<hw>Stewart Islander</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the oyster, <i>Ostrea chiloensis</i>, Sowerby; so called because it is specially abundant on Stewart Island off the south coast of New Zealand. The Stewart Island forms are mud oysters, those of Sydney Cove growing on rock. See <i>Oyster</i>.
<hw>Stick-Caterpillar</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Phasmid</i>.
<hw>Stick-up</hw>, <i>v. tr</i>. (1) The regular word for the action of bushrangers stopping passers-by on the highway and robbing them.
(2) In the case of a bank or a station, simply to rob.
1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. ii. c. xiii. p. 502:
"It was only the previous night that he had been `stuck up' with a pistol at his head."
1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. ii. p. 187:
"Unless the mail came well armed, a very few men could `stick it up,' without any trouble or danger."
1857. `Melbourne Punch,' Feb. 19, p. 26, col. 1:
"I have been stuck up, trampled in the mud."