L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. [ See Stand. ] (Print.) Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stetted p. pr. & vb. n. Stetting. ] (Print.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stearic + ethal. ] (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the breast + -graph. ] (Physiol.) See Pneumatograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; chest + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. sth^qos the breast + -scope: cf. F. stéthoscope. ] (Med.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. M. W. Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. stéthoscopique. ] Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope. -- Steth`o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One skilled in the use of the stethoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of examination by the stethoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]