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The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks.

Rankly; stoutly; violently. [Obs.] That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell. Fairfax.

tinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.

A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.

A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.

Shaped like a rolly-poly; short and stout. [Written also roly- poly.]

A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.

A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler. [Obs.] That flock of stout, bragging rushbucklers. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.

nsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. Milton. Salve bug (Zoöl.), a large, stout isopod crustacean (Æga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.

face. Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue. Chaucer. Denmark satin, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff, woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes. -- Farmer's satin. See under Farmer. -- Satin bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bower bird. Called also satin grackle. -- Satin flower (Bot.) See Honesty, 4. --…

t are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.

cted. Sweet scabious (a) Mourning bride. (b) A daisylike plant (Erigeron annuus) having a stout branching stem.

Not stout or heavy; slender. His own figure, which was formerly so slight. Sir W. Scott.

Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person. [Colloq.] Spanker boom (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is attached. See Illust. of Ship.

taff; a prop; a crutch; a cane. His weak steps governing And aged limbs on cypress stadle stout. Spenser.

Strong; vigorous; powerful. A stark, moss-trooping Scot. Sir W. Scott. Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. Beau. & Fl.

A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification. [Written also stoccade.]

A stout, coarse boot or shoe; a brogan.