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1874, in the meaning defined above

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experiment station

• an establishment in which experiments in a particular line of research or activity, as agriculture or mining, are systematically carried on.

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In the state college of Washington, the experiment station library is said to be separate from the college, but under its control.

It is true, the technical journals of the allied sciences contain much that is of value to the experiment station worker.

The experiment station library, being designed for the use of scientific investigators, is really a reference collection.

The famous Liebig next appeared and founded the first agricultural experiment station.

Every farmer should apply to his State Experiment Station for bulletins on the subject of fertilizers.

Definition of «experiment station»

The phrase "experiment station" refers to a place set up specifically to conduct experiments and research. It is a location where scientists and researchers try out new ideas, test theories, and study different things to gain knowledge and find solutions to problems.

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• Eligible groups for the grants include land - grant and other research universities, federal agencies, national laboratories, state agricultural experiment stations , research foundations, and other private researchers. ( wholefoodsmagazine.com )
• During an 18 - month period, a single cat roaming a wildlife experiment station killed over 1,600 birds and small mammals. ( dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com )
• At 11:30 a.m., Sen. Mike Nozzolio will make a major announcement regarding the Cornell New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, 630 West North Street, Room A134 Barton. ( nystateofpolitics.com )
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• station, n. in OED Second Edition (1989)

In other dictionaries

• stāciǒun, n. in Middle English Dictionary

What does the noun station mean?

There are 56 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun station , five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

station has developed meanings and uses in subjects including

How common is the noun station ?

How is the noun station pronounced?

British english, u.s. english, where does the noun station come from.

Earliest known use

Middle English

The earliest known use of the noun station is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).

OED's earliest evidence for station is from before 1325, in Southern Passion .

station is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French . Partly a borrowing from Latin .

Etymons: French statiun , station ; Latin statiōn- , statiō .

Nearby entries

• static thrust, n. 1893–
• static tube, n. 1892–
• static universe, n. 1871–
• static water, n. 1885–
• statie, n. 1923–
• statin, n.¹ 1985–
• statin, n.² 1987–
• stating, n. 1626–
• stating, adj. 1649–
• stating part, n. 1787–
• station, n. a1325–
• station, v. 1609–
• station agent, n. 1840–
• stational, adj. 1602–
• stational Mass, n. 1895–
• stationar, n. 1581–1868
• stationarily, adv. 1670–
• stationariness, n. 1727–
• stationarity, n. 1901–
• stationary, adj. & n. ?c1450–
• stationary air, n. 1866–

Meaning & use

Þo pope..his stacioun ffor trauayl doþ by-leue, Ne he comeþ nouȝt at chirche.

Mynstrelles xiii, whereof one is verger that directeth them all in festivall dayes to theyre stations .

The romanis..be wilfull eruptiouns fra þare statiouns and vigilis, effrayit þe equis.

The footemen whyche had stations within the cyte, came to rescue the people againste the horsemen.

The weather is so extreme, that many times we bring our Sentinels dead from the stations .

Able Seconds at Tennis play, placed in their proper stations .

Pythag'ras bids us in our Station stand, Till God our General shall us disband.

If any private Soldier quits his Station ..he deserves Reproof.

The..description of their different stations in the field, and of the importance of each in his station.

The cry of ‘Every man to his station , and the cook to the fore-sheet’, is calling the hands and the idlers.

That was the station assigned to him by the foreman.

Men are on the run to their battle stations before the sound is finished.

The waiter should never ignore guests or just pass them by, because they are not on his station .

The Chair does not recognize the Senator from the Trade Federation at this time. Please return to your station .

• station a1325– A place or position to which a person is assigned, esp. for duty; a person's post; (also) a player's proper position on a sports field, pitch…
• stead c1330–1627 Chiefly with possessive. The place where a body of soldiers is stationed, a military position. Obsolete .
• ward 1487–90 An appointed station, post (for a body of soldiers). Obsolete .
• post 1642– Military . A position chosen in the field; a place where a body of soldiers is stationed; esp. the strategic position taken by a commanding…
• position 1781– Military . A site chosen for occupation by an army or detachment of troops, usually as having strategic value.
• field post a1783– A site occupied by troops on a military campaign, esp. on the battlefield; = post , n.⁵ 3a.
• field position 1785– Military . A site occupied by troops on a battlefield; = position , n. II.3b.
• depot 1798– Military . (a) A place where military stores are deposited. (b) The head-quarters of a regiment, where supplies are received and whence they are…
• battle station 1830– A position taken by a member of a military force during, or in preparation for, battle. Also as a mass noun.
• death angle 1863– A (narrow or constricted) point in a military position where serious loss of life has taken place.
• bridgehead 1904– Military . A strong position secured by an armed force inside enemy territory, from which to advance or attack. Also more generally: any place or…
• post 1649– In extended use: a person's appointed place or station in life; a place of duty. Also figurative .

Every Ship had his station assigned according to that prescribed forme which was appointed in Spaine.

To enioyne our ffleete to advance & fight att Sea, much after the maner of an Armie at land, assigneing every shipp to a perticular division, ranke, file, and station .

Those Ships which are to Leeward of him, must endeavour to get into his Wake or Grain, according to their Station in the Line of Battle.

The Deptford ..seeming to me to be standing for the Intrepide 's Station in the Line.

The ship will fall into her station without any difficulty.

We should..have been a long time in getting to our station in the fleet; whereas in a few hours she towed us up.

The station of that noble specimen of the American liners was far away in the van of the squadron.

Smoke immediately trailed from both B-17's, but they held their stations .

The destroyers formed an anti-submarine screen, with Stevens assuming station three.

• station 1624– The correct position of a vessel or (in later use) an aircraft in a squadron or battle formation. Cf. to keep one's station at phrases P.3a.i, stat …

It is believed they will fix their station in this City and return no more to Siena, but remove their Families hither as fast as they can.

The several stations , in which the Artists take view of the place will occasion a great dissimilitude of that which is represented.

I got a station ..at the doore of the Lobby to the House, to heare much of the debate.

We counted twenty-four Villages,..within our View from one Station .

I placed my self on my former station in hopes of a repeated visit.

Truly blessed is this Station Low before his Cross to lye.

From that high station Jove doth watch the world.

Can there be a lovelier station than this spot where now we stand?

The tarpon..carried out a hundred feet of line and I almost regretted my resolve not to move..from my station at the mouth of the creek.

From this higher station , see what it is that's really going on.

• sight c1515– A position or point commanding or giving a view of something. Chiefly in or within (†the) sight of . Also transferred .
• standing point 1606– †a. (Originally) a degree of advancement, development, etc. ( obsolete rare ); b. (in later use) = standpoint , n. (in various senses).
• station 1659– A place in which a person chooses to position himself or herself; the place a person is occupying; (sometimes) spec. a place or position taken up…
• aspect 1660 The point from which one looks; a point of sight or of view. Obsolete . rare .
• point of view 1701– The position from which something is seen or viewed; ( figurative ) the perspective from which a subject or event is perceived, or a story, etc…
• viewpoint 1839– A place or position from which something is viewed, esp. one which offers a particularly extensive or attractive view of the surrounding area, a…
• visual point 1842– a. The position of an observer's eye or an optical instrument (now rare ); †b. the point on the horizon towards which receding parallel lines…
• standpoint 1843– A place or position where a person stands while looking at an object, scene, etc.; the point from which something is viewed or observed.
• eye-point 1875– The point where the eye should be placed when using an optical instrument or a camera; = exit pupil , n.
• grandstand view 1895– A view from a grandstand; a particularly advantageous view. Also figurative .
• stand-side 1897– a. n. The side nearest to a stand (see stand , n.¹ II.19a) in a stadium, racecourse, etc.; b. adj. of, relating to, or happening near the side of a…
• stands side 1953– a. n. The side nearest to the stands (see stand , n.¹ II.19a) at a racecourse; b. adj. of, relating to, or happening by or near the side of a…

The toss for the choice of stations was won by the wherry.

A change of station might have altered the result.

