Stamin
(Sta"min) n. [OF. estamine, F. étamine, LL. staminea, stamineum, fr. L. stamineus consisting
of threads, fr. stamen a thread. See Stamen, and cf. Stamineous, 2d Stammel, Tamine.] A kind
of woolen cloth. [Written also stamine.] [Obs.]
Stamina
(Stam"i*na) n. pl. See Stamen.
Stamina
(Stam"i*na), n. pl.
1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the
stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as,
the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest.
De
Quincey. Staminal
(Stam"i*nal) a. [Cf. F. staminal.] Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.
Staminate
(Stam"i*nate) a. [L. staminatus consisting of threads, fr. stamen thread: cf. F. staminé.]
(Bot.) (a) Furnished with stamens; producing stamens. (b) Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
Staminate
(Stam"i*nate) v. t. To indue with stamina. [R.]
Stamineal
(Sta*min"e*al Sta*min"e*ous) , a. [L. stamineus, from stamen thread.]
1. Consisting of stamens or threads.
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous
nectary.
Staminiferous
(Stam`i*nif"er*ous) a. [Stamen + -ferous.] Bearing or having stamens.
Staminode
(Stam"i*node) n. (Bot.) A staminodium.
Staminodium
(||Stam`i*no"di*um) n.; pl. Staminodia [NL. See Stamen, and - oid.] (Bot.) An abortive
stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.
Stammel
(Stam"mel) n. A large, clumsy horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Stammel
(Stam"mel), n. [OF. estamel; cf. OF. estamet a coarse woolen cloth, LL. stameta a kind of
cloth, the same as staminea, and OF. estame a woolen stuff. See Stamin.]
1. A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color. [Obs.]
2. A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries. B. Jonson.
Stammel
(Stam"mel), a. Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.
Stammer
(Stam"mer) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stammered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering.] [OE. stameren,
fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammaln,
stammn, Dan. stamme, Sw. stamma, Icel. stama, stamma, OHG. & Dan. stam stammering, Icel.
stamr, Goth. stamms, and to G. stemmen to bear against, stumm dumb, D. stom. Cf. Stem to
