Vocabulary : Stilly to Stilty
Stilly : Still; quiet; calm. ;; In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly.Stilpnomelane : A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.
Stilt : A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm. ;; A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. ;; Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer. ;; To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
Stiltbird : See Stilt, n., 3.
Stilted : of Stilt ;; Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.
