st

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare hist.

intj

1. Expressing a sudden desire for silence.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

noun

1. Abbreviation of street. (Usually as “st.” Also as “st”. Sometimes capitalized.)
2. Abbreviation of Saint. (Always capitalized.)
3. Abbreviation of state.
4. Abbreviation of stone. (Not capitalized or usually spaced.)
   Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit. October 3 1992, Edwina Currie, Diary
5. Abbreviation of store.
6. (knitting) Abbreviation of stitch.
   insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 63
   Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem. 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71
   Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly[…] 2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55