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Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.

An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crabeating seal.

A spermoblast. -- Sper`ma*to"al, a. Owen.

A spitbox; a cuspidor.

A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.

imp. & p. p. of Stand.

To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.

A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]

s, formerly common in England, esp. with young women. Nausicaa With other virgins did at stoolball play. Chapman.

To stum. [R.]

A vessel of liquor; a flagon. [Written also stoup.] Fetch me a stoop of liquor. Shak.

One who stoops.

from Stoop. -- Stoop"ing*ly, adv.

To rise in clouds, as dust. [Prov. Eng.]

Strong; powerful; hardy; bold; audacious. [Obs. or Scot.] O stronge lady stoor, what doest thou Chaucer.

at, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. The Devil's tattoo. See under Devil.

Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature. [R.] Cudworth.

An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents. Homans.

A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.

A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.