The wind had increased off the Bucks, giving a good deal of advantage to the boat on that station .

Both winning crews chose the Surrey station .

• station 1834– Rowing (chiefly British ). The position along the width of a course from which each boat starts; spec. either side of a river in a two-boat race.

Ȝabulon in þe brynk of þe see schall dwell, & in þe stacyon of schippes [Latin in statione navium ] .

The Ilande of Melcha,..in which is sayde to be great ryches, & the stacion of restinge place of all shippes comming from the goulfe Gangeticus.

The Station of the Grand-Nauy-Royall.

The ruines [of Troy] ..are..too neare the navall station to affoord a field for such dispersed encounters.

The bedding being soft mudd, it is safe for ships, & a station .

At Chatham is a Station for the Navy-Royal.

Hope , a station for ships in the mouth of the river Thames, below Gravesend.

The land poor, and of no great value to the nation, but as a station for ships.

Portsmouth , a municipal and parliamentary borough, seaport, and naval station of Hampshire.

Limestone cliffs more than one hundred feet in height, affording no station for ships.

A naval and maritime state must have its stations scattered through the seven seas.

The need for naval stations and friendly ports for sea power is still of paramount importance to national goals.

• haven Old English– A sheltered body of water along a coast or shore where ships or boats can moor or anchor, esp. during stormy weather; a harbour, a port. Also: a…
• hithe Old English– A port or haven; esp. a small haven or landing-place on a river. Now obsolete except in historical use, and in place-names, as Hythe , Rotherhithe , La …
• port 1340– A place on a coast or shore which boats use to shelter from storms, or to load and unload; a harbour, a haven.
• station a1382– Nautical . Originally: a port, harbour, or roadstead for ships. Now chiefly: a place at which ships of a nation's navy are regularly stationed, or…
• harbour c1405– A place of shelter for ships; spec. where they may lie close to and sheltered by the shore or by works extended from it; a haven, a port.
• havening c1425– A haven, a harbour. Also figurative .
• pier a1552–1824 A sheltered harbour or haven. Obsolete .
• harbourage 1850– Shelter for ships, shelter in a haven: cf. harbour , n.¹ 3.
• naval station 1615 Nautical . Originally: a port, harbour, or roadstead for ships. Now chiefly: a place at which ships of a nation's navy are regularly stationed, or…
• admiralty 1677–1798 A port or station for ships of war, commanded by an admiral. Obsolete .
• naval base 1863– A base for naval operations, esp. a securely held seaport from which naval operations can be carried out; a naval shore establishment.

The Turkish Arsenals for shipping are foure; the first..containeth three and thirty docks or stations for so many Gallies.

A safe and capacious Bay;..in the body of it full of convenient Stations and Docks for shipping.

The vestigia of the Roman dock or station of the boats, now overgrown with sedge and moor.

• station 1630–1735 Nautical . A place in a harbour where a vessel may be moored; a mooring, a dock. Obsolete .

We shall have but 80 sayle this summer to fight the Dutch, the rest are designed for the western station .

Now we are in our Station , and a good Latitude.

Such cruising Ships..who are appointed..to have their Station in the narrow Seas, between England and Ireland.

His Majesty's ship Coventry..is under sailing orders for the East Indies, with dispatches for the Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships on that station .

I hear from all the captains on the station that there cannot be a more promising youngster.

The Pigmy paddle steamer..sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning to resume her station south of the Isle of Wight.

She was fit for service on the Australasian Station .

Opposite number, oppo , one of two hands who perform similar duties alternately; he may be on another ship or station .

The raider reached her station in the South Atlantic.

• station 1666– Nautical . Originally and chiefly Navy . A place or region to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
• country 1867 Nautical . A place to which a ship is ordered; = station , n. I.i.2c. Obsolete .

One channel cruize, one uninterrupted six, seven, even eight months station off Brest.

The ship is relieved every six months by another, when the one whose station is out sails for Rio de la Plata.

The Sybille ..was returning home from her long station .

The Swiftshore,..recently returned from her three years' station in the Mediterranean.

The schooner Alaska left her two years' station at Bernard Harbor.

• station 1762– Nautical . The period during which a vessel is appointed to a particular place. Now rare .

Þe stacyoun forsoþe of philisteeym wente out [Latin egressa est statio Philisthiim ] .

Then Scipio,..caused al his horsemen, with lyght armour, to inuade the station or campe of the Carthaginenses.

Certaine garrisons of men, in stations settled there.

Marcellus Generall of the Horse, who abode then but in the next stations , drave off to aid him.

Prince Maurice..built a continuing Station for his Camp.

Overborough..was a famous Station of Antoninus, called Bremetonacæ.

The station he sought, for the repose of his troops, the re-armament of the dissipated parties of the protestants, [etc.] .

Post , in war , a military station ; any sort of ground, fortified or not, where a body of men can be in a condition of resisting the enemy.

No women whose husbands are not on the married roll are to be allowed to embark for a foreign station .

Red tape held me at the soldiers' station at Snake River until near midday.

Station supply officers could obtain uncontrolled items from depots by routine requisition.

Full reimbursement of expenses for official travel and changes of station .

These stations are either the seats of provincial councils, or of collectors.

Mr. Laplant, and the other Gentlemen, who have been many years serving the Company, at that Station [ sc. Patna] .

The nobles and gentlemen are frequently invited to witness a ‘ station -ball’.

There are also numbers in the civil service, and they reside at what are called stations .

Who asked the Station to dinner, and allowed only one glass of simkin to each guest?

There is no dulness to compare with the dulness of a small Mofussil station in the rainy season.

The gradual development of the British army camp..into the Anglo-Indian station .

I wanted you to see India as it really is... The station is unreal. It's more British than Britain.

• compound 1679– The enclosure within which a (European) residence or factory stands, in India, China, and other Eastern countries.
• station 1778– In India under the dominion of the East India Company or (later) the British Raj: a place inhabited by the English officials of a district, or…
• plain station 1851–
• station 1866– In India under the dominion of the East India Company or (later) the British Raj: a place inhabited by the English officials of a district, or…

Starting and Landing Stations... The I.C. and L.D.C. class would be permitted to use public stations only and local traffic could use them if they required.

Austria-Hungary has a small naval service of hydro-aeroplanes, the station being at Pola.

At the outbreak of the World War the stations on the organized east coast system of aerial patrol were as follows:—Eastchurch, [etc.] .

The Squadron..felt very bolshie about all the bull that was flying around the station .

The RAF station itself was very small consisting of perhaps 20 or 30 airmen and a couple of officers.

• station 1911– Chiefly Air Force . An airfield, spec. a military one. Cf. sense I.i.2a.
• airbase 1913– A base for the operation of military aircraft.
• bird farm 1942– U.S. Military slang . A base for the operation of military aircraft; (in later use) spec. an aircraft carrier. Cf. bird , n. II.7a.
• bomber base 1959–

Vlpike and oynouns in their stacioun To growe.

Entralls beinge out of the Bellye, must everye one be agayne restorede into his..naturall statione .

The gunwayle, stations for the nettings, a chaine through the stations, or brest-ropes.

This will likewise maintain them cold and fresh in summer, till they have struck and taken hold of their stations .

Whether they were cut out of the Rock,..or whether they were brought, and fix'd in their station like other doors.

Taking one house from it's station and placing another in it's stead.

If this other [rod] be then pulled a little to one side of its station of rest, and suddenly let go, it will seek its station again.

Portraits were looking down upon him from their station on the wall.

The skewers should rest upon glass porcelain bearings in the stations .

The bulkheads all are set in their stations with the spacers installed.

• stead 1246– A site for a building; the land on which a building stands; also, an enclosure attached to a building, a yard. (Cf. farmstead , n. , homestead , n. , mow …
• site c1400– The place or position occupied by some specified thing; the fixed or proper location of a thing. Now only in Anatomy .
• station ?1440– The place in which a thing stands or is positioned; a thing's (proper) location or position.
• situation 1542–1890 The exact site on which a building, city, etc., is constructed. Obsolete .
• residency 1579– gen. The fact or circumstance of being resident in a particular place. Also in extended use. rare in 18th cent.
• platform 1580–1796 The area of ground occupied by a structure; the site of a group of buildings, camp, fort, etc. Obsolete .
• region 1664– A space which is occupied by something or in which some phenomenon occurs.

The said operator of the Society..doth keep a Diary of the stations of that Mercury, together with the state of the winds and Weather.

When the Mercury..is either very high, or very low, or at a middle station between its greatest and least height.

[Barometer] Common station 30 1/10.

From latitude 26° north to latitude 10° north, the difference of the high and low stations of the mercury in the barometers was not so great.

Put T and T 1 for the corresponding temperatures at the two stations of the mercury in degrees of Fahrenheit.

• altitude 1660–1863 The height of the column of mercury in a barometer. Obsolete .
• station 1664–1874 The height at which the mercury in a barometer stands. Obsolete .

The Divisor being removed one station [Latin statione ] , repeat this Process, until all the figures of the Dividend be wasted.

An additional character or cypher (0) is necessary..which serves to supply the vacant places, and bring the figures to their proper stations .

• fourth 1594– The fraction indicated by a unit in the fourth place in the sexagesimal, decimal, or any other system of fractional notation having a constant…
• prime 1608– One-tenth of a unit in the decimal system of numeration; the first decimal place. Now historical .
• separatrix 1660 The mark (originally L, later I ), formerly used to separate the figures representing decimals from those representing integers; now superseded by the…
• third 1660–1766 In decimal fractions: see quots. Obsolete .
• decimal place 1675– (Chiefly with preceding cardinal or ordinal number) the relative position of a digit situated to the right of a decimal point; cf. place , n.¹ IV.16.
• decimal point 1701– A mark (typically a point, but see note at decimal , adj. A.1b) separating the digits of a decimal signifying whole numbers from those signifying…
• station 1702–97 Mathematics . = place , n.¹ IV.16. Obsolete .
• point 1704– A dot or other small mark used in writing. A decimal point. Also (with distinguishing adjective): a dot used similarly in a number expressed in a…

Such Seeds, would then be removed from the proper Station requir'd for their Growth, and would therefore perish.

Station indicates the peculiar nature of the locality where each species is accustomed to grow, and has reference to climate, soil, humidity, light, elevation above the sea, and other analogous circumstances; whereas by habitation is meant a general indication of the country where a plant grows wild.

Giving such explanation of the terms as will..enable the tyro Muscologist,..to assign their proper station and name to the mosses he may pick up.

Males and females of the same species of butterfly are known in several cases to inhabit different stations .

Thus tropical evergreen rain-forest is not only the primary station for higher plant-life on the land.

• station 1718– Biology . The kind of place in which a plant or animal best thrives; the nature or essential characteristics of its habitat. Now rare .
• habitat 1796– Natural History . The locality in which a plant or animal naturally grows or lives; habitation. Sometimes applied to the geographical area over which…
• metropolis 1826–71 Botany and Zoology . The locality in which a species or other taxon is most common. Obsolete .
• range 1830– Botany and Zoology . The geographical area within which a given species or other taxon of plant or animal occurs; the limits of altitude or of depth…
• reach 1849– gen. The space over which something extends or is distributed. rare .
• biosphere 1899– The region of the earth which is occupied by living organisms, comprising parts of the crust, the oceans, and the atmosphere; (also) living…

The plant was then lost, from the place having been drained, so that we really do not know a certain station of this Lysimachia at present.

There are many rare plants in Herefordshire; but their stations not being particularized in the County History, I can only add the few following.

We are left to guess as to what part of a region, extending over 50° of latitude, and as many longitude..is the principal station of an insect.

The Falkland Islands, Nootka Sound, and Tasmania, may be quoted as some of the outlying stations for the species of Agrostis .

This bramble is extremely rare in the county as a whole, for but one station is given by Mr. Murray in Fl. Som.

There are four main stations of Fritillaria meleagris L. in E. Suffolk,..three of which are managed by the Suffolk Trust for Nature Conservation.

This new station represents a significant range expansion for E [ pilobium ] pedunculare . However, it is highly likely that it is presently under-recorded.

• station 1794– Chiefly Botany . A location at which a particular species of plant or (occasionally) animal is found.

Wher by schulde men knowyn an opyn vsurere..Ȝif he kepe opyn stacioun or opyn schoppe to lenyn..for vsure.

Of the station or burse of merchants in Fez.

The Fisher-men..made it a station for fishing before it came to be inhabited.

It will be necessary for such a company to have them [ sc. barrels] ..made at their principal fishing station .

Any means of telegraphic communication which depends upon the deciphering of signals exhibited at a distant station is necessarily dependent upon contingencies of weather.

At Maria Island..and other so-called ‘probation- stations ’..the prisoners were used in tens and twenties.

Their fruitful harvest furnishes one with the earliest evidences of the value of marine zoological stations .

Milne's aim was to secure a great number of seismological stations , scattered as widely as possible over the globe.

The samples were collected by the men in charge at the various stations .

She had been teaching children in a village medical station run by nuns.

Analysis of the meteorological station data for Kericho also showed no change in annual temperature.

• station a1450– A place where a particular kind of business, research, service, etc., is based or carried out; a base or centre equipped for a particular purpose…

There will then be three considerable Missionary stations , surrounded by other accessible islands.

This was a very solitary station ..a day's journey from any native village or farm.

The converts..have been for many weeks at the station .

A minister of the Dutch Reformed Church..came to spend a night at our station .

We constantly hear our missionaries lament that they cannot open new stations where they are sorely needed.

They arrived in Bantang..and were warmly welcomed by the other permanent missionaries at the station .

• mission 1770– A permanent establishment of missionaries abroad; a missionary post or station; a mission house.
• station 1799– A permanent establishment of missionaries; = mission , n. I.4a. More fully mission station (see mission , n. compounds C.1).

In each division there shall be fixed a station of police.

Proceeding to Leman-street police station ..Mr. Davis found the entrance to the station barricaded with several crossings of red tape.

Defendant said to the sergeant in charge of the station : ‘Here is a man I took on Sunset boulevard’.

He said I must go to the station with him, as he'd have to charge me with driving under the influence.

I′ll go down the station all you want mate, I still ain′t putting my hands up to nothing though.

• police office 1781– Originally: the headquarters of the police force in a city or town. Now: an office dealing with enquiries, reports of minor crimes, and other…
• front office 1797– An office at the front of a building, typically where the public interacts with members of the staff of a firm or organization; hence (chiefly Nort …
• station 1814– The office or headquarters of a local police force; = police station , n.
• police station 1820– The office or headquarters of a local police force, or of a police district.
• factory 1890– British slang . A police station.
• cop shop 1898– A police station.
• copper shop 1942– A police station. Cf. cop shop , n.
• law station 1958– A police station.
• bear den 1975– (In CB radio communications and among truckers) a police station; cf. bear , n.¹ I.3e and bear cave n.
• bear cave 1976– (In CB radio communications and among truckers) a police station; cf. bear , n.¹ I.3e and bear den n.

The Deputation stated that the following were the stations at which there was constant attendance day and night.

Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the brigade, immediately sent to the other stations all over the metropolis for the engines.

At the central station there are six permanent men, and one permanent man is attached to each hose house within the precinct.

Firefighters at a station in Olympia, Washington slept while their station burned.

Depending on the needs of the fire department, there may be a training room in the station .

• fire station 1819– A place where firefighters are based and in which firefighting equipment is housed; the headquarters of a fire crew or fire brigade.
• station 1833– The office or headquarters of a local fire brigade; = fire station , n.
• fire hall 1866– A fire station.
• firehouse 1869– Chiefly U.S. The office or headquarters of a local fire brigade; = fire station , n. Cf. fire hall , n.
• fire command 1941– A person or group of people with responsibility for coordinating firefighting services; the headquarters from which those services are coordinated.

Several ministers from England..also crossed the water, and preached at the station in Newport.

