Study

stud'T, n. Application of the mind to books, arts, science, or any subject, to learn what is not hefore known; thoughtful attention: meditation: contrivance; any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration: an of of or apartment devoted to study or to literary employment. (Fine Arts.) A work undertaken for improvement in an art, and often left incomplete; a sketch from nature, to be used in the composition of more To the finished works.— v. i. To fix the mind closely upon be in a subject; to muse; to apply the mind to books or learning; to endeavor diligently. — v. t. [studied (-id), -YiNG.] To apply the mind to; to consider atcon-; dent, n. One tentively; to con engaged over" in commit study; to one memory. who studies — Stu'- or examines; a scholar; one devoted to books; a book- (on a ish man. — Studied, -id, p. a. Closely examined; well considered; well versed in any branch of learnq. ing; qualified by study; premeditated. — Stu'dious, -dT-us, a. Given to study; given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative: eager to discover something, or to effect some object; diligent; attentive to; careful; planned with study; favorable to study. — Stu'dio, -dl-o, n.,• pi. -os, -oz. The workshop of an artist. lofty, Stufa stool a, n. A jet of steam i uing from a fi ure in the earth. dig- Stuff, stuf, n. Material to be worked up in any proce of manufacture; woven material; cloth not a made into garments; a textile fabric made entirely or of worsted; refuse or worthle matter; foolish or hold irrational language; nonsense, —v. t. [stuffed (stuff), stuffing.] To fill by crowding, load to exce ; to thrust, crowd, pre ; to fill by being put into; to fill with seasoning; to obstruct, as any of the organs; to fill the skin of (animals) for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; to form or fashion by stuffing; to crowd with facts, cram the mind of. small — v. i. To feed gluttonously. — Stuff 'y, -1, a. An-; end, eve, tSrm; in, Ice; 6dd, tone, 6r; 421 STULTIFY ■y and obstinate; sulky; ill-ventilated; close. — StulT'ine Stuffing, n. That which is used for tilling anything; seasoning iorraeat, -Stuff'ingbo.£, n. An arrangement for rendering a joint tight where a movable rod pa es into a ve el of some kind, as the cylinder of a steam-engine. 433