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[STOPE, v.] Mining: The act of cutting mineral ground with a pick, working downward; the act of forming into stopes. stopped. stop-le , adj. [Eng. stop; -le .] Not to be "Stople as a running multitude." Davenant: Return of Charles II. stop-page (age as ig), s . [Eng. stop , v.; -age .] 1. The act of stopping or arresting motion or progre ; the state of being stopped. "This stoppage of a favorite article, without a igning some reason, might have occasioned a general murmur." Cook: Third Voyage , bk. iii., ch. 1. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, Ship build .: Timbers placed on the middle part of the bilge-ways, to meet and support the bottom of the ship. They form a part of the cradle. stop-ple, *stop-pel, s . [ Eng.stop : dim in.suff. -le; cf. Low Ger. stoppel ; Ger. stöpfel , stöpsel .] 1. Ord . Lang .: That which stops or closes the mouth of a ve el; a stopper. "Here's the best ale i' th' land, if you'll go to the price; Better, I sure am, never blew out a stopple ." IMG:content-0360.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0361.png:[blocks in formation] " Stoppled his cruise, replaced his book Within its customary nook." stör-age (age as ig), s . [Eng.stor(e), v.; -age .] 1. The act of storing; the act of depositing in a store, warehouse, or the like for safe keeping. 2. The price charged or paid for the storing of goods. Chem.: A fragrant, balsamic resin. True storax was a solid resin, obtained from the stem of Styrax of ficin ale . It was held in great esteem from the time of Pliny down to the end of the last century. At the present time it has almost disappeared, genuine specimens being rarely found even in museums. (LIQUID-AMBER, LIQUID-STORAX.) "I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and sweet storax ." - Eccles . xxiv. 15. stör-ax-wõrt, s . [Eng. storax , and wort .] ciently stored."-More: Utopia , bk. ii., ch. ii. 2. A repository, a magazine, a store. *3. A store, a great quantity. ( Spenser .) IMG:content-0362.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Hoarded up, laid up, ama ed, accumulated. 2. Kept in stock; stock. stork ancient times for their affection for their young; their reputation for regard for the old birds is much overrated, though heralds have adopted the stork as an emblem of piety and gratitude. stork-billed kingfishers, s. pl. Ornith.: The genus Pelargopsis (q. v.). stork's bill, s. Bot .: (1) The genus Erodium, and spec. Erodium moschatum; (2) Geranium robertianum ( Britten & Holland); (3) The genus Pelargonium ( Treas . of Bot.). All are so named from their long, tapering seed-ve els. storm, s . [A. S. storm ; cogn. with Icel. stormr ; Dut., Sw. & Dan. storm ; Ger. sturm ; Ital. stormo . From the same root as Lat. sterno ; Eng. strew.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit .: A violent commotion or disturbance of the atmosphere, producing or attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; a tem pest. (Often applied to a heavy fall of rain, snow, ., without a high wind.) "Bide the pelting of this pitile storm." Shakesp.: Lear, iii. 4. The severest storms which occur on the globe have their origin in the tropics. They were long known as as hurricanes, but the investigation of the law of storms proved them to be rotatory, and they are now called cyclones. [CYCLONE.] Some, in their last stage, and when their force is much diminished, reach the temperate regions, and constitute the severest storms which reach these latitudes. They come from the southerly points of the compa , from which rain, heat, and storm continually arrive. Winter storms with icy wind come from the north, northwest, northeast, or the east. The storm which has left the deepest traces on the popular memory of the world is that of Nov. 26 and 27, 1783. It destroyed the Eddy stone Lighthouse, off the coast of England, led to the lo of twelve men-of-war, with more than 1,800 men, on or near the British coasts, besides drowning 8,000 more unconnected with the navy, destroying multitudes of cattle and sheep and millions' worth of property. The coming of a storm is indicated by a depre ion in the atmosphere, and the steeper the gradients the greater its severity. 2. Figuratively : (1) A violent disturbance or agitation of human society; a tumult, a clamor, a commotion. "The storm subsided as quickly as it arose, and all's well that ends well, we are told."- Field , Sept. 4, 1886. (2) A violent or vehement outbreak. "Bills, the first appearance of which has aroused a storm of protest and denunciation from the traders." London Morning Post. (3) A violent or destructive calamity; a sad or distre ful state of affairs; extreme distre , misfortune, or adversity. "A brave man struggling in the storms of fate." Pope: Prol. to Add is on's Cato. (4) A heavy shower or fall. "Rattling storms of arrows barbed with fire." Milton: P. L., vi. 546. II. Mil .: A violent a ault on a fortified place or strong position; a furious attempt by troops to capture a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. "Far more terrible to me than all the dangers of the storm itself."- Lever : Charles O'Malley , ch. ciii. (1) Magnetic storm: Magnetism: A magnetic disturbance simultaneously affecting a large portion of the globe. Sabine records a storm of this kind felt at the same time at Prague, the Cape, Tasmania, and Toronto. (2) Storm in a tea - cup : A great quarrel or commotion about a trifling matter. Storm is largely used in compounds, the mean ings being in most cases self-explanatory; as, storm menacing, storm- presaging , storm - to ed , . storm and stre , phr. [A translation of the German sturm und drang.] Impulse, excitement, unquiet, unrest. "There is a good deal of storm and stre in Signor C's pianoforte playing."-Referee, July 18, 1886, p. 3. Used also adjectively, as a storm and stre period- i . e., a period in which one's actions spring from impulse rather than judgment. storm-beat, storm-beaten, adj . Beaten or injured by storms; weather-beaten. "To dry the rain on my storm - beaten face." Shakesp.: Sonnet 34. storm-bird, s. The Stormy-petrel (q. v.). storm-blast, s. The blast of a tempest. storm-bound, a. Prevented from proceeding by storms or inclement weather; storm-stayed. "For four weary days we had been storm-bound on a small island."- Field , Sept. 25, 1886. 3874