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A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.

or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.

One who treats of, or collects, seeds. Bailey.

A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray. And from the trees did lop the needless spray. Spenser.

Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation. [Scot]

The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively. [Written also squirearchy.]

The body of squires, collectively considered; squirarchy. [Obs.] The flower of chivalry and squiry. Ld. Berbers.

colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null an void. -- Stamp collector, an officer who receives or collects stamp duties; one who collects postage or other stamps. -- Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evid…

One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.

The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.

A collection of statues; statues, collectively.

family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like. Worthy to be stewards of rent and land. Chaucer. They came near to the steward of Joseph's house. Gen. xliii. 19. As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 Pet. iv.…

one by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively.

Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock.

A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.

To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away. Dora stored what little she could save. Tennyson.

Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity. It is charged with stored virtue. Bagehot.

A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc. In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size. Sir W. Temple. He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates…

A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud. [Obs.] King Henry the Eighth erected a noble studdery. Holinshed.

Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.