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Expressing a sudden desire for silence. examples
plural sts
Abbreviation of street. (Usually as “st.” Also as “st”. Sometimes capitalized.) examples
Abbreviation of Saint. (Always capitalized.) examples
Abbreviation of state. examples
Abbreviation of stone. (Not capitalized or usually spaced.) quotations examples
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.
1992 October 3, Edwina Currie, Diary
Abbreviation of store. examples
(knitting) Abbreviation of stitch. quotations examples
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