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{ Stem (?), Steem (?), } v. i. To gleam. [Obs.]
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His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . .
[And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. Chaucer.
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{ Stem, Steem }, n. A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]
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Stem (stĕm), n. [AS. stemn, stefn, stæfn; akin to OS. stamn the stem of a ship, D. stam stem, steven stem of a ship, G. stamm stem, steven stem of a ship, Icel. stafn, stamn, stem of a ship, stofn, stomn, stem, Sw. stam a tree trunk, Dan. stamme. Cf. Staff, Stand.] 1. The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
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After they are shot up thirty feet in length, they spread a very large top, having no bough nor twig in the trunk or the stem. Sir W. Raleigh.
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The lowering spring, with lavish rain,
Beats down the slender stem and breaded grain. Dryden.
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2. A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
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3. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. “All that are of noble stem.” Milton.
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While I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent. Herbert.
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4. A branch of a family.
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This is a stem
Of that victorious stock. Shak.
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5. (Naut.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
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6. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
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Wolsey sat at the stem more than twenty years. Fuller.
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7. Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
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8. (Bot.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
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9. (Zo&ö;l.) (a) The entire central axis of a feather. (b) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
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10. (Mus.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
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11. (Gram.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
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From stem to stern (Naut.), from one end of the ship to the other, or through the whole length. -- Stem leaf (Bot.), a leaf growing from the stem of a plant, as contrasted with a basal or radical leaf.
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Stem, v. t. 1. To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
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2. To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
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Stem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stemmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stemming.] [Either from stem, n., or akin to stammer; cf. G. stemmen to press against.] To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current. “An argosy to stem the waves.” Shak.
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[They] stem the flood with their erected breasts. Denham.
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Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. Pope.
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Stem, v. i. To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
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Stemming nightly toward the pole. Milton.
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