Stag |
The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti. |
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Stag |
The male of certain other species of large deer. |
n. |
Stag |
A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. |
n. |
Stag |
A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox. |
n. |
Stag |
An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. |
n. |
Stag |
One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. |
n. |
Stag |
The European wren. |
n. |
Stag |
To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks. |
v. i. |
Stag |
To watch; to dog, or keep track of. |
v. t. |
Stag-horn coral |
Alt. of Stag-horn fern |
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Stag-horn fern |
See under Stag. |
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Stag-horned |
Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles. |
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Evil |
Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop. |
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Evil |
Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like. |
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Evil |
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days. |
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Evil |
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to good. |
n. |
Evil |
Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity. |
n. |
Evil |
malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. |
n. |
Evil |
In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly. |
adv. |
Evil eye |
See Evil eye under Evil, a. |
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