Word Meanings - CHOMAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Stoppage; cessation . 2. A standing still or idle .

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• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• STOPPAGE
  The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
• STANDARD
  The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.
• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• STILLING
  A stillion.
• STANDPIPE
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
• STILLAGE
  A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
• STILLION
  A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
• STILLROOM
  1. A room for distilling. 2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens.
• STILL-HUNT
  A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously. -- Still"-hunt`er, n. -- Still"-hunt`ing, n.
• STANDAGE
  A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
• STILLATORY
  1. An alembic; a vessel for distillation. Bacon. 2. A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed. Dr. H. More. Sir H. Wotton.
• STILL-CLOSING
  Ever closing. "Still-clothing waters." Shak.
• STILLATITIOUS
  Falling in drops; drawn by a still.
• STANDER-BY
  One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
• STILL-BURN
  To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.
• STANDERGRASS
  A plant ; -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.
• STAND
  OS. standan, stan, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. stå, Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. stha. *163. Cf. Assist, Constant, Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist, Interstice, Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, n., Rest remainder,
• INSTILL
  To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• PISTILLIFEROUS
  Pistillate.
• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• FINESTILLER
  One who finestills.
• UNDERSTANDINGLY
  In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved.
• INSTILLATOR
  An instiller.
• PISTILLATION
  The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. Sir T. Browne.
• BOOKSTAND
  1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall. 2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference.