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stirless, a.|ˈstɜːlɪs|
[f. stir n. and v. + -less.]
Not stirring, motionless.
Frequent in Byron, Charlotte Bronte, and P. J. Bailey.
1816Byron Prisoner of Chillon ix, Silence, and a stirless breath Which neither was of life nor death. 1819― Juan ii. cxliv, O'er him lay the calm and stirless air. 1824Carlyle in Froude Life (1882) I. 214, I delight to see these old mountains lying in the clear sleep of twilight, stirless as death. 1833L. Ritchie Wand. Loire 198 The river..in which the stirless trees on the banks were reflected. 1839–48Bailey Festus i. 4 Ye who stand Stirless. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xiii, She would spend a sunny afternoon in lying stirless on the turf. 1873Le Fanu Willing to Die 337 The boat was now three lengths away;..out on the bosom of the stirless water. 1896Crockett Grey Man i. 2 It was a stirless night.
Hence ˈstirlessly adv.; ˈstirlessness.
1825Blackw. Mag. XVIII. 447 On their orbs the light Smote and sate stirlessly. 1888W. C. Russell Death Ship xxiv, The captain..held his place with the entranced stirlessness I was now accustomed to see in him. |