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||Steg`o*sau"ri*a (-s"r*), n. pl. [NL. See Stegosaurus.] (Paleon.) An ||extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera ||Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies.

||Steg`o*sau"rus (-rs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ste`gh roof + say^ros a ||lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for ||a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.

Steik (?), v. t. See Steek. [Scot.]

Stein (?), n. & v. See Steen.

Stein"bock` (?), n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok. Cf. Steenbok.] (Zoöl.) (a) The European ibex. (b) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok. [Written also steinboc, and steinbok; also called stonebock, and stonebuck.]

Stein"gale (?), n. The stannel. [Prov. Eng.]

Stein"ing (?), n. See Steening.

Stein"kirk` (?), n. Same as Steenkirk.

Stein"kle (?), n. The wheater. [Prov. Eng.]

||Ste"la (?), n.; pl. Stelæ (#). [L., from Gr. &?; a post, an upright ||stone.] (Gr. Antiq.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, ||milestone, etc.

||Ste"le (st"l), n. [NL.] Same as Stela.

One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered.

I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Stele (stl), n. [See Stale a handle.] A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.] Chaucer. Holland.

Ste"lene (?), a. [See Stela.] Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. [R.]

Stell (?), v. t. [AS. stellan. √163.] To place or fix firmly or permanently. [Obs.] Shak.

Stell, n. [See Stell, v. t.] 1. A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing. [Scot.]

2. A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

{ Stel"lar (?), Stel"la*ry (?), } a. [L. stellaris, fr. stella a star. See Star.] 1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs.

Milton.

2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.

{ Stel"late (?), Stel"la*ted (?), } a. [L. stellatus, p. p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a star. See Stellar.] 1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.

2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers.

Stel*la"tion (?), n. Radiation of light. [Obs.]

Stelled (?), a. [See Stell to place.] Firmly placed or fixed. [Obs.] "The stelled fires" [the stars]. Shak. [In this passage by some defined as "starry," as if from stellatus.]

Stel"ler (?), n. [After Geo. W. Steller, a German naturalist.] (Zoöl) The rytina; -- called also stellerine.

Stel"ler*id (?), n. [L. stella a star.] (Zoöl.) A starfish.

||Stel*ler"i*da (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) An extensive group of ||echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans.