Stillbirth
(Still"birth`) n. The birth of a dead fetus.
Stillborn
(Still"born`) a.
1. Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.
2. Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. Swift.
Still-burn
(Still"-burn`) v. t. [imp. & p. p. still-burnt or Still-burned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Still-burning.]
To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.
Still-closing
(Still"-clos"ing) a. Ever closing. [Obs.] "Still-clothing waters." Shak.
Stiller
(Still"er) n. One who stills, or quiets.
Stillhouse
(Still"house`) n. A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.
Still-hunt
(Still"-hunt`) n. 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.
[U.S.]
Stillicide
(Stil"li*cide) n. [L. stillicidium; stilla a drop + cadere to fall.] A continual falling or succession
of drops; rain water falling from the eaves. Bacon.
Stillicidious
(Stil`li*cid"i*ous) a. Falling in drops. [Obs.]
Stilliform
(Stil"li*form) a. [L. stilla a drop + -form.] Having the form of a drop. Owen.
Stilling
(Still"ing) n. [Cf. LG. stelling, G. stellen to set, to place.] A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Stillion
(Stil"lion) n. [See Stilling.] A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
Stillness
(Still"ness) n.
1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of
the Middle Ages.
J. A. Symonds. 2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
The gravity and stillness of your youth
The world hath noted.
Shak. Stillroom
(Still"room`) n.
1. A room for distilling.
2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. [Eng.]
Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action.
Dickens. Stillstand
(Still"stand`) n. A standstill. [R.] Shak.
Stilly
(Still"y) a. Still; quiet; calm.
The stilly hour when storms are gone.
Moore.
