Pomerania , 72 miles N. of Francfort, ami 70 N. by E. of Berlin.Lon. 14. 38. E. Lat. 53. 35. N.
Stettin', New, a town of Pomerania , 46 miles S. E. of Col-berg, and 64. E. N. E. of Stargard.
STEVENSWAERT, a town and fort of Batavia, in the depart-ment of the Rhine , and late province of Dutch Gnelderland ; 20miles N. E. of Maestricht . Lon. 5. 48. E. Lat. 51. 4. N.
STEW, a small kind of fish-pond, the peculiar office of whichis to maintain fi»h, and keep them in readiness for the daily tise ofa family, &c. The list) bred in the large ponds, are drawn outand put in here.
Stews, or Stuks, were also places anciently permitted in Eng-land to women of professed incontinency, for the proffer of theirbodies to all comers. These were under particular rules and lawsof discipline, appointed by the lord of the manor.
STEWARD, [seticscailus, Lat. of the Saxon, stedu, i. e. room,or .stead and weal'd, a ward or keeper,] an officer appointed inanother’s stead, and always a principal officer within his jurisdic-tion. Of these there are various kinds.
Steward, an officer in a ship of war, appointed by the purserto distribute the different species of provisions to the officers andcrew ; for which purpose he is furnished with a mate and properassistants.
Steward, Lord High, of England, the greatest officerunder the crown, an office that was anciently the inheritance ofthe earls of Leicester, till forleited by Simon de Moimtlort toKing Kenry HI. But the power of this officer is so very great,that it has not been judged sale to trust it any longer in the handsof a subject, excepting only pro hac vice, occasionally : as to offi-ciate at a coronation, at the arraignment of a nobleman for high-treason, or the like. During his office, the steward hears a whitestaff in his hand ; and the trial, &c. ended, he breaks the stall', andwith it his commission expires.
Steward, Lord High, of Great Britain, Court of the,is a court instituted for the trial of peers indicted for treason orfelony, or for misprision of either. The office of this great magis-trate is very ancient, and was formerly hereditary, or at least heldfor life, ordnm bene se gesserit: but now it is usually, and hatlibeen for many centuries past, granted pro hac vice only ; ami ithath been the constant practice (and therefore seems now to havebecome necessary) to grant it to a lord of parliament, else he is in-capable to try such delinquent peer. When such an indictmentis therefore found by a grand jury of freeholders in the King’s-bench, or at the assizes before the justices of oyer fvncl terminer,it is to be removed by a writ of certiorari into the court of thelord high steward, which has the only power to determine it.
Steward of the King’s Household, a lord, who is thechief officer of the king’s court, has the care of the king’s house,and authority over all the officers and servants of the household,except such as belong to the chapel, chamber, and stable.
STEWART, S TUART, or STEUART, the surname of theroyal family of Scotland , from A. D. 1371, when Robert H. lullfirst of llie name of Slew art, succeeded King David Bmce, till1714, when the Protestant royal line of that house ended, by thedeath of Queen Anne , and the accession of the house of Hanovertook place in the person of her second cousin, King George 1.During that period of 345 years, it furnished eight monarchs toScotland, or nine reckoning Lord Darnley , and six to Great Bri-tain. Of these three- were murdered, two killed in battle, twodied in grief, two were iguominiously and unjustly executed on ascaffold ; and one was justly deposed and expelled for his bigotryand tyranny. In short a more unfortunate family has hardlyreigned in any nation, and yd the majori'y of them were well-meaning monarchs ; some of them learned, most of them brave,and all of them seemed to merit a better fate.
Ste.vart, Dr. Matthew, a late eminent mathematican, wasborn in 1717 at Rolhsav, in the isle of Bute. After receiving aneducation under his father, who was minister of that parish, he wassent to Glasgow , where he became student of divinity. He after-wards studied mathematics at Edinburgh under Maclaurin , whomhe succeeded in his professorship; on which occasion he publishedhis General Theorems. In 1761 appeared his Tracts, Physical,and Mathematical, in which he proposed to deduce a theory ofthe moon, and to determine the sun’s distance from the earth.'He was also the author of a Treatise on the Bun’s Distance, and
one intituled " Propositioncs MoreVeterum demonstrate. Hedied in 1785.
