1000000031

S T A

isobfal'c:d.

lh,u Ihe n.nes

p.dral

lit:

fLddl vlder's

d deH (on , and ap¡>uintcd h:s

yO\lngcr

Ion pn ncc

I'¡'curicc

of OIJ.nge thri r ftOlJlhold:. r

2nd al

Olh t T

tifi)e~

Ihey

lla Ve!

lupprdfcd [he

{h¿dlOlucrfhip

cntirdy. T he Had·

thohlt:r

t\JW.lys

in Ihe coune"

Ha:c, when lhe

VOles

happt'1l la be l.'1u." . has

¿ccili\c vOlee.

ST_'\ Ej-\ELI N-~ ,

in uo«oy. • geolls or the ryng,neGa po–

Jyg.lmi .l xqu ,¡lis c!;tfs. T he rec('ptaclc: is nakcd

lhe

p"ppus is

fc.uhered ;

2nd lhe ca)¡x is imbricateci ,,,ith

-fc;:¡l~s . m~mbranaceousJ

cclou rcd, and rrOctlcd al Ihe

pom" . T hére are

(\Vo

fpecies.

nonc of them

nauv.cs

ll rirain .

ST:\Fi", an

inn rum~n[

ordin;Hily ufed to

on in walk·

jng. T he fLdf is alfo fre'1uendy ufed ¡¡,s a kinJ o(

natUTJI

weapon bOlh oro{f.:nce and dcftn.:e, and (.;r [everéll olilcr

purpt,ft s.

A F'F ,

io muf¡ck, five lines

0 0

which Wilh lhe ¡nlerme: ·

diate fpaces lhe notes of a fung or piece: of mufi: k are

r:urked.

·STAPFOR

the county-town or StaffordOlire, i, Gtuated

one hundrtd anri thirt y miles nonh· welt of L ondon.

fends twO memue rs la parli;¡meot.

STAG, in zo"logy. ' See CERV t' S.

STAGE. io the modcro dr,¡m.l, lhe place or aélion and

repreCentatiao, inclu.led bCl\veen lh\! pa aod lhe rcenes,

and anfwcllng tO lhe pro[cen:uOl or pulpituOl of the:

aD·

cieot$.

STAGG ERS_ See F AROlERY, p.

552 .

STAINES, • tOIVOoC, MiJdl<rcx, Gtuated ninete, n mea–

furcd

~ldes

wen of

Loodon ~

STAIR.CASE in drchiteétl1rc, an arccnt inclofed betweeo

IValb, or a uallullrade, eonGlling or Oatrs, or Ilt pS, IVith

landing'places aod rails, ferving

make

ól

cornmunica –

t iGO

bt:IWtt:n lhe (everal fiories of a houte. See Aac u

TECT U RE ,

3613.

STALACT1TlE, in n"ural hiOory, eryO.llinc rpars rorm–

ed ioto olJlon¿, conical, round, or irregular bodies, com·

pcreJ or various cruOs, ,nd urually round h. nging in form

o( icicles from lhe roofs of grottos.

6c.

ST ALBR1DCE, a ma,ket_town or D orfedhire, Gtuated

eighlceo OliJt's north of DorcheUer.

STALK, in botAny, Ihat pan of

plant which rifes im·

Tn-:dlatdy (rom thc root, and which

ruppv~tS

{he leavcs

of the Oowers and lhe fruit.

STALLION, or

STON E ' HORSE ,

in the mr.nage, an ungelt

horre, ddigncd for lhe covc:ring of marcs, in order tO

propag;ne: lhe fpecies. See EQ..uus.

S1·A~1l-'O:t D

.• borollgh-town or L incolnOtire, ·Gtuated

thirty.¡jve mdes fuu th of L incoln . l t fends

{WO

r.1c!n)ers

to P;\rl id'llent.

STi\.MII>l:\ _ See BOTAN

p. 635-

~TA t'ltl S A .

in (he aOlmal body. are dcfinrd co be thefe: fim–

pk onginaJ p:\rts, which exifled hrfl in lhe embr yo, or

(\'eo in lhe feed ; and by whofe d¡OlOélion, augmenta–

tion, and "caction, by

addition.tI

juices, th.: an:m.d body,

at its o,"lnl\ bulk, is fu ppor,d tO be rormtd.

