- (n.) In Australia, a sheep run or cattle run, together with the buildings belonging to it; also, the homestead and buildings belonging to such a run.
- (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).
- (n.) Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing or passing place or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- (v.t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.
- (n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.
- (n.) The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
- (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- (n.) Situation; position; location.
- (n.) The particular place or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- (n.) State; rank; condition of life; social status.
- (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.
- (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely.
- (n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.
- (n.) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross.
- (n.) The place at which an instrument is planted or observations are made, as in surveying.
- (n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
- (n.) A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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