STEWARTRY, a term anciently used synonymously withcounty or shire, and still applied in the same sense to the coun-ties ot Kircudbright or Galloway, and of Orkney and Zetland.
STEYNING, a borough of England, in Sussex , 10 miles N.W. of Brighthelmslone, 15 W. of Lewes , and 51 S. by W. ofLondon .
STEYR, orSTEYRE, a well built trading town of Austria ,8 miles S. of Ens, 20 S. E. of Lintz, and 80 W. of Vienna .
STEYR EGG, a town in the empire of'Austria, on the N.bank of the Danube ; 84 miles W. of Vienni), and 36 E. S. E. ofPassim. \
STHENELUS, in fabulous history, the son of Perseus andAndromeda , king of Myccnse. He married NiCippe, the daugh-ter of Pelops , by whom he had Eurystheus, and two daughters.See Eurystheus.
STHENIC, [from strength,] of or belonging to, or
arising from strength, or a strong constitution or habit; the oppo-site of asthenic.
Sthenic Diathesis, in the new system of medicine, that stateof the body, which produces sthenic diseases.
Sthenic Diseases, general diseases arising from excessiveexcitement, the opposite of asthenic diseases, or diseases of debi-lity. See Brunonian System.
STHENOBCEA, in fabulous history, the daughter of Jobates,king of Lycia , wife of Prod us, king of Argos, and step-mother toBellerophon . See Bellkrofhon.
STIBADIUM, among the Romans, a low kind of table-couch, or bed of a circular form, which succeeds to the triclinia,and was of different sizes, according to the number of guests the)'were designed for.
ST1CHOS, a name given by the old writers to a pectoral con-fection, the principal ingredient of which was the herb marrubiunior borehoimd.
STICKS, or FOOT-STICKS, in printing, slips of wood thatlie between the foot of the page and the chase, to which they arcwedged fast by the quoins, to keep the form firm, in conjunctionwith the side-sticks, which are placed at the side of the page, andfixed in the same manner by means of quoins.
STIGMA, in botany, the summit or top of the style, account-ed by the sexualists the female organ of generation in plants*which receives the fecundating dust of the tops of the stamina*and transmits its vapour or effluvia through the style into theheart of the seed-hud, for the purpose of impregnating the seeds.
Stigmata , [plural of stigma,] in antiquity, certain marks im-pressed on the left shoulders of soldiers when listed.
Stigmata were also a kind of notes or abbreviations, consistingonly of points, disposed various ways; as in triangles, squares*crosses, &c.
Stigmata is also a term introduced by the Franciscans , to ex-press the marks or prints of our Saviour’s wounds, said to ha vCbeen miraculously impressed by him on the body of their sera-phic father St. Francis. ,
Stigmata , in entomology, the apertures in different parts ythe bodies of insects communicating with the trachea: or air-v^ 5 'sets, and serving for the office of respiration.
STIGMATIZING, among the ancients, was inflicted up°^slaves as a punishment hut more frequently as a mark to k 1 ’ 0 'them by: in which case, it was done by applying a red-hot ire 3 ’marked* with certain letters to their foreheads, till a fair imp 1 ' 3sion was made ; and then pouring ink into their furrows, that ^iir-cription might be the more conspicuous. Soldiers were brai'^ed in the hand with the name or character of their general, jwas also customary to stigmatize the worshippers and votariessome ot the gods. e
ST1L, or STII. DE GRAIN, in the colour-trade, the R 3 ^of a composition used for painting in oil or water, and is IT ’ at j t ; c '|ia decoction of the lycium or Avignon berry, in alum-water,is mixed with whiting into a paste, and formed into tw |Ssticks. . j aS s
ST1LAGO, in botany, a genus of the gynandria triandriaand order. Calyx one-leafed, pitcher-shaped; corolla none• ^male, stigmas sessile ; drupe with a two-celled nut. Theretwo species.
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