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A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.

or forked, whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug, and horse beetle. -- Stag dance, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] -- Stag hog (Zoöl.), the babiroussa. -- Stag-horn coral (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which…

with such a crown. This grave, beared, sable-cloaked, and steeple-crowned progenitor. Hawthorne.

Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. [Obs.] Of this stentorophonic horn of Alexander there is a preserved in the Vatican. Derham.

Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.

the passions. Shak. Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me. Hawthorne.

The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants. Dr. H. Hartshorne.

ortment. Shak. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. Hawthorne.

A stem; a trunk. [Obs.] Seest not this same hawthorn stud Spenser.

Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult. "Studied magnificence." Hawthorne.

uilding or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. "His cheery little study." Hawthorne.

Situated under a horny part or layer.

us, is merely witty. Coleridge. The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's. Hawthorne.

Subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading the analysis of my mind. Hawthorne.

A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.]

t colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish yellow at the tip. Called also Horned hummer. -- Sun grebe (Zoöl.), the finfoot. -- Sun picture, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. -- Sun spots (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's disk, consisting commonly of a black c…

g heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus. "Lighting a cigar with a sunglass." Hawthorne.

An outer vestment or garment. [R.] Bp. Horne.

number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion. "A deadly swarm of hornets." Milton.

; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." Trench. "Swart savage maids." Hawthorne. A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser.