Defn: A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. Toten.
STUDENT
Stu"dent, n. Etym: [L. studens, -entis, p.pr. of studere to study.
See Study, n.]
1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student. Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book. Shak.
2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.
STUDENTRY
Stu"dent*ry, n.
Defn: A body of students. [R.]
STUDENTSHIP
Stu"dent*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a student.
STUDFISH
Stud"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, as F. catenatus.