stel

‖n. [ NL. ] Same as Stela. [ 1913 Webster ]

One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Stale a handle. ] A stale, or handle; a stalk. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Stela. ] Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. stellan. √163. ] To place or fix firmly or permanently. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Stell, v. t. ] 1. A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. stellaris, fr. stella a star. See Star. ] 1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ These soft fires ] in part shed down
Their stellar virtue. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. stellatus, p. p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a star. See Stellar. ] 1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Radiation of light. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]