Stamping Carton. Putting the size, width, and other marks on carton.

Stamping Sizes. Stamping sizes on heel part of the sole.

Standard-fastened. Nailing bottom on standard screw machine.

Staying. Putting on a stay, generally heel stay.

Stitch Separating. Marking between stitches so as to make them show to good advantage.

Stitch Down. A term applied to a flexible shoe used in the army, in which the top is turned out instead of under and stitched through the sole.

Stitched Aloft. A term used to indicate that the sewing stitches show on the bottom. No channel is necessary in this sole. It may be a slight groove. In stitching, the shoe is held bottom up, therefore the name “stitched aloft.”

Straight Last. One that is neither right nor left, and a shoe made over such a last can be worn on either foot. This term is sometimes applied to right and left shoes that have a barely perceptible outside swing.

Stripping. Consists of cutting in strips wide enough to cut soles all of equal size in length.