2. (Min.)
Defn: Stibnite. [Obs.]
STIBNITE
Stib"nite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; — called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.
STIBONIUM
Sti*bo"ni*um, n. (Chem.)
Defn: The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; — called also antimonium.
STICCADO
Stic*ca"do, n. Etym: [Cf. It. steccato a palisade.] (Mus.)
Defn: An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.
STICH Stich, n. Etym: [Gr. sti`chos a row, line, akin to to go, march, E. sty, v.i.]
1. A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.