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_voice was said to be as loud as that of fifty men. A
person who talks very loud is said to have stentorian
lungs.
Stereo-type, s.
See Turos, p. S\?
Stigma, s. This term offers an example of the various
uses to which words arc applied, and which llevcrthc":'
less preserve their primitive signification.
1. If 'YO seck for stigma in an English dictionary,
we find "a brand, a mark with n hot iron, a 111ark of
infamy; -,-" it is unjust to attach a stigma to a whole
body of men for the speculative views of some one
among tlicm;"-" the cross which our Saviour's
enemies thought was to stigmatize him with ioHnny,
became the ensign of his renown." (Blair.) - [Slig­
1natize. 'rhe ancients wore accustomed to punish
their slaves by applying a red-not iron, marked with
certain letters, to their foreheads. The word is now
lIsed figuratively, and means to brand or mark with
some token of infamy. Among some nations, however,
stigmatizing was considered as a distinguished
mark of honour and nobilit)·, and such is still the
case with many of tho inhabitants of the islands ill
the South Sea.]
II. Ifwe seek in a Latin dictionary, we findsti'gma,
genitive stigmatis, a lnark or brand on the forehead,
reproach, infamy.
II1. If in a dictionary of Medical terms, we find
stigma, a small red speck in the skin, occasioning 110
elevation of the cuticle.
IV. If we seek the meaning of stigma in a Glos.
sary of Botanic Terms, we find, "The stigma, or
summit, is the upper part of the pistil. The pistil is
an organ in the centre of the flower, which adheres to
the fruit, and is destined for the reception of the pollen.
The pistil is denominated the female part of the
flower: it consists of three parts; 1st, the germcll, or
seed-bud, which is the lowest part; 2d, the style or
shaft, which is the part that stands upon the gcrmcn,
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