Stipple – Stovaine
Stipple
in engraving, a mode of producing the desired effect by means of dots; also called the "dotted style," in contradistinction to "engraving in lines."
See ENGRAVING.
Stockade
an inclosure or pen made with posts and stakes. In civil engineering, a row of piles, or a series of rows with brushwood in the intervals, driven into a sea or river shore, to prevent the erosion of the banks. In fortification, stout timbers planted in the ground so as to touch each other, and loopholed for musketry.
Stoke-Poges
a village of Buckinghamshire, England; 2 miles N. of Slough station. Gray's mother settled here in 1742; the beautiful churchyard is the scene of his "Elegy," and in that churchyard he is buried.
Stolp
a town in the Prussian province of Pomerania; on the river Stolpe, 85 miles W. by N. of Danzig; has a castle, some old churches (the castle chapel dating from the 13th century), iron foundries, machinery, and amber manufactures, and an active trade in agricultural products, timber, fish, etc.
Pop. about 35,000.
Stomach Pump
in surgery, a suction and force pump for withdrawing the contents of the stomach in cases of poisoning, etc., and also used as an injector. It resembles the ordinary syringe, except that it has two apertures near the end, in which the valve opens different ways, so as to constitute a sucking and forcing passage.
Stomapoda
an order of crustaceans, having six to eight pairs of legs, mostly near the mouth (hence the name). They are found chiefly in intertropical climates, and are almost without exception marine. The order includes the locust shrimps (Squilla), the glass shrimps (Erichthys), and the opossum shrimps (Mysis).
Stone
ELLEN M.
Feb. 6, $72,500 of the ransom demanded was paid, and on Feb. 23 Miss Stone was released. She published a book describing her experiences in 1903.
Stones
PRECIOUS
Stonewall Jackson
a name given to Gen. T. J. Jackson during the Civil War. See JACKSON, THOMAS J.
Storm Signal
a signal for indicating to mariners, fishermen, etc., the probable approach of a storm.
Stotesbury
EDWARD TOWN-
Stovaine
trade name for the hydrochloride of dimethylamino-amyl benzoate. It is a synthetic drug used as a substitute for cocaine as a local anæsthetic. It is claimed that it is less toxic than cocaine.