n. [ Cf. F. aérostation the art of using aërostats. ] 1. That part of aëronautics that deals with passive balloons; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air. [ 1913 Webster +Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The science of weighing air; aërostatics. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arrestation, LL. arrestatio. ] Arrest. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. attestatio: cf. F. attestation. ] The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumgestare to carry around; circum + gestare to carry. ] The act or process of carrying about. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. contestatio testimony: cf. F. contestation a contesting. ] 1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. “Loverlike contestation.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. décrustation. ] The removal of a crust. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. degustatio: cf. F. dégustation. ] (Physiol.) Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dehonestatio. ] A dishonoring; disgracing. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. detestatio: cf. F. détestation. ] The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dévastation. ] 1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even now the devastation is begun,
And half the business of destruction done. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. Blackstone.

Syn. -- Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Encystment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being flabbergasted. [ Jocular ] London Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation. ] The act of tasting. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Impaste. ] The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incrustatio: cf. F. incrustation. See Incrust. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fine Arts) Anything inlaid or imbedded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. infestatio: cf. F. infestation. ] The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Free from the infestation of enemies. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. inter- + baste to sew. ] Patchwork. [ Obs. ] Dr. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. manifestatio: cf. F. manifestation. ] 1. The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which manifests; a phenomenon which gives evidence of something hidden; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation; the delayed manifestation of a disease. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manifestation of them at the great day. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The materialization or apparition of a spirit; -- a phenomenon claimed to be seen by spiritualists. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) Same as Menostasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. molestation. ] The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. obtestatio. ] The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a coin-operated telephone.
Syn. -- pay-phone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste. [ R. ] Dr. Walker (1678). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praestatio a performing, paying, fr. praestare: cf. F. prestation. ] (O. Eng. Law) A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prestation money, a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons and other dignitaries to their bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. protestatio: cf. F. protestation. See Protest. ] 1. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent. “ The protestation of our faith.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of converting again into a forest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n replanting with trees; reconversion into a forest; the act of reforesting. [ PJC ]

n. Reinstatement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a business where automobiles may be serviced and repaired, usually also having a gasoline vending apparatus, in which case it is also called a gas station or gasoline station. Facilities for repair of automobiles but without a gasoline dispensing function are commonly called repair shops. [ PJC ]

n. a manned artificial satellite orbiting the earth designed for extended occupation and use by multiple crews in succession. [ PJC ]

n. [ F., fr. L. statio, from stare, statum, to stand. See Stand. ] 1. The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A station like the herald, Mercury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their manner was to stand at prayer, whereupon their meetings unto that purpose . . . had the names of stations given them. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of standing or rest; equilibrium. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All progression is performed by drawing on or impelling forward some part which was before in station, or at quiet. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel. Specifically: (a) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc. (b) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct. (c) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying. (d) (Biol.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat. (e) (Naut.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely. (f) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty. (g) (Mil.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive or defensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.). (h) (Mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment. [ 1913 Webster ]

By spending this day [ Sunday ] in religious exercises, we acquire new strength and resolution to perform God's will in our several stations the week following. R. Nelson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Situation; position; location. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fig and date -- why love they to remain
In middle station, and an even plain? Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. State; rank; condition of life; social status. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greater part have kept, I see,
Their station. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

They in France of the best rank and station. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Eccl.) (a) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers. Addis & Arnold. (c) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. In Australia, a sheep run or cattle run, together with the buildings belonging to it; also, the homestead and buildings belonging to such a run. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Station bill. (Naut.) Same as Quarter bill, under Quarter. --
Station house. (a) The house serving for the headquarters of the police assigned to a certain district, and as a place of temporary confinement. (b) The house used as a shelter at a railway station. --
Station master, one who has charge of a station, esp. of a railway station. --
Station pointer (Surv.), an instrument for locating on a chart the position of a place from which the angles subtended by three distant objects, whose positions are known, have been observed. --
Station staff (Surv.), an instrument for taking angles in surveying. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Station, Depot. In the United States, a stopping place on a railway for passengers and freight is commonly called a depot: but to a considerable extent in official use, and in common speech, the more appropriate name, station, has been adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stationed p. pr. & vb. n. Stationing. ] To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coast of Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gained the brow of the hill, where the English phalanx was stationed. Lyttelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stationalis: cf. F. stationnale (église). ] Of or pertaining to a station. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being stationary; fixity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stationarius: cf. F. stationnaire. Cf. Stationer. ] 1. Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does not believe the story. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stationary air (Physiol.), the air which under ordinary circumstances does not leave the lungs in respiration. --
Stationary engine. (a) A steam engine that is permanently placed, in distinction from a portable engine, locomotive, marine engine, etc. Specifically: (b) A factory engine, in distinction from a blowing, pumping, or other kind of engine which is also permanently placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ries One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Stationary, a. ] 1. A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink, quills, blank books, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subhastatio. ] A public sale or auction. [ R. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. testatio. ] A witnessing or witness. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repairs and for instruction and experiments. The principal torpedo station of the United States is at Newport, R.I. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Uterus + gestation. ] Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy. Pritchard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vastatio, fr. vastare to lay waste, fr. vastus empty, waste. ] A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]