STANNUM
Stan"num, n. Etym: [L., alloy of silver and lead; later, tin.]
(Chem.)
Defn: The technical name of tin. See Tin.
STANNYEL; STANYEL
Stann"yel, Stan"yel, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Stannel.
STANT; STONT
Stant, Stont, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Stand, for standeth.
Defn: Stands. Chaucer.
STANZA
Stan"za, n.; pl. Stanzas. Etym: [It. stanza a room, habitation, a
stanza, i. e., a stop, fr. L. stans, p.pr. of stare to stand. See
Stand, and cf. Estancia, Stance, Stanchion.]
1. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. Dryden.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.