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Webster 1913 Edition
Statary
Sta′ta-ry
(stā′tȧ-ry̆)
, Adj.
[L.
statarius
standing fast, fr. stare
to stand.] Fixed; settled.
[Obs.]
“The set and statary times of paring of nails and cutting of hair.” Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Statary
STATARY
,Adj.
Definition 2024
statary
statary
English
Adjective
statary (not comparable)
- (obsolete outside biology) Fixed; settled.
- Eciton army ants have a bi-phasic lifestyle alternating between a nomadic phase and a statary phase. In the statary phase they remain in the same location every night.
- Sir Thomas Browne:
- The set and statary times of paring of nails and cutting hair.
References
- statary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913