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lote .mhors, to • fuuOaoce ealled, io EogliO, . fo.p-eanh . STEGA TUM . Seo SL ATG .

Dr \\"oouwa rd

Illuch

recommcl.cs

as a (llbtbncc!

tur

5TEGANOG RAPl-I Y,

the art

rccrct \\'rttlng,

O1<1.l-ing

porcch~n;

and

r~pc;Hcd

tri.ds

or-it

ha\'~

b(cn

m;lC~C

Wrttlllg in

cyphcrs

known

olll)' to

1I1t:

pcr(

o.ls

corrc.(pond-

fi l:':~

hls time,

and

fome of lheJ!l

\"C~y

Lucly;

.tll

\tlll~h

in~.

IIJS

:\rror.!~d

lhe

fineH

canhcn.w:uc

cv~r

molde

Wllh us,

STl:.GE13URG.

a port-town of

SweJen,

the

proviocc

and rromifes ("ir, \Vilh J!.ood

m~n;:.[!<. ment ,

{lJr

die cqüf\l-

of E:.fl Gotl.l<lnd, fituated on a

b~y

of lhe

lhlt:c:

c..

Jing any in lhe world.

Jur.

Ulíi.ny

polrts of

Devun-

long.

16°

N . lat.

SS" 30'.

!hire and Cornwall, and the: ncighbouring

counlie~

lhe 5TEGNOTICS. in

mcdi~ine.

remedies propc( to

cloreand

c1itT of ,he

Liza.rd

point is cllmoHwhuJly compofed of it,

flop the orilices of the

vdrds

or emunétoTlcs when

rel~ xtd .

Oled the adjacent liHle iflands abouild with

H ;

and from

{lr~tcned.

laccr?led,

Oc.

fuch as pomegranale. )can s and

,,11 thefe places

m¡~ht

be broughl, al a (mAl)

c.xp~

nce.

rore!:. pltlintain-Ieavts. lormentil. roo1S,

Oc.

in any qUoIntities .

is known from all olher ta rths

by ST ELLA1'E,

among bOlani tls, expre(fl,,"s lelves which

lht(e chlraélers : il is compofed of extremely fine parti ·

grow nOI lets lhan fix

joint, and are arranged like

eles; and is of a (¡rm, e'1ual aud reglllar t('Xtll re, and a

Ihe Ta)'s of a fiar.

ere;\[ weibht. It

\'er)' lirm and hlfJ as it Hes io the

ST ELLERA,

iD botanY"3 genus of the o{landria mono·

cut!l , bUl when it h¡¡s, becn (ame time t'xpofed lothe air,

gynia cla(s. h has no calix , the corolla confi!ls of four

il becomcs almoll of a non}' han1ncfs. h is of a perft:llly

[t'gm<!nts; lhe (lAmina are vefy

(hOM :

and there is bUI

fine, [maath, ar.d glolTy (u rface, fofter to the tOllch than

one roft rAted feed . There are two

fpecie~,

none:

lhem

an)" Other Ipecies of e:arth . and dccs not al aJl "dhere lO

natives of Britain.

, hetongue, or Oa: o ,he fiog-rs io haodliog ; bu, d awo STEL L IONATE, io SeolS law. , See L Aw, T i" xxxiii

36 .

along a rough

:urfact ,

as a

pl~ce

of cloth, or the like, il

STEM,

in bOlany, that pan of a plant 3Tifing OUt of the

marks it with a fine and even white hne . In colDur it is

roct, 20d which fu Oains the lea,..es, AO\l.'ers, f,ui ts,

éC4

a clear white. veined and varirgated very beautiCullywilh S'r EM

}hip,

that maío piecc of umber which comes

p:.J rple of ddfc:rent d('grees of

deepr.efs~

and is of fo fine

bendlOg from the keel below, where it isfC"Tfed, as lhe}'

a (l ru{ture oC pan s.

th.tt

whC'o rut into

thi~

pieees, it is

cal! il

lha! ¡s, pieced in; and rifes compaRing right bc-

io fome dcgree t:.lnfp.lrent . 1t m. kes no effervefcence

fo re the foreca(lJe. This ftem it is wl\lch gllldes th:

with acids

aod burns to,

pl:Jre white, even in its puro

rake of lhe fhip, and ,di lhe blltt_ends of the plaol..s are

p!e p"rt s.

fi xed inw

it.

