STAGNATION
Stag*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stagnation.]
1. The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.
2. The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business.
STAGWORM
Stag"worm, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as , which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.
STAGY
Sta"gy, a. [Written also stagey.]
Defn: Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; —chiefly used depreciatively.
STAHLIAN
Stahl"ian, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.
STAHLIAN
Stahl"ian, n.