Sturiones
(||Stu`ri*o"nes) n. pl. [NL., from LL. sturio. See Sturgeon.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including
the sturgeons.
Sturionian
(Stu`ri*o"ni*an) n. (Zoöl.) One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type.
Sturk
(Sturk) n. See Stirk. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sturnoid
(Stur"noid) a. [L. sturnus a starling + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the starlings.
Sturt
(Sturt) v. t. [Cf. Start, v. i.] To vex; to annoy; to startle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sturt
(Sturt), n.
1. Disturbance; annoyance; care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] "Sturt and care." J. Rolland.
2. (Mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits. Raymond.
Sturtion
(Stur"tion) n. A corruption of Nasturtion.
Stut
(Stut) v. i. To stutter. [Obs.] Skelton.
Stutter
(Stut"ter) v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Stuttered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stuttering.] [Freq. of stut, OE.
stoten; probably of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. D. & LG. stotteren, G. stottern, D. stooten to push,
to strike; akin to G. stossen, Icel. stauta, Sw. stöta, Dan. stöde, Goth. stautan, L. tundere, Skr. tud
to thrust. Cf. Contuse, Obtuse.] To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic
repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor.
Macaulay. Stutter
(Stut"ter), n.
1. The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.
2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] Bacon.
Stutterer
(Stut"ter*er) n. One who stutters; a stammerer.
Stuttering
(Stut"ter*ing), n. The act of one who stutters; — restricted by some physiologists to defective
speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from
stammering.
Stuttering
(Stut"ter*ing), a. Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. — Stut"ter*ing*ly, adv.
Sty
(Sty) n.; pl. Sties [Written also stigh.] [AS. stigu, fr. stigan to rise; originally, probably, a place
into which animals climbed or went up. &radic164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.]
1. A pen or inclosure for swine.
2. A place of bestial debauchery.
To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
Milton. Sty
(Sty), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying ] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.
