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The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture. [R.] A station like the herald, Mercury. Shak. Their manner was to stand at prayer, whereupon their meetings unto that purpose . . . had the names of stations given them. Hooker.

Of or pertaining to a station. [R.]

The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.

Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed. Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does not believe the story. Southey.

A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere. [Obs.] Dryden.

The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink, quills, blank books, etc.

Aërial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone.

The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.

Arrest. [R.] The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.

ration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.

The act or process of carrying about. [Obs.] Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. Jer. Taylor.

The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." Milton. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon.

An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys.

The removal of a crust.

Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. Bp. Hall.

A dishonoring; disgracing. [Obs.] Gauden.

sting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke.

he act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done. Goldsmith.

The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.