At the Disruption, a station was opened at this village by the Presbytery of Wigtown.

The station was opened..on the first Sabbath of November.

We have the hearty co-operation of all the pastors of the city. Each of them has preached at the station at some time during the past year.

• tickling-house 1681– attributive , as tickling-house n. ( satirical slang ) a place of preaching: cf. tickle-text , n. tickling stick n. jocular a feather duster or…
• preaching house 1713– a. A building used for preaching. b. spec. A Methodist place of worship. Now historical .
• preaching station 1792– A place to which a preacher comes from time to time to hold a religious service (cf. preaching house , n. ).
• station 1845– Originally and chiefly Scottish = preaching station , n. Now rare .

All Letters placed in the Boxes at the various Stations , together with all City Letters deposited either in the Post Office, or in the Branch Post Office, will be under the charge of the Department.

The Post Office stations are, at San Francisco—B. R. Buckelew's, [etc.] .

The one in Union square is located next door to the United States post office station ‘D’, one of the six regular stations for the receipt and distribution of the mails in that city.

In St. Louis..there are but six points, the main office and the five stations , where these conveniences are to be found.

Twenty-four sub-postal stations are connected by tube system with the general post office.

Forward completed application form PSC 367 (4-77), available at Canada Post Offices or Stations , Canada Employment Centres, [etc.] .

I would use my own money to get stamps from one of the clerks at the little station in the mall.

• letter office 1635– = post office , n. ; cf. General Letter Office , n.
• post-house 1635– A post office. In later use chiefly historical or English regional ( northern ). Now rare .
• post office 1659– A building or room where postal business is carried on; a branch of the Post Office.
• post hut 1753– With the sense ‘belonging to a postal station or to a posting establishment’, as post hut , †post-shed , post-yard (now historical ).
• post-shed 1753– With the sense ‘belonging to a postal station or to a posting establishment’, as post hut , †post-shed , post-yard (now historical ).
• P.O. 1824– A post office; (also) the Post Office as a service or organization.
• station 1845– North American . A subsidiary post office. Cf. postal station , n. (b).
• post 1848– A national or regional organization for the collection, transportation, and delivery of letters, parcels, etc. (= post office , n. 1); the official…

At Sam Brassey's suggestion the post-office had been arranged as a public pay station of the Seaside Hotel Telephone Company.

Post Office and Gift Wrapping Station in the Downstairs Store.

The portable dressing room..has been converted into a nursery and diaper-changing station .

Each one of a number of moulds is placed at a station round the table and a cam device is provided for opening it..as the table rotates.

The use of the pillow eliminates the time needed to run to the nearest fire extinguisher station to obtain equipment.

The three components..are..carried rear end first past five welding stations .

Safety equipment such as eyewash stations have [ sic ] already prevented serious eye damage in at least one situation.

Most new mamas and papas get ahead of the game by buying a car seat, high chair, changing station , diapers..and..teddy bears, all before the baby arrives.

• station 1888– Chiefly with modifying word: a place, esp. in a room or building, which is set aside for a particular purpose, or where a specific piece of…
• workstation 1910– Manufacturing Technology . A location at which one of a number of successive stages in the manufacture or assembly of a product is carried out. Also…
• station 1976– Chiefly with modifying word: a place, esp. in a room or building, which is set aside for a particular purpose, or where a specific piece of…

This message marks the opening of the new Manhattan Life Radio Station .

Enjoy wireless telephone music sent out by the now famous Westinghouse broadcasting station at Newark, or from one of the dozen other stations.

Television station W2XBS..is now on the air daily from 7 to 9 P. M.

In the true sense of the word, television will come when stations regularly, through remote control, broadcast visual objects in the studio, [etc.] .

She turns the radio on, turning the dial knob through all manner of stations .

The Vermont station carried the game..from Philadelphia.

Williams plays a faux-naïf who works as a programmer at a station specializing in vintage TV.

I will change the station on the car radio without pulling into a lay-by.

• station 1910– An establishment or organization transmitting radio or television signals; a broadcasting company. Later also: a band of frequencies used by a…
• broadcaster 1922– A station or company which broadcasts audio or visual material (esp. radio or television programmes) via radio, television, or the internet.
• transmitting station 1923– A building or establishment from which radio or television signals are transmitted.
• television station 1926– A television broadcasting station (see station , n. I.i.5h); (later usually) spec. a television channel.
• rebroadcaster 1930– A television or radio station which broadcasts material originating from station.
• TV station 1945– = television station , n.

From: Chief of Station .

While such operatives may be known to ‘the chief of station ’—the top C.I.A. officer in any country—they are rarely known to the American Ambassador.

Would you ask the station to let me know each day what they hear?

Alan Fox was the local Head of Station for the American CIA.

MI6 ran another intelligence and covert operations network outside of the Warsaw station .

A ‘virtual station ’—a station based at headquarters but collecting and operating against a subject much as stations in the field focus on a country.

• centre 1924– Usually with capital initial. The place from which an espionage or terrorist network is coordinated or controlled; an organization or group…
• station 1952– Originally U.S. The headquarters of an intelligence service in a particular foreign country.

A the toppe of the hill, B the foote, C my station or the place of mine eie.

Marke that station on the ground... Then measure exactly the distance betweene those two stations.

Appoint thy first station , and there place thy staffe, and take the angle of altitude.

Joyn DC, and produce the same, then a Circle passing through the Points A, B, D, intersects DC, produced at S, the place of Station .

Draw out the Line C D, and it will cut the Circle in S, the Point of Station required.

A base line is measured..and a network of triangles conveniently arranged by choosing suitable positions for stations .

A signal should be erected when necessary to mark place of station for future reference.

The description of each station or supplemental point is followed by its geodetic coordinates.

Some lasers use a reflector at the second station to reflect the signal back to the instrument.

• station ?a1560– Surveying . Each of the selected points at which observations or measurements are taken. Also place of station (see also point of station n. (a) at…
• stationary point 1661–1774 A point from which lines diverge; a vertex; ( Surveying ) a point at which observations or measurements are taken (= station , n. I.i.6a). Cf. point …
• point of station 1671– †(a) Surveying = station , n. I.i.6a ( obsolete ); †(b) Astronomy = stationary point , n. 3 ( obsolete ); (c) Drawing = point of sight n. at phrases P.4l.
• satellite station 1868– Surveying . A point used in triangulation as a substitute for a preferred but inaccessible nearby station ( station , n. I.i.6a). Now rare .
• control point 1885– a. Surveying a surveyed point used as a reference for subsequent measurements; b. a location from which things or people can be controlled…

Set up the heighths of the lower, upper, and top timber breadth lines upon the perpendiculars erected for the stations of the several timbers.

To obtain the round-down of the deck at any particular station , take the half-breadth of the ship at that station , [etc.] .

When the lengths of the beams are taken from the ship the stations of the holes are marked on the mould, and transferred from it to the beam.

Points of division of length, or stations of the transverse areas.

Their aft faces represent the correct sectional shape of the boat at each station .

• middle line ?c1400– A central line, an axis; spec. ( Nautical ) (in a shipwright's plan) a line dividing a ship down the middle (see quot. 1805); ( Croquet ) the line of…
• breadth line c1620– A curved line drawn on the plan of a ship which runs lengthways along the vessel, intersecting the hull at its broadest points; (also) a notional…
• sweep 1627–1797 Shipbuilding . An arc or curved line used in a plan to indicate the shape of the timbers; the curve of a ship's timbers. Obsolete .
• lines 1680– plural . The outlines, plan, or draught of a building or other structure; spec. in Shipbuilding , the outlines of a vessel as shown in its…
• touch 1711– Shipbuilding . Originally: the point at each end of the keel of a ship at which it ceases to be straight. In later use also (in the design of a ship…
• waterline 1750– Shipbuilding . Each of a set of imaginary lines where horizontal planes at different heights cut the hull of a ship, which represent the contour of…
• station 1754– Shipbuilding . Each of a series of equally spaced points along a line running the length of a vessel at which the form of the hull cross-section is…
• sheer-draught 1769–
• body plan 1781– a. Shipbuilding an end elevation of a ship, showing the breadth, contour of the sides, etc., at various points along its length (in wooden ships at…
• sheer-line 1797– The line of elevation of a ship's deck.
• sheer-plan 1797– (See quots.).
• touchline 1797 Shipbuilding . Any of various key lines which form the basis of a ship's design. Cf. touch , n. III.17a. Obsolete . rare .
• water plane 1798– Shipbuilding . A horizontal plane conceived as passing through a vessel when afloat, level with the surface of the water. Cf. waterline , n. 1.
• centreline 1806– spec. Nautical and Shipbuilding . An imaginary line running lengthways along the middle of a vessel from bow to stern, dividing the port and…
• buttock line 1816– Each of a series of longitudinal curved lines marked in parallel on a plan of a ship to describe the contours of its hull, esp. in the after-body…
• crown 1830– Nautical . The arching or camber of a ship's deck or its beams.
• scrieve 1830– Shipbuilding and Boatbuilding . Any of the lines or grooves incised on a scrive board ( scrieve board , n. ), which mark out the body plan of a ship…
• top-breadth line 1846– A line in a plan showing the longitudinal curve of the ship's side at the level of the top-timbers.
• wave-line 1846– Shipbuilding . An outline recommended by some naval architects for the hull of a vessel as facilitating movement through the waves.
• floor-plan 1867– a. Shipbuilding (see quot. 1867); b. Architecture (see quot. 1874).
• throating-line 1873–75 = cutting-down line n. at cutting , n. compounds 9b.

The Apostles had no certaine station ; but oftentimes ranne about hether and thether, to fownde newe Churches.

Their..Priests are bred here, and from hence dispersed to their seuerall stations .

I am glad my station is to be here—near my own home.

He continued in his Roxbury Station , for Three Years more than Thrice seven together.

The Stations of the Preachers.

Mr Simpson..was appointed to the station of Cowan's Mills.

Tanna was his judicial station .

A station is a single place of stated service, while a circuit has several.

City stations and communities with a resident local preacher could expect a Sunday service.

• station 1587– The locality to which a person is appointed to work; spec. a church or area to which a minister (esp. a Methodist minister) is assigned (cf. circuit …
• space ?a1400–1616 A particular place or location; (also) an assigned or appropriate position (cf. place , n.¹ III.12a). Frequently with possessive adjective. Obsolete .
• stand a1400– A person's standing place or position. Also figurative . Also in to take one's stand and †to take stand ( poetic ). Now rare .
• stance 1532– A standing-place, station, position.
• settling 1582–1642 A state of stability. Also: a fixed position, a station. Obsolete .
• consistory 1592 A standing-place, a station. Obsolete . rare .
• roosting place 1643– A resting place, now usually a temporary one.
• pitch 1699– A place at which a person stations himself or herself, or is stationed; a portion of ground selected by or allotted to a person, temporarily or…
• standing place 1736– A place where a person is standing.
• terrain 1832– Standing-ground, position.

In the stations the elders names were printed in italic.

The places marked thus * are towns or villages mentioned in the ‘ Stations ’.

Each of the places mentioned in these Stations ..is the head of a Circuit.

The names of Freeborn Garrettson and James Cromwell appear alongside that of M'Geary in the Stations for 1785.

• stations 1810– In plural (chiefly with capital initial). Methodism ( colloquial ). The annual list of ministers' appointments. Now historical and rare .

The Herds at each Station are to be Surveyed by a Committee.

The station ..was a large sheep farm, extending over twelve square miles of pasture land.

At one station last shearing season 110,000 sheep were ‘put through’..in about 7 weeks.

The present farm was part of a large station .

They're isolated at the station for eight days, to shear 11,000 merino sheep.

• sheep-steading 1566–7 A sheep-farm.
• sheep-stead 1581–1612
• sheep-farm 1776– A tract of land devoted to sheep-rearing.
• station 1853– Australian and New Zealand . An extensive area of grazing land; a large cattle or sheep farm; = run , n.² I.iii.13.
• squattage 1862– A holding occupied by a squatter.

The principal station of the tribe..was about two miles higher up the Pumice-stone River.

There is no station reserved for the tribe the prisoner belongs to.

A suggestion has been made to utilise the Station for Aborigines at Coranderrk as a dairy farm school.

Rev. L. Schulze, a missionary at the aboriginal station at Hermannsburg, on the Upper Finke River.

They referred to them as fringe dwellers, because the Aboriginal stations would be set up on the outskirts of town.

It was only eight years since the Victorian Aborigines Protection Board had passed legislation to evict all Aboriginals of part descent from its reserves and stations .

• reserve 1667– Something reserved or set apart for a particular reason or purpose. A location or area reserved for a particular use or purpose, esp. as the…
• Indian reserve 1752– An area of land set apart by the government for occupation by North American Indigenous people; a reservation.
• reservation 1792– Originally U.S. Cf. reserve , n. A.5b. spec. In North America: an area of land set apart or reserved by the government for occupation by Indigenous…
• Indian reservation 1804– An area of land set apart by the government for occupation by North American Indigenous people; cf. reservation , n. 9.
• station 1825– Australian . A tract of land recognized as being occupied by Australian Aboriginal people; a reserve for Australian Aboriginal people, esp. as…
• location 1833– South African . An area of land occupied by a particular population group, esp. one set aside for the use of Indigenous peoples; a reserve. Now histo …
• native reserve 1842– Now historical and offensive . An area of land (esp. in Africa) set aside, originally by a colonial administration, later by a national government, for the exclusive use of the…
• native location 1866– South African . In the 19th and early 20th centuries (esp. in the province of Natal): an extensive area of rural land allocated to an African…
• res 1880– In North America: an area of land set apart or reserved by the government for occupation by Indigenous people. Frequently in on the res . See reserv …
• native location 1928– South African . During the 20th century, esp. in the early years of apartheid: a residential area on the outskirts of a town or city to which the…
• township 1934– In South Africa: an urban or peri-urban area occupied predominantly by black South Africans and formerly officially designated for non-white…
• homeland 1959– South African . During the mid 20th cent., under the policy of apartheid (or ‘separate development’): any of ten partially self-governing areas in…

Wheresoeuer the preacher may do most good, thither is he called of God: neyther is this to forsake his station , but to followe his calling, and to do good.

Euery one of vs must take his vocation and calling for a principle and ground, & for a station assigned of God [French vne station assignee de Dieu ] .

Euery one ought especially to keepe himselfe in the army of the Church, and next in his priuate station .

Being perswaded by some persons of the greatest Quality in the Kingdom, and others in Publick Stations .

When Vice prevails, and impious Men bear sway, The Post of Honour is a private Station .

His sermon..is to consist of some general observations concerning the marriage station .

It is a dangerous invasion When poets criticise; their station Is to delight, not pose.

A regard for the duties of private station , are indispensable to order.

It is their station to work. And they do work.

His poverty, his station as a private tutor,..rendered his presence an incongruity.

Princes and men in power confer; people in a private station bestow.

They..insulated him from the criticism and difficulties which almost certainly would have afflicted another man in his station .

Human beings who privilege themselves as knowing more of the deep facts about the universe than it is their station to know.

