The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . rojects from theedge of the eyelid, mostly near the great angleof the eye. It is of a dark red color, much in-flamed, and much more painful than might beexpected, considering its small size, partly owingto the vehemence of the inflammation, and partlyto the exquisite sensibility and tension of theskin which covers the edge of the eyelid. Onthis account a sty often excites fever and rest-lessness in delicate, irritable constitutions; itsuppura
The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . rojects from theedge of the eyelid, mostly near the great angleof the eye. It is of a dark red color, much in-flamed, and much more painful than might beexpected, considering its small size, partly owingto the vehemence of the inflammation, and partlyto the exquisite sensibility and tension of theskin which covers the edge of the eyelid. Onthis account a sty often excites fever and rest-lessness in delicate, irritable constitutions; itsuppurates slowly and imperfectly; and whensuppurated has no tendency to burst. It gener-ally bursts in a few days, however, though it isgenerally better to puncture it. Warm-waterdressings with lint and oiled silk should beapplied. Style, (i) in chronology, see Calend.\h;(2) in art, see Painting ; (3) in architecture, seeArchitecture. Stylites, sti-litez. See Pillar Stylobate, in architecture, the substruc-ture of a Greek temple below the columns, sonie-times formed of three steps which were contin-ued round the peristyle, and sometimes of walls. STYLUS — SUBCONSCIOUSNESS raised to a considerable height, in which case itwas approached by a flight of steps at one end. Stylus. See Pen. Styptic, an application for checking theflow of blood or closing the aperture of awounded vessel. Oak-bark decoction, gall-nutsin powder or infusion, matico, and turpentineare styptics derived from the vegetable king-dom ; and from the mineral are derived salts ofiron, the sulphates of copper and zinc, the acetateof lead, and the nitrate of silver. Styrax, the typical genus of the orderStyracecr, graceful, spreading shrubs or trees,with entire or serrate leaves, and bearing whitefive-merous flowers in drooping racemes, oftenvery showy and fragrant. Styrax benzoin ofthe East Indies and adjacent Asiatic coasts,yields, when the bark is wounded, a yellowish-brown resin, which, when heated or rubbed
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