Stentorian

sten-to'rY-an, a. Extremely loud; able to utter a very loud sound. [Gr. Stentor, a Greek herald at Troy, spoken of by Homer, having a very loud voice: Gr. stenein, to make a noise, Skr. stan, to thunder.] Step, step, [stepped (stept), -ping.] To advance or recede by a movement of the feet; to walk a tle distance; to walk gravely, slowly, or resolutely; to advance, come, or enter (with in or into). — To set, as the foot; to fix the foot of (a mast) in step; set erect, — n. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace; one remove in ascending or descending; a stair; space pa ed by the foot in walking or running: a small space or distance; gradation: degree; act of advancement; progre ion; decisive gam or advantage; a print of the foot; footprint; track; trace; vestige: gait; manner of walking; proceeding; measure; action: the round or rundle of a ladder. (Mus.) A degree, — a name sometimes given to one of the larger diatonic degrees or intervals of the scale, as between 1 and pi. A portable frame-work of stairs. (Kaut.) A block of wood, or a solid platform on the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast; a piece of wood in which another is fixed upright. (Mach.) A kind of bearing in which the lower extremity of a spin, die or a vertical shaft revolves. [AS. stdpan, to go advance, D. stap, G. stapfe, a footprint, footstep.] — Step'ping-stone, n. A raised stone to keep the feet above the water or mud; a means of progre or further advancement.