Steeve

stev, v. (Ship-building.) To make an angle with the horizon, or with the' line of a ve el's keel, — said of the bowsprit. [Prob. corrupt, of staff or stave; OD. steve. a staff.] Steganography, steg-a-nog'rafl, n. The art of writing in ciphers, or characters not intelligible except to the persons who correspond with each other. [Gr. steganos, covered (fr. stegein, to cover), and graphein, to write.] Stellar steKlar, -lary, -la-rT, a. Pert, to stars; astral; full of stars; set with stars; starrv. [L. stellar is, stella = E. a Stellate Leaves. star, q. v.] — Stel'late, -lated, a. Resembling a star; radiated. (Bot.) Arranged sun, cube, full moon, cow, oil STEP-CHILD in the form of a star. — Stellif'erous, '5r-us, a. Having, or abounding with, stars. [L. stellifer, fr. stella and ftrre, to bear.] — Stel'liform, -ll-form, a. Like a star; radiated. [L. form a, a form.] — Stel'- lular, a. Having the shape of Little stars; radiated. [L. stellula, dim. of stella.]