Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STA'BLE, v.i.

To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel. – Milton.

STA'BLE, v.t.¹

To fix; to establish. [Not used.]

STA'BLE, v.t.²

To put or keep in a stable. Our farmers generally stable not only horses, but oxen and cows in winter, and sometimes young cattle.

STA'BLE-BOY, or STA'BLE-MAN, n.

A boy or man who attends at a stable. – Swift.

STA'BLED, pp.

Put or kept in a stable.

STA'BLE-NESS, n.

1. Fixedness; firmness of position or establishment; strength to stand; stability; as, the stableness of a throne or of a system of laws.
2. Steadiness; constancy; firmness of purpose; stability; as, stableness of character, of mind, of principles, or opinions.

STA'BLE-STAND, n. [stable and stand.]

In law, when a man is found at his standing in the forest with a cross bow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or with a long bow; or standing close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip. This is one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. – English Law.

STA'BLING, n.

1. The act or practice of keeping cattle in a stable.
2. A house, shed or room for keeping horses and cattle.

STA'BLING, ppr.

Putting or keeping in a stable.

STAB'LISH, v.t. [L. stabilio; Fr. etablir; It. stabilire; Sp. establecer. See Stab.]

To fix; to settle in a state for permanence; to make firm. [In lieu of this, establish is now always used.]

STA'BLY, adv.

Firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.

STACCATO, a. [or adv. Staccato.]

In music, denoting a short, distinct, articulate style; the opposite to legato.

STACK, n. [W. ystac, a stack; ystaca, a standard, from tâg, a state of being stuffed; Dan. stak, a pile of hay; Sw. stack; Ir. stacadh. It signifies that which is set, and coincides with Sax. stac, D. staak, a stake. Stock, stag, stage, are of the same family, or at least have the same radical sense.]

1. A large conical pile of hay, grain or straw, sometimes covered with thatch. In America, the stack differs from the cock only in size, both being conical. A long pile of hay or grain is called a rick. In England, this distinction is not always observed. This word in Great Britain is sometimes applied to a pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet, and also to a pile of poles; but I believe never in America. Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's highth. – Bacon.
2. A number of funnels or chimneys standing together. We say, a stack of chimneys; which is correct, as a chimney is a passage. But we also call the whole stack a chimney. Thus we say, the chimney rises ten feet above the roof.

STACK, v.t.

1. To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay or grain.
2. In England, to pile wood, poles, &c.

STACK'ED, pp.

Piled in a large conical heap.

STACK'ING, ppr.

Laying in a large conical heap.

STACK'ING-BAND, or STACK'ING-BELT, n.

A band or rope used in binding thatch or straw upon a stack.

STACK'ING-STAGE, n.

A stage used in building stacks.

STACK'-YARD, n.

A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.

STAC'TE, n. [L. stacte; Gr. στακτη.]

A fatty resinous liquid matter, of the nature of liquid myrrh, very odoriferous and highly valued. But it is said we have none but what is adulterated, and what is so called is liquid storax. – Cyc.

STAD'DLE, n. [D. stutzel, from stut, a prop; stutten, to prop; Eng. stud; G. stütze. It belongs to the root of stead, steady.]

1. Any thing which serves for support; a staff; a crutch; the frame or support of a stack of hay or grain. England. [In this sense not used in New England.]
2. In New England, a small tree of any kind, particularly a forest tree. In America, trees are called staddles from three or four years old till they are six or eight inches in diameter or more; but in this respect the word is indefinite. This is also the sense in which it is used by Bacon and Tusser.

STAD'DLE, v.t.

To leave staddles when a wood is cut. – Tusser.

STAD'DLE-ROOF, n.

The roof or covering of a stack.

STAD'DLING, ppr.

Leaving staddles when a wood is cut.

STA'DI-UM, n. [L.; Gr. σταδιον.]

1. A Greek measure of 125 geometrical paces; a furlong.
2. The course or career of a race.