Part 231

Sta"tor (?), n. (Mach.) A stationary part in or about which another part (the rotor) revolves, esp. when both are large; as, (a) (Elec.) The stationary member of an electrical machine, as of an induction motor. (b) (Steam Turbine) The case inclosing a turbine wheel; the body of stationary blades or nozzles.

Step, n. (Fives) At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.

Step"-down`, a. (Elec.) Transforming or converting a current of high potential or pressure into one of low pressure; as, a step-down transformer.

Step"-up`, a. (Elec.) Transforming or converting a low-pressure current into one of high pressure; as, a step-up transformer.

Ster"il*i`zer (?), n. One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for sterilizing an organic fluid or mixture.

Still"son wrench (?). A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece sliding in a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle. Pressure on the handle increases the grip.

{ Stil"ton cheese" (?), or Stil"ton }, n. A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very rich in fat.

Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the dinner from the soup to the stilton.

C. Lever.

{ Sti"mey, Sti"mie } (?), n. & v. t. See Stymie.

{ Sting ray or Sting"ray` }, n. Any one of numerous rays of the family Dasyatidæ, syn. Trygonidæ, having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American Pacific coast, are very destructive to oysters.

Stitch (?), n. An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.

Stock, n. 1. Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock.

2. (Soap Making) A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.

Stock"ing (?), n. Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking; as: (a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse. (b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

Sto"gy (?), a. [Etym. uncertain. Cf. Stocky.] heavy; coarse; clumsy. [Colloq.]

Sto"gy, n.; pl. Stogies (&?;). [Written also stogie.] [Colloq.] 1. A stout, coarse boot or shoe; a brogan.

2. A kind of cheap, but not necessary inferior, cigar made in the form of a cylindrical roll.

Stoke"hold` (?), n. (Naut.) The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.

Sto`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth + -logy.] (Med.) Scientific study or knowledge of the mouth.

Stom"a*to*plas`ty (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth + -plasty.] Plastic surgery of the mouth.

Stop order. (Finance) An order that aims to limit losses by fixing a figure at which purchases shall be sold or sales bought in, as where stock is bought at 100 and the broker is directed to sell if the market price drops to 98.

Stop"-o`ver, n. Act or privilege of stopping over.

Storm (?), n. -- Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also high- area storm, anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran, etc. -- Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See Cyclone, above.

{ Sto"va*in (?), n. Also -ine }. [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer, Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.) A substance, C14H22O2NCl, the hydrochloride of an amino compound containing benzol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anæsthetic, esp. by injection into the sheath of the spinal cord, producing anæsthesia below the point of introduction.

Strain, n. (Hort.) A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated.

Stran"gle hold. In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.

Stra`to-cir"rus (?), n. [Stratus + cirrus.] (Meteor.) An alto-stratus cloud.