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Show ST TY S mhe water which now arifes muft have all fag To folemn ations of royalty and juftice, thei he furface, ) and could never poflibl ased at th hav { peen refunded fox:th upon the earth, had not th @rata been thus rmfe:d upeWoodwward fuitable ornaments are a beauty : are they only i religion a flain Hooker Our opinion, concerning the force and virtu The aliment moving through the capillary tube \J}agflares, andunites itfelf to the vefiel through whic Where creeping waters ooze Z Vit lows whic Thomfon i, hracna‘TION. 7. /. [from fagnate.] Sto %y of courfe ;- ceflation of motion. It is of* ten applied figuratively to moral or civi { images hq where there weuld be a conftan ; did not the north winddfoae [fagnation of vapours feacte CAddi » them from time to time n To what great ends fubfervient is the wind "3:. Behold, where'er this active vapour flies is I truft without an mad the choice himfelf, they who he ha want of merit Broome 3. Caufe of reproach; fhame Hereby I will lead her thatis the praife, and ye the fain, of all womankind [ STA'INER Sidney . f. [from ffain.] One wh ftains ; one wh blots ; on who dyes a dyer STA"INLESS. adj. [from fain. 1. Free from blots or fpots. Not in ufe . Itdrives the clouds, and agitates the fkies 111k, This from fagnation and corruption fave Th' aerial ocean's ever-rolling waves places have rejeéted might have judged it a ffain upon them fo Ascthe Alps furround Geneva on all fides, the ‘s form a vaft bafon fuc blemifh or faix of herefy Hooker Then heay'n and earth, renew'd, thallbe made pur To fanélity, that fhall receive no fain Milton Ulyfies bids his friends to caft lots; for if h Arbuthnot '\h Where marfhes ffagnate 8 Blackmore Sober VesurA1D. part. adj. [from fay. " grave; regular ;. compofed ; not wild " not volatile Put thyfel 2 Into a-'haviour of lefs fear; ere wildnef The phenix wings are not fo rar For faultle(s length and fainlefs hue 2. Free from fin or reproach Sidney I cannot love him Shak STAIR. n. /) [yz=gen, Saxon; feghe t Vanquiffi my flaider fenfes Shakcfp. Cymbeline. Dutch. Step b whic w rif i afcen This feems to our weaker view from the lower part of a building to th O'erlaid with black, ffzid wifdom's hue. Milton upper. Stair was anciently ufed for th T:fhould not be a perfuader to them of ftudyin ['zemuch in the fpring, after three years that the whole order of fteps ; but fair now, if i prudeat and ffaid guides, to all the quarters of th ! land Milton on Education 1 am the'more at eafe in fir Roger's family, be= caufe it confifts of fober and ffaid perfons. Addifon a all fignifies as in Milton only one flight of fteps =4 which is neceffary to fo fevere an intentnefs goo builde t hig towe wil no mak |his flair upright, but winding almoft the full compafs about, that the fteepnefs be the more infenfible Sidney Glanwille's Scepfis 1f fometimes he appears too gay, yet a fecre gracefulnefs of youth accompanies his writings though the' flaidnefs and fobriety of age be wanting Dryd. Preface to Owid -#To STAIN «. 4 [ypaenio, Welth clean.sh data import.tsv out README ys and taenu Rhag'Gwyar or Gnawd Afar yRaenawd fro T alieffyn, an old Britifh poet. 1 Toblot ;- to fpot ;. to maculate Lend me a looking-glafs If that her breath will mift or Jfain the ftone Why then the lives Shakefpeare's King Lear From the gafh a firea His armour fain'd, erewhile fo bright Milton Embrace again, my fons : be foes no more Nor fiin your country with your children's gore Dryden ‘2. To dye 3. To difgrace ;. to fpot with guilt or ‘ina.m-y b Of honour void, of innocence, of faith, of purity Qur wonted ornaments now foil'd and flain'd. Milt clean.sh data import.tsv out README 8TAIN, .2, /. [from the verb. /1. Blot; fpot ; difcoloration ting of the fun, which is wholly made up of thof different Jains of light that thew themfelves i cloud§ of a different fituation Add;fon b waft trouts, diverfified with crimfon fains nd pikes, the tyrants of the wat'ry plains. Pope /2. Taint of guilt or infamy a Nor death itfelf can wholly wafh their fains ut long contracted filth ev'n in the foul remains 5 ¢ reliques of inveterate vice they we r nd fpots of fin Shakefpeare I would have one only goodly room above fairs Bacon's Effays of fome forty foot high Sir James Tirrel repairing to the Tower b night, attended by two fervants, ftood at the fairfoot, and fent thefe two villains to execute the murder Bacon The flairs were fuch as whereon Jacob fa Angels aicending and defcending. Milts Par. Loft Satan now on the lower fair That fcal'd by fteps of gold to heaven gate Looks down with wonder at the fudden vie Milten's Paradife Loft Of all this world Trembling he fprings As terror had increas'd his feet with wings Nor ftaid for fairs, but down the depth he thre His body; on his back the door he drew. Dryden Sta'tRcASE. 