• work Old English– Action or activity involving physical or mental effort and undertaken in order to achieve a result, esp. as a means of making one's living or earning…
• mystery c1390–1533 Ministry, office; service, occupation. Obsolete .
• faculty c1405– In a more extended sense: That in which anyone is skilled; an art, trade, occupation, profession. Obsolete exc. archaic or Historical .
• business 1477– With possessive adjective or genitive: a person's official or professional duties as a whole; one's regular, habitual, or stated profession…
• industry a1500– Productive work, trade, or manufacture. In later use esp. : manufacturing and production carried out on a commercial basis, typically organized on a…
• room c1500–1635 As a mass noun: office, position, authority. See also to bear room at phrases P.5. Obsolete .
• trade 1525– In early use: any regular occupation, profession, or business, esp. when undertaken as a means of making one's living or earning money. In later…
• pursuit 1529– The action of participating or engaging in an activity or action, esp. an occupation, pastime, etc.; an activity in which one participates or engages…
• function 1533– A person's role in life, society, or within an organization; an employment, profession, or calling.
• calling 1539– The means by which a person makes a living; a profession, trade, or occupation.
• profession ?1552– More widely: any occupation by which a person regularly earns a living.
• vocation 1553– The means by which a person makes a living; a person's employment or main occupation, esp. regarded as requiring dedication. More generally: a…
• estate 1563–1812 An occupation, trade, or profession; a vocation. Obsolete .
• entertainment 1568–1727 The action or fact of having or keeping someone in one's employment or service, or of taking someone into employment or service. Also: the state…
• station 1574– A person's position in life as determined by external circumstances or conditions; a status; a situation; spec. a calling, an office.
• quality a1586–1640 (a) Profession, occupation, business, esp. that of an actor; (b) fraternity; people of the same profession, esp. actors as a body. Obsolete .
• employment 1598– That which a person is employed to do. A person's regular occupation; a trade, a profession.
• way of life a1616– A settled or habitual pattern of behaviour followed by a person or group. Cf. earlier way of living at phrases P.4e.
• state 1625 A class, rank, order, sort, or group of people; a profession or occupation. Also: the members of a class or profession considered collectively. Cf. e …
• cloth 1656– Hence: One's profession (as marked by a professional garb); cf. coat , n.
• avocation 1660– But as, in many cases, the business which called away was one of equal or greater importance (see quot. in 1617 at sense I.1, where avocation is…
• setwork a1661 Regular or fixed employment. Obsolete .
• employ 1669– A regular occupation; a profession; = employment , n. 5d. Now rare .
• walk of life ?1746– A person's trade, profession, occupation, or calling.
• walk 1836 = walk of life , n. 2. Obsolete . rare .
• private station 1574– A person's position in life as determined by external circumstances or conditions; a status; a situation; spec. a calling, an office.
• mannish Old English–1200 A kind or race of people; a generation. More generally: men or people collectively; humankind.
• place c1330– A particular part of or location in a book or document. Now also: spec. a point or page reached in reading.
• state 1340–1787 A class, rank, order, sort, or group of people; a profession or occupation. Also: the members of a class or profession considered collectively. Cf. e …
• gree 1382–1592 A stage or position in the scale of dignity or rank; relative social or official rank, grade, order, estate, or station; = degree , n. I.4. In…
• condition c1384– State in regard to wealth, circumstances; hence, position with reference to the grades of society; social position, estate, rank.
• sect a1393–1846 A class or kind of people or things; a sort, a type. Obsolete .
• order a1400– A social class or division consisting of persons of the same status (esp. viewed in relation to other higher or lower classes); a social division… In later use chiefly in plural , esp. in the lower orders : those of low social status; the working class; the poor (frequently derogatory or humorous ). the higher orders : those of high social status; the rich.
• raff ?a1400 A class or group of people (perhaps with negative connotations). Obsolete . rare .
• degree a1425– A rank or class of persons. ? Obsolete .
• estate 1445– A class, rank, order, or group of people in a community or nation; (also) the members of a class or rank considered collectively. Now rare .
• countenance c1477–1784 The estate or state which one maintains or keeps up; position, standing, dignity. Obsolete .
• faction ?1529– gen. A group or class of persons. Now rare .
• race 1563– As a mass noun. The stock, family, or class to which a person, animal, or plant belongs. Frequently in of (noble, regal, etc.) race . Cf. kin , n.¹ …
• calibre 1567–1870 figurative . Degree of social standing or importance, quality, rank. (The earliest cited sense; probably from French.) Obsolete .
• being 1579–1819 Position, standing (in the world); (good) status. Obsolete .
• coat 1579–1774 Garb as indicating profession (e.g. clerical); hence, profession, class, order, sort, party; chiefly in such phrases as a man of his coat , one of thei …
• rang 1580 A range, rank, row.
• rank 1585– A distinct level in a social hierarchy, or the people who constitute this; a class, station, order.
• tier 1590– transferred and figurative . Rank, grade; stratum.
• classis 1597–1774 = class , n. A.I.2a. Obsolete .
• consequence 1602– In reference to persons: Importance in rank and position, social distinction. Cf. ‘quality’.
• regiment 1602–1737 A number of things or individuals considered as forming a body or group; a class or kind. Obsolete .
• strain 1609– A class, group, kind, or sort of person distinguished from others by shared character, quality, social or economic status, etc.
• sept 1610–1856 In extended use: a group or class. Obsolete . rare .
• standing a1616– High esteem, rank, or status. Later (also) more generally: esteem, rank, or status of any degree in society or within a particular community, such…
• class 1629– A division or stratum of society consisting of people at the same economic level or having the same social status.
• species 1629– A class composed of individuals having some common qualities or characteristics, frequently as a subdivision of a larger class or genus.
• nome 1633– poetic . A social class. rare .
• quality 1636 concrete . A body of people having a certain social position or rank. Obsolete . rare .
• sort 1671 Without article. Rank, class. Obsolete .
• size 1679– Of persons in respect of mental or moral qualities, rank or position, etc.; †hence, class, kind, degree, order.
• situation 1710– A person's position or circumstances in life, esp. regarded as affecting his or her welfare.
• distinction 1721–63 Class (in relation to status); rank, grade. of the first distinction : of the highest rank; highly distinguished (cf. sense 8). Obsolete .
• walk of life 1733– A person's social grade, station, or rank.
• walk 1737– = walk of life , n. 1. Now rare .
• stage 1801– A rank or grade in a hierarchy.
• strata 1805– figurative . = stratum , n. 3.
• grade 1808– A degree or position in the scale of rank, dignity, social station, eminence, proficiency, etc. (Cf. degree , n. I.4.)
• caste 1816– In extended use. Status, position, or rank within a community or social hierarchy; (also) a hierarchical system of social organization based on this.
• social stratum 1838– A level or class to which people are assigned according to their social status, education, or income.
• station 1842– A person's position in life as determined by external circumstances or conditions; a status; a situation; spec. a calling, an office.
• stratum 1863– figurative (chiefly from sense 2a). spec. A level or class to which people are regarded as belonging, according to their social status, education…
• echelon 1950– transferred . A grade or rank in any (esp. civil) administration or profession. Originally U.S.

How feeble a thing mans vertue is, and how soone she is cast out of her stacion [Latin de gradu deijciatur ] .

If you haue a station in the file, Not i' th' worst ranke of Manhood.

The Apostles were placed in a higher station than any of the rest, as being authorized by Christ to superintend and preside over them.

He..wins mankind, as his attempts prevail, A prouder station on the gen'ral scale.

Given as a tonic, but not worthy of an officinal station .

For not only is much that takes a station in books not literature; but inversely, much that really is literature never reaches a station in books.

The greater the enlightenment of the nation and hence the higher its station among the world powers.

This [ sc. repentance] has the power to connect the people once more with its true ‘place’, its station in the order of the supernal elements.

A location befitting its station at the top of the music publishing tree.

• station 1591– A position in a sequence, series, or (esp.) hierarchy; a rank, a class, a standing; (occasionally) spec. a high rank or standing.
• linage 1883– Position (of figures) in line.

And they of France of the chiefe rancke and station Are of a most select and generall chiefe in that.

If our merits be above our Stations ..our intrinsecal Value be greater than what we go for.

Your lordship's great character & station place you out of the reach of any little service I am able to doe.

The reasons, assigned by Mr. Barwell..seem to Your Committee to be..not very fit to be urged by a Man in his Station .

If the club consisted chiefly of persons..somewhat inferior to Scott in birth and station .

A young woman of great beauty and spirit,..and of his own station in society.

The effects are no respecter of persons, station or standing in life—we find it among all classes.

We are in danger of forgetting our place, of getting ideas above our station .

People who, because of their low station .., never once dreamed of getting their names in the newspaper.

