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Stigma
Stigma
v. t.
A
mark
made
with
a
burning
iron
; a
brand
.
Stigma
v. t.
Any
mark
of
infamy
or
disgrace
;
sign
of
moral
blemish
;
stain
or
reproach
caused
by
dishonorable
conduct
;
reproachful
characterization
.
Stigma
v. t.
That
part
of a
pistil
which
has
no
epidermis
,
and
is
fitted
to
receive
the
pollen
. It is
usually
the
terminal
portion
,
and
is
commonly
somewhat
glutinous
or
viscid
.
See
Illust
. of
Stamen
and
of
Flower
.
Stigma
v. t.
A
small
spot
,
mark
,
scar
, or a
minute
hole
;
applied
especially
to a
spot
on
the
outer
surface
of a
Graafian
follicle
,
and
to
spots
of
intercellular
substance
in
scaly
epithelium
, or to
minute
holes
in
such
spots
.
Stigma
v. t.
A
red
speck
upon
the
skin
,
produced
either
by
the
extravasation
of
blood
, as in
the
bloody
sweat
characteristic
of
certain
varieties
of
religious
ecstasy
, or by
capillary
congestion
, as in
the
case
of
drunkards
.
Stigma
v. t.
One
of
the
external
openings
of
the
tracheae
of
insects
,
myriapods
,
and
other
arthropods
; a
spiracle
.
Stigma
v. t.
One
of
the
apertures
of
the
pulmonary
sacs
of
arachnids
.
See
Illust
. of
Scorpion
.
Stigma
v. t.
One
of
the
apertures
of
the
gill
of an
ascidian
,
and
of
Amphioxus
.
Stigma
v. t.
A
point
so
connected
by
any
law
whatever
with
another
point
,
called
an
index
,
that
as
the
index
moves
in
any
manner
in a
plane
the
first
point
or
stigma
moves
in a
determinate
way
in
the
same
plane
.
Stigma
v. t.
Marks
believed
to
have
been
supernaturally
impressed
upon
the
bodies
of
certain
persons
in
imitation
of
the
wounds
on
the
crucified
body
of
Christ
.
See
def
. 5,
above
.
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