stage wagon

Scott : Bridal of Trier main , ii. 2. 1. A wagon for conveying goods and pa engers by stages at regularly-appointed times. *2. A stage-coach. stage-whisper, s . An aside spoken by an actor to the audience, generally out loud, and so used sometimes to mean the opposite of a whisper. *stage-wright, s. A dramatic author; a play IMG:content-0170.png:[graphic] wright. "The stagers and your stage - wrights too." Ben Jonson: Indignation of the Author . stāģe, v . t . [STAGE, S. ] 1. To place or set on a stage or platform. "Me rs. S also staged examples of their new melons."-London Daily Chronicle. 2. To put upon a stage; to mount and exhibit as a play. "It was capitally staged by Me rs. Chute." -London Daily Chronicle . *3. To exhibit publicly. "But do not like to stage me to their eyes." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , i. 1. *stage-craft, s. [Eng. stage , and craft .] The art of dramatic composition. "The resource only of inexperienced beginners in the art of stagecraft ."-London Globe. *stāģe-lý, a . [Eng. stage ; -ly .] Pertaining to a stage; becoming a stage; theatrical. "Nor may this be called an histrio nick parada, or stagely visard and hypocrysy."-Bp. Taylor: Artificial *stāge'-man, s . [English stage , and man .] An Handsomene , p. 168. actor. Thou could hae gaen like onie staggie ." Burns: Auld Farmer to His Auld Mare. 1. A temporary structure, as a stage or platform of posts and boards, used by builders, painters, and the like. "A gigantic wooden staging has been nece ary in the construction of the roof."-London Daily Telegraph. 2. The busine of running or managing stage- coaches; the act of traveling in a stage-coach. Sta-gi-rite, Stăg-y-rite, subst . [See def.] An appellation given to Aristotle, from the name of the place of his birth, Stagira, in Macedonia. The name of the town is Sta - gir - a , and the appellation should be Sta - gi - rite , but Brewer notes that Stag -y- rīte is usually employed in English verse, and gives additional examples from Pope and Words worth. "In one rich soul Plato, the Stagyrite , and Tully joined." Thomson: Summer , 1,552. *stăg-ma, subst . [ Gr.stagma =a dropping fluid, from stazo to drop, to fall drop by drop.] Any dis- stăg-mär-I-a, 8. [STAGMA.] stăg-nan-çỹ, s. [Eng. stagnan (t); -cy.] 1. The quality or state of being stagnant or with- out motion, flow, or circulation; stagnation. *2. Anything stagnant; a stagnant pool. "Though the country people are so wise To call these rivers, they're but stagnancies Left by the flood." Cotton: Wonders of the Peake , p. 55. stăg-nant, a . [Lat. stagnans , pr. par. of stag no =to stagnate (q.v.); Fr. stagnant ; Ital. stagnante .] 1. Not flowing; not running in a stream or cur- rent; motionle ; hence, impure or foul from want of motion. "Immur'd and buried in perpetual sloth, That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul." Johnson: Irene. stăg-nant-ly, adv . [Eng. stagnant ; -ly .] In a stagnant, motionle , inactive, or dull manner. "Like standing water, stagnate and gather mire."- Scott : Christian Life , pt. i., ch. iii. 2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull, quiet, or torpid; as, Trade stagnates . *stăg'-nāte, a . [STAGNATE, v .] Stagnant. "A stagnate ma of vapor."- Young . 2. Ce ation of briskne or activity; a state of dullne or inactivity; torpidity. "But there's a blank repose in this, A calm stagnation that were bli ." broken in; a stallion. ( Scotch .) staig, subst . [STAG, 8.] A young horse not yet IMG:content-0171.png:[blocks in formation] "Clouds and eclipses stain both sun and moon." Shakesp .: Sonnet 35. *4. To pervert, to corrupt, to deprave. "We must not so stain our judgment." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well , ii. 1. IMG:content-0172.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Cause of reproach, shame, disgrace. "Hereby I will lead her that is the praise, and yet the stain of all womankind."-Sidney. *3. A tincture, a tinge; a slight taste or quality. "You have some stain of soldier in you." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well , i. 1. stain-and, a. [STAIN, v.] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia stained stained, *stayned, pa. par. & a. [STAΙΝ, υ.] A. As pa. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Having a stain or stains; discolored, spotted, dyed, tarnished. stained-gla , s . Gla painted on the surface with mineral pigments, which are afterward fused and fixed by the application of heat. [GLASS PAINTING.] stāin-er, *stayn-er, s. [Eng. stain, v.; -er.] 1. One who stains, discolors, or tarnishes. 2. A workman employed in staining. (Generally used as the second element of a compound, as a paper - stainer .)