sternly [bodily]. Piers Plowman.

The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.