7. f. [ fair and cafe.] . Th part of a fabrick that contains the ftairs To make a complete faircafeis a curious piece o W otton archite@ure I cannot forbear ‘mentioning a faircafe, wher the eafinefs of the afcent, the difpofition of th lights, and the convenient landing, arc admirabl Addifon on Italy contrived StTakEe.n/. [yraca, Saxon; faeck, Dutch eftaca, Spanifh. 1. A poft or ftrong ftick fixed in the ground We nowheremeet with a more pleafing fhow tha What appears in the heavens at the rifing and fet The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars ! Shak Staver with lips as common as the fair That mount the capitol Dryden's Zneid The more I fhaked the ffake which he had plante , in the ground of my heart, the deeper ftill it fun Siduey into it His credit in the world might ftand the poo town in great ftead, as hitherto their minifters foreign eftimation hath been the beft fake in thei hedge 2. A piece of long rough wood While he whirl'd in fiery circles roun The brand, a fharpen'd flake {trong Dryas found And in the fhoulder's joint infliéts thewound. Dry 3. Any thing placed as a palifade or fence Thathollow I fhould know : whatare you ? fpeak Come not too near, you fall on iron ffakes elfe Milton 4. The poft to which a beaft is tied to b baited. We are at the fake And bay'd about with many enemies Shakefpeare's Fulius Czfat Have you not fet mine honour at the fake And baited it with all th' unmuzzied thought ‘That tyrranous heart can think Shakefpeare's Taelfth Night 5. Any thing pledged or wagered I kno not well whence it has this meaning fuppof from bein it is {fo name a it cannot be withdrawn. >Tis time fhort pleafure now to take Of little life the beft to make And manage wifely the laft fake O then, what intereft thall I mak To fave my laft important fake Cowleyw ‘When the moft juft have caufetoquake Rofc He veatures little for {o great a ffake Mere. Th' increafing found is borne to either fhore And for their ffakes the throwing nations fear. Dryd TAIDNESS. . /. [from ffaid.] Sobriety gravity; regularity; contrariety to ! How many cowards, whofe hearts are all as falf As flairs of fand, wear yet upon their chin ¢ wildnefs. The boiling blood'of youth,-fiercely agitating th 5 fluid air,- hinders that ferenity and fixed faidnef Dryd The fallow twigs to tie the ftraggling vine animal baited, and in hazard from whic Yet I fuppofe him virtuous, know him noble be ufe Or fharpen Pakes, or head the forks, or twin Jftake, that is, in a ftate of hazard like a Of great eftate, of frefh and fainlefs youth have well laid their grounds; but to ride out, wit ooker He wanted pikes to fet before his archers Inftead whereof fharp fAakes, pluck'd out of hedges Shake/p. Henry V They pitched in the ground In France the grapes that make the wine gro upon low vines bound to fmall ffakes, and the raife vines in arbors make but verjuice. Bace Nat, Hift The game was fo contrived, that one particula caft took up the whole ffake; and, when fome other came up, you laid down Arbuthnot 6. The ftate of being hazarded, pledged, or wagered When he hreard that thelady Margaret was de- clared ‘for ity he faw plainly that:his kingdo muf agai be put to the ffake, and that he muf fight forit.. Bacor's Henry Vi Are not our libertiés, ourlives The laws, religios, and our wives, Enough at onceto lie at ffake For cov'nant and the caufe's fake Th Hudibras honour of the nation being in a manne at flake to make good feveral deficlencies. Dawenant Of my crown thou too'much care doft take That which I value more, my love,'s at fizke Dryden Hath any of you a great intereft at flake in diftant part of the world # Hath he ventured a goo fhare of his fortune Every moment Cato's life's at ffake Atterbury Addifon 7. The ffake is a fmall anvil, which ftand upon a fmall iron foot on the workbench, to remove as occafion offers ; o elfe it hath a ftrong iron fpike at the bottom, let into fome place of the workbench, not to'be removed Its office i to fet {fmall cold work ftraight upon, o to cut or punch upon with the cold chiffe or cold punch. Moxon's Mech. Exercifes Zo STAKE. v. a. [from the noun. 1. To faften, fupport, or defend with poft fet upright Stake and bin@ up yourweakeft plants and flower again{t the winds, before they in a moment proEwelyn's Kalendar ftrate a whole year's labour 2. Towager ; tohazard ; to put to hazard Is a man betrayed in his neareit concerns ¢ Th caufe is, he-relied upon the fervices of a pack o villains, who defigned nothing but-their own garmde and to ffake him while they played for themfelves South Perfons, after their prifons have been flung open have chofen rather to languiih in their dungeon than flake their mifcrable lives om the fuccefs of reyolugion Addifon The |