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n. [ L. distichon, Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; row, verse, fr. &unr_; to ascend; akin to AS. stīgan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See Stirrup. ] (Pros.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Distich, n. ] Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a distichous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hemistichium, Gr. "hmisti`chion; "hmi- half + sti`chos row, line, verse: cf. F. hémistiche. ] Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hepta- + Gr. sti`chos line, verse. ] (Pros.) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. hexastichus of six rows, lines, or verses, Gr. &unr_;; "e`x six + sti`chos row, line, verse.] A poem consisting of six verses or lines. [1913 Webster]

n. See Mastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; consisting of one verse; mo`nos single + sti`chos line, verse. ] A composition consisting of one verse only. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Monostich. ] (Bot.) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + Gr. sti`chos a row. ] (Bot.) In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the eighth + &unr_; a verse. ] A poem of eight lines. [ Obs. ] Selden [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Orthostichies [ Ortho- + Gr. sti`chos row. ] (Bot.) A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + Gr. sti`chos a row. ] (Bot.) A secondary spiral in phyllotaxy, as one of the evident spirals in a pine cone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; of five verses; &unr_; (see Penta-) + &unr_; line, verse. ] A composition consisting of five verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + Gr. sti`chos a row. ] (Bot.) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖PROP. n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. pe`talon a leaf + sti`chos a row. ] (Zool.) An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. sti`chos a row, line, akin to to go, march, E. sty, v. i. ] 1. A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A row, line, or rank of trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. stichiko`s. ] Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Stichida [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, dim. of &unr_; a row. ] (Bot.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red algae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a line + -mancy. ] Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a line + -metry. ] 1. Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea). [ Written also stitchwort. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the end + &unr_; a line, verse. ] A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tetrastichon, Gr. &unr_;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + &unr_; a row, verse. ] A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]