sternoxian (sternoksian)

and n. [ sternsmant (sternz'man), n. [ stern2 , + man .] A steersman; a pilot. Off from the sterne the sternesman diuing fell, And from his sinews flew his soule to hell. IMG:content-2107.png:[merged small][merged small][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small] præsternum. The parts called episternum, omosternum, interclavicle, in the mammals just mentioned, or in var i- ous reptiles, or in batrachians, belong rather to the shoul- der-girdle. There is no sternum in some reptiles, as ser- pents. See cuts under Catarrh in a , Elephant inæ , interclav- icle, omosternum , and skeleton . (b) In birds the sternum is a large single bone without trace of its original compos i- tion of several parts, highly specialized in form and func- tion, in relation to the muscular apparatus of the wings, ar- ticulating with several ribs, with the coracoids, and some- times ankylosed with the clavicle; it appears under two principal modifications, known as the carinate and ratite . (See these words.) The carinate sternum normally develstert2t, n. A Middle English form of start2. ops from five o ific centers, having consequently as many stertet. [Inf. sterte (n), pret. sterte , pp. stert .] separate pieces in early life. The single median o ific a- tion, which includes the keel, is the lophosteon; the ante- rior lateral pieces, a pair, are the pleurostea, which become the costal or costiferous proce es; the posterior pair are the metostea. In some birds are additional pieces, a pair of cor a coste a and a urosteon. The ratite sternum has no median o ification, or lophosteon. The pa erine ster- num normally develops a prominent forked manubrium. In a few birds, as cranes and swans, the sternum is hol- An obsolete preterit of start1 . stertor (ster'tor), n. [ stertor , stertorous . stertor i ous (ster-tō'ri-us), a . [ stertorous . Poe , Prose Tales, I. 125. lonia , the plastron of a turtle, consisting of several bones, normally nine, one median, and four lateral in pairs. These bones have no homology with the sternum of other verte- brates. See cuts under carapace , plastron , and Chelonia . a sternite: the opposite of a tergite or notum . In rous manner. such cases, sternum and sternite are used interchangeably, stertorousne (ster'tō-rus-nes), n . sternum being seldom used of the series as a whole. (See cut under cephalothorax .) In insects the ity or state of being stertorous. three thoracic sterna are specified as prosternum , me so- sternum , and meta sternum . In Diptera , sternum generally means the me so sternum, as the other thoracic rings show a sternal piece. In Coleoptera , sternum is sometimes extended to include the episterna and epimer a, or whole lower surface of a thoracic segment. See episternum , 3. - Antennary sternum. See antennary. - Cephalic sternum, in arachnology , the lower part of the head or gula; the central plate on the lower part of the cephalo- thorax of a spider, between the bases of the legs. - Ster- num collare, in entom ., the sternal prominence of the prothorax.-Sternum pectorale, in entom ., the sternal prominence of the metathorax. sternutation (ster-nu-ta's hon), n. [ nutatio (n-), a sneezing. sternutare , freq. of sternuere, sneeze.] The act of sneezing. De Quincey, Opium Eater, p. 135. stervet, v. A Middle English form of starve . Ste sic hore an (ste-sik-ō-re'an), a . [ Ste- sich orēus, Ste sich or i us , Στησίχορος , Ste sich or us (see def.).] Of or pertaining to the Greek lyric poet Ste- sichorus (Tisias) of Himera (about 632-550 B. c.), inventor of epodic composition; specifi- cally, in anc . pros ., noting ( a ) a trochaic trim- eter of the form-~----~|--~--; (b) an encomiologic verse; (c) a line consisting of two dactylic tetrapodies, the last foot a spondee. stet (stet). [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. act. of stare , stand: see stand .] Let it (that is, the original) stand: a proof-reader's order to can- cel an alteration previously made by him. It is indicated by putting a line of dots under what is cro ed sternutative (ster-nū'ta-tiv), a. [L. sternu- tare, sneeze, + -ive .] •] Same as sternutatory. whiting onderwe Bailey , 1731. IMG:content-2108.jpg:[graphic] sternutative ne (stèr-nūʼtā-tiv-nes), n. character of being sternutative. Bailey , 1727. sternutatory (ster-nū ta-to-ri), a. and n. [= F. stern uta to ire , sternutare , sneeze: see ster- nutation.] I. a. Causing or tending to cause sneezing. Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 476. II. n.; pl. sternutatories (-riz). Anything which causes sneezing, as snuff; an errhine. sternutory (ster'nu-to-ri), n. An erroneous form of sternutatory. Dunglison . sternward, sternv sternwards (stern wärd, -wärdz), a . and adv . [ stern2 + -ward , -wards .] To ward the stern. sternway (stern'wa), n. The movement of a stern-wheeler (stern'hwē"lėr), n. ve el propelled by one wheel, similar to a side- shallow or narrow waters. Steropus (ster'ō-pus), n . [NL. (Megerle, 1821), appar. στερεός , solid, + πούς = E. foot .] A genus of beetles of the family Carabidæ , con- taining about 100 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, northern Africa, Asia, Aus- tralia, and both Americas. sterquilinoust (ster-kwi-li'nus), a. [L. ster- quilinium, sterculinium, stercilinium, sterquili- Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry. Howell , Letters, ii. 48. sterraster (ste-ras'ter), n. [ στερρός , var. of στερεός , solid, + ἀστήρ , star.] A form of sponge- spicule characteristic of the family Geodinidæ . It is of the polyaxon type, having many rays coalesced for the greater part of their lengths, but ending in separate hooklets. Sterrastrosa (ster-as-trō ́sä), n . pl . [NL.: see sterraster.] In Sollas's cla ification, a group of chorist i dan tetractinellid sponges, in which sterrasters are present, usually in addition to simple asters, as in the families Geodinidæ and Placospongidæ : distinguished from Spirastrosa and Euastrosa . sterrastrose (ste-ras'trōs), a. [NL. sterras- trosus , sterraster , q. v.] Provided with ster- rasters, as a sponge; of or pertaining to the Sterrastrosa : distinguished from spirastrose . sterret, n. A Middle English form of star1 . sterrinck (ster'ingk), n. A seal of the genus Stenorhynchus ( Ogmorhinus ) or of the subfamily stet (stet), v . t.; pret. and pp. stetted , ppr. stet- ting. To mark with the word "stet"; direct or cause to remain, after deletion, as printed; for- bear to delete. [Colloq.] stetch (stech), n. A ridge between two furrows, as in plowed land. [Prov. Eng.] stetch (stech), v. t. [ up . Hal- liwell . [Prov. Eng.] IMG:content-2109.png:[graphic] scope , θος , the breast, + σκοπεῖν , view.] An instrument used in auscul- tation to con- vey the sounds from the chest or other part of the patient to the ear of the observer. - Bin- aural stethoscope, a stethoscope in which the sound is conducted to both ears. Differential stethoscope, a double stethoscope having elastic tubular branches and bells which can be applied to different parts of the thorax so as to compare the indications at various points. stethoscope (steth'ō-skōp), v . t .; pret. and pp. ste tho scoped , ppr. ste tho scoping . [ stethoscope , n.] To examine by means of a stethoscope. Lancet , 1890, II. 1267. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-2111.png:[blocks in formation] oscope.