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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.
[from state.] Fixed; settled. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


statary

statary

English

Adjective

statary (not comparable)

  1. (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