~TAM I NEOUS,

in botany, a term ror thor, Ro"'ers or

pLmts which h:\ve no peu ls or flower-Ieaves, but confi!l

only or. number or f1.mina and piOds placed in a eup_

STAMP-OUTIES,

cert;¡in impofitions laid on all parthmcnt

and paper, on which decds, granu, or other inltfLlInents,

dOy

procefs in h,w or equity, are ingroO'c:d or wrin cn.

l"h,[; cu,ie:, ",hen fir(l granted, wore rrom for,y Oulling'

S T A

for Ictters-p:\tcnt,

6c.

to fi xplnce ror the ufu-:.! det:ds ;

ó\nd one pen ny

fOf

dccluallons, plcad!ngs,

Thcy

haH;

b::en,

general, dOllblcdand

trc~led .

fllbreque/lt

lIatutes

ano the common (Llmp now ¡, the trtbl:: fix–

pc·nny. P\.'lfons wri tlOg or cngroJJJi"'lg any llllng diarged

wlth ,he dUly

0 0

parchmcOl or p"per, before it is fiampcd.

or if it be

m~r kcJ

with "ny Jower duty ,h;¡ n

Wll:..t

is re–

qui rerl, are hab!::: to fU rfclt ,1. ; :ind the dted filall noc

be deemed good in

I.tW

ull (uch peoalt y is paid, and the

r" ne b< Ilamped,

&c_

é T AMPA Ll A, an

,O.nd

or the

Archipel.go

, aboot Grty

m¡);:s.¡n circl1mtc1tocc, fitu ,ueJ io E . long.

26° 30',

and

¡...

36°

20'.

STANC HI ON. or STA:oi CH10 ll:S, in afhip,

tho~e

pillan,

WlllCh belng

l~t

up piIL:lI',wlfe, do ru pport and Ilrengtben

lile

\Y"ne_trc~s.

STANO, in c'Jmmerce, a weíght. (rom two hundred ar.J

a h.llf

Ih lce hundred, of puch_

STA:N OARD. in \Var, a ron or banner, or

R'g,

borne

as a lign<tl for the joining tOge:her of Ihe feveral trooPf

belongrng to the r. m.: uody . See

Ft.AG

&c_

S T A ~DARO ,

commace, the

origlil::.1

of a weight, mea–

fure, or

COlO,

comri1¡tted

the kéeping. of a

Ol.tgí~~r:¡te.

or dcpoGted in

fome

put;lic place.

regulate, adjllft,

and try lhe weights ufed by p,lrticular p,rlons in tr• .fuck.

So<

M o" EV.

STAN DON, • tOwn of H,,, rordlhire, G,ulted nnder the

ma idlan of LondoD, and feveo miles north of

H~rt ford .

STANHOPE, a market-towo

Durham, fituated hteen

milIS w(,H of Durham.

ST,~NLEY ,

.. tOIVn or Clocefkrfhire, fi tuated twelv:

miles routh of CloceO er.

STANNAR1ES, the mlOes and \York, where tin i, dug

and punficd, as in Cornwal, Dt'vonfhire,

eco

There

are

fouT

CouTlS or the flannaries in D :!\'onfhíre, and

md.ny

in Cornwal ; and great libertic5 \Vere gr:tntcd lhem

reTeral aéts of parltament in the

~ime

of EdwdTd

I ~

&c.

thotlgh fomewhat abndged under Edw"d

1[[ .

•

Charles L

STANN lfM,

Tl N

See CHE>tlSTRV, p_

83 , 135 -

STANT ON, a IOwn or Lincolnlhire, Gtuated f, venteen

miles eaH of L incoln, uoder the meridia n of L ondon.

STAN ZA , io poetry_ a cen ain (lated number o( verfcs,

genor;¡lIy contalOing a

p~rfcét

fenfl! , lhat ought to end

with fome li\'ely and ingenious thought, or jufi aod per–

nent -rtOeélíon.

STAPELlA , in bo"ny,

genus or the pentandti. digynia

cI:trs of plílOlS. The pl_nt is contoned ,

wit~

a doJuble

Orl.r-Ilkc ncétdrinm cO\'eling the frutli6cation. T he're are

two fpecies, both n¡[i\'es

the C3pe

G ood Hppe .

STAPE3. In .n.tomy

See AN_<TOM V, p.

'96.

STA PHYLA;:_~,

in botan

y, •

genus or the penta ndria tri–

gyrlla

cJcll"S.

T b(" c,¡hx confi lts of ¡ive: fegments. 3nd tbe

corolla

01'

fi\'e pet ...ls; lhe c"prules are

infl~t.'led

;\nd con·

nate; and Iha!! elre two globular fecds. T one are tWO

fp::ci('!=.. bnlh nMives (lf lhe Cape of G ood Hore.

ST.I PHYUNUS in zoology, • genus or inleéls belong–

ing

lhe

ord~r lof col~(lptera:

the antt:nn:t are

(]~ndt'T;

Ihe el)'tr,¡ are

dimldl.tt

:!d, and cn\'e:r the wings; and the

tail is fimr le, and furnlfht'd with

tWII

o':>lu

bl.tdders.

There are '7 rpwe" p"nelp,lIy diOinguilhed by their

col..

hlr .

SL~PLE

priOlarily ligniGes a public

pl.ce

or matke:, whi–

ttlCr