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Sto*mat"ic (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a stoma; of the nature of a stoma.

Sto*mat"ic, n. [Gr. sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Med.) A medicine for diseases of the mouth. Dunglison.

Stom`a*tif"er*ous (?), a. [Gr. sto`ma, -atos mouth + -ferous.] Having or producing stomata.

||Stom`a*ti"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. sto`ma, -atos, mouth + -itis.] ||(Med.) Inflammation of the mouth.

||Stom`a*to"da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth.] (Zoöl.) A ||division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists.

||Stom`a*to*dæ"um (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Stomodæum.

Stom"a*tode (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a mouth; -- applied to certain Protozoa. -- n. One of the Stomatoda.

Stom`a*to*gas"tric (?), a. [Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth + E. gastric.] Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca.

Stom`a*to*plas"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth + -plastic.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.

Stom"a*to*pod (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Stomatopoda.

||Stom`a*top"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL. See Stoma, and -pod.] (Zoöl.) Same ||as Stomapoda.

Stom`a*top"o*dous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Stomatopoda.

Stom"a*to*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth + -scope.] (Med.) An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth.

Stom"a*tous (?), a. Having a stoma.

||Stom`o*dæ"um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth + &?; to divide.] ||1. (Anat.) A part of the alimentary canal. See under Mesenteron.

2. (Zoöl.) The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.

Stomp (?), v. i. [See Stamp.] To stamp with the foot. [Colloq.] "In gallant procession, the priests mean to stomp." R. Browning.

Stond (?), n. [For stand.] 1. Stop; halt; hindrance. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. A stand; a post; a station. [Obs.] Spenser.

Stond, v. i. To stand. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Stone (?), n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. stn; akin to OS. & OFries. stn, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. &?;, &?;, a pebble. √167. Cf. Steen.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a stone." Chaucer.

They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar.

Gen. xi. 3.

In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.

2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." Chaucer. "Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." Shak.

3. Something made of stone. Specifically: -

(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]

Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.