Stump-orator

stump' -or-a-tor, s. one who harangues a that offers; one who goes about appealing to the 640 STYLE mere pa ions of the mob; a merely eloquent talker [Carlyle] a Stump-oratory,. stump' -or-a-tor-e, s. the art of the stump orator; mere talk, " without wisdom, without veracity, and without conviction " [Carlyle]. stump; an electioneering speech; a rambling, incoherent harangue. or stupefy the organs of hearing to confound or make dizzy by loud and mingled sound; to amaze (A.S. stunian).; growth; anything stunted (A.S. obtuse). ne , stunt'-ed-nes, s. the state of being stunted. mound). ments and applied to a hurt or sore (L. stupa). power: s. a narcotic. stupid; a stupid or sensele state; insensibility; dulne ; stupidity. deadening the feeling or understanding: 8. a narcotic. prive of sensibility (L. stupe, to be struck sensele , and facio, to make); tude; astonishing; wonderful; of astonishing magnitude or elevation. See Stupefy. Stupendously, stu-pen'-dus-le, ad. in a manner to excite astonishment. Stupendousne , stu-pen'-dus-nes, s. the quality of being stupendous or astonishing. understanding; heavy; formed without skill or genius. Stupidly, stu -pid-le, ad. in a stupid manner. Stupidne , stu'-pid-nes, s. stupidity. ne of perception or understanding. sensibility;suspension of sense; numbne ; intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity (L.) stupa, tow). stuprum,defilement). by force. robust: violent; laid on with strength; bold (Fr. estourdi, amazed, stunned). Sturdily, stur -de-le, ad. in a sturdy manner. Sturdine , stur -de-nes, s. the state of being sturdy; stoutne ; hardine . bryo of a tape-worm in the brain, and causing a staggering, stupid gait (Gael. giddine ). the roe of which caviare is produced, as isingla is from the air-bladder (stir). of which the sturgeon is the type (L. studio). uttering words: s. hesitation in speech (from the sound). Stutteringly, stut' -ter-ing-le, ad. with stammering. bestial debauchery; an inflamed tumour on the edge of the eyelid: v.a. to shut up in a sty (A.S. stigan, to mount). infernal. serving as columns; s. a figure serving as a column ancients for writing on wax tablets; a pointed instrument of surgery; something with a sharp point as a graver; the pin of adial; the middle portion of the pistil [Bot.]; manner of writing, speaking, painting or musical composition; title: appellation manner; fashion; form; practice; a mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Greg or i an calendars:v.a. to entitle in addre ing; to call, name, or denominate (L. stilus, a pointed instrument).