12. (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals
and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zœa stage.
Stage box,
a box close to the stage in a theater. — Stage carriage, a stagecoach. — Stage door,
the actor's and workmen's entrance to a theater. — Stage lights, the lights by which the stage in a
theater is illuminated. — Stage micrometer, a graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope
for measuring the size of an object. — Stage wagon, a wagon which runs between two places for
conveying passengers or goods. — Stage whisper, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed,
for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an
aside.
Stage
(Stage) v. t. To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly. Shak.
Stagecoach
(Stage"coach`) n. A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another,
for the conveyance of passengers.
Stagecoachman
(Stage"coach`man) n.; pl. Stagecoachmen One who drives a stagecoach.
Stagehouse
(Stage"house`) n. A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.
Stagely
(Stage"ly), a. Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Stageplay
(Stage"play`) n. A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. Dryden.