Steelyard, steer yard, s

a lever balance with arms of ]; unequal length, for ascertaining weights, the weight being suspended from the long, and the thing to be weighed from the short arm. ing of a well or ce pool inclination; precipitous: s. a precipitous place or ascent; a precipice (A.S. steap). Steeply, steep'-le, ad. in a steep manner. Steepne , steep'-nes, s. the state of being steep; precipitous declivity. something that is steeped or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid for seeds (Scand.) things are steeped. point; a spire (steep). straight course, over ditches, hedges,& c. with steeples; like a steeple. the ox kind (A.S. ste or). to direct; to guide: v.n. to direct and govern a ship in its course; to sail; to be governed; to conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course or way (A.S. steoran). the effect of a helm on a ship [Naut.); [Naut.); an apartment in the forepart of a ship for an inferior cla of pa engers; that part of a ship where the tiller tra-; verses; regulation; management. sivemovement vementwhich renders aship governable by the helm [Naut.] which the rudder of a ship is turned and the ship steered. ship's bowsprit makes with the horizon [Naut.] steganography. in ciphers or secret characters (Gr. steganos, covered, concealed, and grapho, to write). kingbirds (Gr, steganos, and pous, pedos, the foot). striction). a medicine which does so; an astringent. (Ger. stone-buck). (Gr. stele). pieces than the calamite (Gr.) stars (L. stella, a star). starlike flowers. stella, and fero, to bear). radiated acicular crystals. coll a. characters on pillars (Gr. stele, a pillar, and grapho, to stock of a family; branch of a family (A.S. stefn). timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end: v.a. to oppose or resist;to stop; to check. From stem to stern, from one end of the ship to the other; throughout. stem. Stemple, stem'pl, s. a cro -bar of wood in a mine shaft. Stench, stench, s. an ill smell; offensive odour (stink). Stench, stench-e, a. having an offensive smell. Stencil, sten'-sil s. a piece of thin metal or other substance used in, painting on walls to imitate wallpaper: v.a. to paint by a pattern cut cu out and applied to the surface to be painted (Old Fr. stance, a support, from L. sto, to stand).