This, in lhe 'célloo of a GrCl.rate

..(lJlP,

STEATOMA,

kiod of eoeyO, d ,umour, eonfiOiog of a

e.lled ,he maio lIem.

mall " like fue' or lardo fof" wi,hou, paio, aod wi,hou, STEM PL E S, io miniog, erof,-bars of \Vood io ,he fh. f,s

difcolouring the Odn.

wnich are fu nK

mines, In maoy

pl~ces

the way is lO

STZEL , a kind of iroo rr6ned aod porificd by ,he 6re wi,h

fio k a perpeodieular holepr fh. r.,

,he

fides of wh eh ,hey

otheriogredieots . " See

eH E M' ST R Y ,

134.

nreogthen from tap to botlom with wood. work, tO

pre~

STEE L CLA SSE S.

a rfame given by fome authors tO the me·

vent lhe earth from f.dling

10 :

lhe tranfverfe pieces of

..lIine fphercs ufed io oplles. Thefe, aeeordiog 'o Car-

wood ufed for .his purpofe, ,hey eoll Oemples ; aod by

dan

are mOlde of three parts of bnfs, one part of tio, and

meaos

of {heCe the miDers, in fome pl ..ces, defcend wilh-

one of rilver, with ao cighlec: nth pan of aotimony; bllt

Out

uGog aoy rope, calching hold of lhefe: Wllh their

moO ei,her to,oll y leave ou' ,he fi l. er, or .dd oolya

haod, and feet .

•weo'y. foun h pan, ' o fave ,he expence. T here are

m.ny

ST ENOGRAPHY. ,he an of wti,iog rnon

_u.nd.

S..

other methods, direéled by

rever~1

authors; bUI moH ule

SHORT -HÁN O ' V Il I TI NG.

arfeoie .od tartar mixed wi,h ,he r.mals. T hefe are af- ST ENONI AN Du e T, in ana,omy. Se. AN ATO"V, p.

terward, to be polifhed wi,h emery, rotlen-lIooe, puny,

3°7 .

• od ,he like.

STEP

¡he moji ond topjldn,

io a n,i p, is ,ha, pieee of

STEEL -YARD . See M ECH AS' C'.

tÍmberwhereoo ,be

m.Os

01 eapOaosdo lIaod

bOllom.

STEEPLE, ao appeodage ereéled geo.rallyoo thewcllero STEPHEN, or

SI .

STEPHEN" DAV •• feOiva l of ,he

eod pf a ehureh, ' o hold ,he bells. S,ce ples are deoo .

Chnrti. o ehureh , obferved 00 ,he 26,h of D «coluer, in

minalcd from their Corm, either fpires or towers: the

memory of (he Grn ma rt yr SI. Stepheo.

firll

are fueh . , . fce od eoo,i"ually dimioifhing ei,her eo- ST ERCULIA, io

~o,aoy,

a seous of ,he moo""eia 01000-

nie.lly or pyramidieall y; ,he laller are mere par.llelo.

delphiJ claCs. T he ealix bo,h of

m.le

.0J femaie eooli,l ,

pipeds, and are covered

¡ . tOP

pl.uform·like.

of (¡ve fegme:ots; neither of

th~m

have any COTOJltt ; lhe

STEER AGE , on bo"d • fhi p, ,ha, pan of ,he fhip oex,

male has t

olamcnlS; ,he germeo rell, upoo • eolumo;

beJow the quartcr-deck,

befo re

lhe bulk .ht"d of the creA(

and there are five capfules conuining m.lny reeds. T ht:re

cahbi o, whc_re the llcerrmlo lhnds io morl lhips of war.

are t\Vo (pecies, ooth natiV('5 of India.

Se. ,he oex, .nicle.

STEREOGRAPHIC .. OJ.c ,

,o~,

is ,he proj.,'lioo of

STEERING

in navigation. the direé'l ing a veffé! from one

the circles of lh:: fpha\!

tne plane of

fOr.le

one grt:lt

place to another hy meaos of Ihe helm aod ruddcr.

circl~.

the" eye I:w'ng

FI ..

c~d

the: pole of that cirele.

i, held ,he ben neerfo..o who eaufes ,he

1,,1l

mo,ioo io

STE REOG R.~PHY .

Ihe .. ' ofdr.wiog,he forms aod

(¡.

punin;:: the helm over to and agai n, and who beH kceps

~ur~s

th~

follds IIpon

..l

plane.

,he

O,,?

frOnl m.king y.\Vs, ,h., is, from runoing in aou S I E REO¡\IETRY, ,h" par! of

~ecm:try

whirh

1C;c!,,·S

out. Sec

NAVICfl. T ION .

ho\V tO mcafurc fohd budles , ;. (.

find the foliJltv oc

STEEV E,

bo,lfd:a

n,ip.

T he reamenfay the bowrpri t

folltt content uf bodics. as globc:s, c}linden, cuocs,

vl'fTds,

0,'

,he

beak.he.

J of. fh ip (lecve" \Vheo i,

(l.od

,~o

up'

O,ips.

r(:¡,.

Soe

EO'JET' V.

IIghl, Or 00' Ilrai.h, enoue h foreward .

STEREOTOr-¡ y ,

th~ 'l!

or oc'l of e"ttin;: fol iJ" o,

Qla-

\' OL.

JJI.

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