• state c1300– A person's standing or position in life; a person's social, professional, or legal status or condition.
• row a1350 Place, position, or rank. Obsolete .
• estate 1384– Social status; standing or position in society; rank or degree in a hierarchy. Also (and in earliest use): a person's (professional, political…
• quality c1425– Rank or position in (a) society. Frequently with modifying adjective, as high , mean , etc. Now archaic .
• calling 1477–1771 A person's position, condition, or station in life; rank. Obsolete .
• range 1494– A rank, a class, an order; a level in a hierarchy.
• line 1528–1785 Degree, rank, station. Obsolete .
• stature 1533– The standing or position of a person or thing with regard to importance or social status; spec. high rank, status, or importance.
• respect 1601–57 Standing, status, rank. Obsolete .
• station 1603– Position in the social scale; a person's social status. Cf. above one's station at above , adv. & prep. & n. & adj. phrases P.8a.
• gradation a1616–1802 Position in a scale, relative rank. Obsolete .
• ordinance a1616 Rank, order (in the state). Obsolete . rare .
• repute 1615– With adjectives (frequently superlative) in phrases indicating a certain rank, position, or level of esteem, as first in repute , of the highest repute …
• sphere a1616– A place, position, or station in society; an aggregate of persons of a certain rank or standing.
• distance 1635–55 The sphere or firmament to which an important person belongs. Obsolete .
• impression 1639–77 figurative . Stamp; creation; hence, rank. Obsolete .
• civils 1650 In plural . Civil standing or position. Obsolete . rare .
• footing 1657– The conditions or arrangements on which something is established or organized; the position or status due or assigned to a person or thing in…
• regimen 1660–1709 A group of people considered as a class or kind esp. as a result of following a particular system or form of governance. Obsolete . rare .
• order 1667–1864 As a mass noun: rank or position in the abstract. Obsolete .
• caste 1791– In extended use. A distinct class or rank in any society, esp. one characterized by hereditary exclusivity. More generally: any group of people…
• status 1818– Social or professional rank, position, or standing; a person's relative importance; (also) spec. high rank or social position.
• position 1829– figurative . A relation in which a person stands with respect to another or others; a person's circumstances, condition, or situation, esp. as…
• social status 1833– A person's position, standing, or relative importance in society; cf. status , n. A.3a.
• standpoint 1875 A person's circumstances or situation in relation to that of others; a person's social or economic standing. Obsolete . rare .

He has been so honour'd and caress'd by Men of Station and Figure.

Such men are rais'd to station and command, When Providence means mercy to a land.

The villains could not sympathize with the delicate feelings of a man in station .

The army is officered by men of station and influence in the country.

She had station , so she could patronize.

As a man of station , he would almost certainly have retained the high-waisted pinstripes.

• highness Old English– With reference to people: high rank or status. Also: superiority of character, thought, or behaviour; nobility, dignity; moral excellence.
• dignity c1230– Honourable or high estate, position, or estimation; honour; degree of estimation, rank.
• worshiphead 1340 Dignity, high status.
• gentry c1390–1815 Social rank or status by birth, esp. high social rank or status. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use).
• height a1400–1718 Exalted rank, estate, or degree. Obsolete .
• rank ?c1430– High social position or status; social distinction. Also in military or professional contexts. Also concrete : people of high status collectively.
• port c1475–1839 Style of living, esp. a grand or expensive style; rank, status, social standing. Obsolete .
• affair 1480–81 Fortune, rank. Obsolete . rare .
• stateliness 1548–1816 Elevated position or rank; high status. Also as a (mock) title of respect. Obsolete .
• character 1629– Recognized official rank or position; status, capacity, established function, role; position occupied in… Of a person or body of people.
• sublimity a1656 High office, rank, dignity, or esteem; nobility of status. Formerly also: †a high rank or status ( obsolete ). Now archaic .
• station 1706– spec. High social position or status; social distinction. Frequently in of (also †in) station .
• rate 1707– Nautical . The class or rank of a member of a ship's crew; (also in plural ) the members of a crew belonging to this class; = rating , n.¹ 2.
• elevatedness 1731– The quality or condition of being elevated.
• tchin 1861– Rank; person or persons of quality.

Fro þe stacyon of þe son estyval to þe stacyon of þe son hyemal.

Whan þe shene sonne In þe Crabbe had his cours I-ronne To þe hiȝest of his ascencioun, Whiche called is þe somer stacioun .

The progression, retrogradation, and station of the Planetes.

Those upper Planets in the Heaven..have their Stations and Retrogradations, as well as their Direct Motions.

The Planets in thir stations list'ning stood.

To every superior Planet, all the inferior ones have their Stations and Elongations.

In speaking of the stations and retrogradations of the planets.

The planet will be at its western station when it is at the same angular distance from the sun as at its eastern station.

Venus has two stations at its greatest elongations after its two risings, morning and evening. Mercury's stations are too short to be seen.

At that time the stations of Jupiter were used in the calendar to denote the year.

• station c1386– Astronomy and Astrology . The apparent stationary position in the sky of a planet when its motion changes from prograde to retrograde or vice…

Ffynally of this stacon thus we mak a conclusyon.

At Babulake yate there ordeyned a stacion , therin beyng kyng Richard with xiij other arrayed lyke as Dukes, Markises, Erles [etc.] .

• pageant 1403– A play in a medieval mystery cycle; an act or scene in such a play. Later also: a play on a religious theme, spec. one modelled on the medieval…
• station ?c1500–25 An act of a pageant or a mystery play; a tableau. Cf. sense III.20a. Obsolete .

Fremen..shall attende upon the Maior..at all stacion daies, and not to depart tyll the stacion be done.

He shall hold his place in all stacions and meetinges nexte to those that have bene Sheryfes.

An order declaringe the right of precedencie in stations and publicke meetings within the countie of the towne of Galway.

These cerymonyes that this doctour calleth but small thynges, I suppose they be as stacions , inclinacions, gestures..and suche other.

If [she be] Reguardant; then, maintein your station ,..shew the supple motion of your plyant body.

A station like the herald Mercury, New lighted on a heaue, a kissing hill.

Nature..allowes us two feet for the firmer station .

We well consider the true nature of progressive motion, and firm station on the ground.

The quadrupedal station .

These ganglia should be the co-ordinating centres of the muscular actions involved in station and locomotion.

Station ,..the manner of standing or the attitude of live stock, particularly of exhibition game fowls: as, a duck-wing game-cock of standard high station .

A nice dark brindle, good in body, station , head and ears, might be stronger in jaw, and not in best of flesh and condition.

Physical signs may include ataxia of gait and station , dysarthria, nystagmus, adiadochokinesis, hypotonia, decrease in the abdominal reflexes.

Station is tested by having the patient stand, feet closely together, noting any unsteadiness or swaying.

• station 1526– The action or posture of standing on the feet; the manner of standing; stance. Cf. gait , n.¹ a.
• standing 1540–1801 A posture, position, or orientation assumed by a person or thing. Obsolete .
• stature 1605– The attitude of the body when standing; a person's natural posture.
• plant 1817– A person's stance or footing; the action of setting the foot down in a specified way.
• stand 1883– In certain forms of exercise, dance, etc.: a standing posture or position. Frequently without article. Frequently (and earliest) with modifier.
• stance 1897– In Golf and other games: The position of the player's feet in playing a stroke. Also transferred , the position of the player's body in readiness or…
• quadrupedism 1767– = quadrupedalism , n.
• quadrupedal station 1861– The action or posture of standing on the feet; the manner of standing; stance. Cf. gait , n.¹ a.

Heraclitus excluded all station , rest and repose out of the world.

The natural motion of the Sun made them more admire him, than its supernatural station did the Children of Israel.

That pleasure, wherein felicity consists, is of the first kind, the stable, or that which is in station .

Without motion and station , all things would..be inefficacious and dead.

Verbs of station or of motion.

His life is a progress, and not a station .

Who can imagine a condition of simultaneous station and motion?

