Vocabulary : Stagworm to Stain

Stagworm : The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.
Stagy : Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; -- chiefly used depreciatively.
Stahlian : Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston. ;; A believer in, or advocate of, Stahlism.
Stahlianism : The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul.
Stahlism : Alt. of Stahlianism

Staid : Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful. ;; of Stay
Staidly : In a staid manner, sedately.
Staidness : The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity.
Stail : imp. & p. p. of Stay. ;; A handle, as of a mop; a stale.
Stain : To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood. ;; To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass. ;; To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish. ;; To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison. ;; To give or receive a stain; to grow dim. ;; A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth. ;; A natural spot of a color different from the gound. ;; Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach. ;; Cause of reproach; shame. ;; A tincture; a tinge.

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