Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fixed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Firmly placed or fixed.
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- adjective Simple past tense and past participle of
stell . - adjective Firmly placed or fixed.
- adjective obsolete
Starry .
Etymologies
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From stell ("to set, place, fix").
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Examples
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His een were stelled, as if he had been lookin 'forrit to something, and his lips were set like a man on a lang errand.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907
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