No tremor was manifest and there was no difficulty in station or gait.

Reality occurs as a unity of station and motion.

• standing a1398–1527 The state of being motionless or stationary; the condition of being at a standstill. Obsolete .
• stay 1525– A stationary condition, a standstill; a state of neither advance nor retrogression. Chiefly in phrases, at or in a or one stay , rarely at stay .
• stand 1584– A state of checked or arrested movement; a standstill. Chiefly in to be at a stand , to come to a stand , to bring or put (a person or animal) to a …
• consistence 1598–1641 Standing or remaining still, quiescence; state of rest. Obsolete .
• still-stand 1600– A stand-still. rare . Also spec. in Pathology .
• station 1603– The state or fact of standing still; assumption of or continuance in a stationary condition; stationariness. Frequently opposed to motion . Now rare .
• standstill a1646– literal and figurative . A state of cessation of movement or activity; a halt, a pause. Chiefly in to come to a standstill , to bring to a standstill …
• deadlock 1781– A situation in which all involved are unable or unwilling to proceed or take action; a complete standstill; a stalemate in a negotiation…

Presently they went from thence with like diligence, to go to a place..where they made their second station .

A portable Temple..which might be carried and removed, according to the stations and removes of Israel.

When we were gone out of Tripoli..we made our first Station at Ortosias,..where we tarried the following Day also.

After having enjoyed my first station here,..I again commenced my march.

The south bank of the river.., where the supply trains between Mexico and New Mexico made a station on their long hauls north and south.

• resting ?a1425– A pause; a stop for rest.
• arrest a1500 The act of standing still, halting, or stopping; stoppage, stop, halt, delay. Obsolete . without arrest : cf. without abode at abode , n.¹ 1…
• bait 1580– A halt for refreshment in the course of a journey; a stoppage for rest.
• alto 1591–1644 A temporary stop on a march or journey; a halt. Frequently in to make (one's) alto .
• halt 1598– A temporary stoppage on a march or journey.
• station 1604– A halt in a journey, a stop; a period spent in one place. Now rare .
• stop 1650– A halt or stay occupying some considerable space of time; a stay or sojourn made at a place, esp. in the course of a journey.
• stoppage 1840– Cessation of movement or activity; a stop or halt in a journey.
• noon halt 1843– A halt made in the middle of the day.
• stop-off 1869– a. Something which stops the working of a machine; in quot. attributive ; b. the act of stopping off (see stop , v. III.35b); a place where one…
• lay-over 1873– A stop or stay in a place, esp. overnight; a halt, rest, delay. North American .
• stop-over 1881– a. The act of ‘stopping over’ (see stop , v. III.35b) or breaking one's journey to go on by a later conveyance; also attributive ; b. permission…
• way stop 1884– a. An intermediate stopping place on a journey or route; also figurative ; b. a stop or break taken during a journey at an appointed stopping place.
• water stop 1896– An act of stopping for water; (hence) a place where a traveller or train stops for water.
• overnight 1936– A stop or stay lasting for one night.

For otherwise, in either station of a disease, and with one only laxative, they should necessarily help equally, if they bring out the same peccant matter.

The parts of a Disease are, the Beginning, Encrease, Station [Latin statu ] , and Declination.

Of the times of diseases, of the beginning, lesse considerable injury of action... In the augmentation worse... In the station worst... In the declination better.

The first station of this Disease [Latin primum hujus morbi stadium ] , viz , until the whole Blood was fired, was extended to the third day; and then from thence, when the Blood flaming forth was burthened with adust recrements, its greater ebullition, with a frequent endeavour of expulsion by sweat followed.

He [ sc. Hippocrates] first began the Method of carefully observing the Rise, Progress, Height, Declension, and the Manner by which Diseases were carried off at last, and no less accurately observed all the Symptoms which attended them, in each of those Times, or Stations of the Disease.

• state a1400–1829 Medicine . The period during the course of a disease in which its symptoms are most severe; an instance of this; = acme , n. 2b. Cf. status , n. A.1b, st …
• crise ?c1400–1768 A turning point, esp. in the course of a disease; a critical or decisive moment. Obsolete .
• crisis ?c1400– Medicine . Sudden change (for better or worse) in the condition of a patient occurring during the course of an illness; a change of this kind; a…
• judgement 1547– Medicine . = crisis , n. 1a. Cf. judicial , adj. A.II.8. Now historical and rare .
• judging day 1547–1869 A critical day during the course of an illness; see judicial , adj. A.II.8.
• vigour 1563– The condition or state of greatest strength or activity, esp. in the life of a man; spec. in Medicine , the height or acme of a disease.
• fit 1578–91 In 16th cent. occasionally: A mortal crisis; a bodily state (whether painful or not) that betokens death.
• indicative day 1624– That indicates, points out, or directs; that hints or suggests. †indicative day (see quot. and cf. indicant , adj. ).
• station 1651–1761 Medicine . A phase of a disease; spec. its period of greatest severity (cf. state , n. I.ii.9, status , n. A.1b). Obsolete .
• status 1663–1753 Medicine . The period during the course of a disease in which its symptoms are most severe; = state , n. I.ii.9. Obsolete . rare .
• acme 1682– spec. Medicine . The point at which the symptoms of a disease are most severe; the point at which a disease is most severe or widespread.
• judicatory 1684 A critical day or time during an illness. See judicial , adj. A.II.8 and cf. judging day , n. Obsolete . rare .
• solution 1842– Medicine . The termination or crisis of a disease.

And pardon in Rome, þat is grete, Þe Stacions þer men hit clepe Pope Bonefas confermed alle.

It is a..couente of frer myenouris and..is neythir on of þe uii cherches ne non of þe patriarcal cherchis whech be clepe staciones .

The stasyons of Jerusalem.

So dyd Offa..Deuoutly to vysyte all the hole stacyons Of the cytee of Rome.

Hathe Englond soche stacions , Of devoute peregrinacions, As are in Fraunce and Italy?

A booke of the Stations of the Church of Rome.

After that we went to the Tomb of St. Eusebius,..singing at these several stations , the proper Prayers.

The purgatory, the rosary, the stations to which the people throng on Sundays and holidays,..make the sum and substance of the most usual religious observances at Rome.

Alexander VI..extended the indulgences which..used to be granted to those who visited the stations at Rome, unto all..who chose to pay for them.

The Pope..was seen to walk barefoot to visit the stations .

He ran through the seven stations of Rome.

In the case of the stations of Rome there are set indulgences instituted by the holy fathers.

• station c1390– Christian Church (chiefly Roman Catholic Church ). Each of a number of holy places visited by pilgrims, typically in fixed succession or at an…
• pilgrimage ?a1425– A shrine, holy city, etc., to which pilgrims travel; a sacred place.
• pilgrimage church 1762–
• station chapel 1840– a. A chapel constituting one of a number of stations at which pilgrims worship (cf. station , n. III.19a); b. a chapel attached to a station (in…
• pilgrimage town 1889–
• ziarat 1913– A Muslim place of pilgrimage, a shrine; a pilgrimage to such a place.

The twelve Stations of the Cross are marked out in imitation of what is observed near Jerusalem,..and the several paces between every Station set down.

Round about the top of the Mountain there are seven Chappels or Oratories representing the seven Stations ; and on the top Calvary.

The Devotions on the Stations of the Passion of Jesus Christ crucified, which are made in Jerusalem.

These kneeling-places are called stations on the way of the cross.

Originally the stations were 7 in number, and this number is still met with abroad.

To gain the indulgences it is not necessary to meditate upon the episode represented in the Station .

Take the teens to view the stations in the church.

The myght of the fadires potenciall deite Preserue thys honorable and wurshypfull congregacion That here be present of hye and low degre, To vnderstond thys pagent at thys lytyll stacion , Whych we shall procede with all our delectac [i] on.

The Shouts and Acclamations of the People at this gallant and orderly Procession, were very great, and their Demonstrations of Joy, at the several Stations , when the Ceremony of Proclaiming was performing, not to be expressed.

At the stations or places where the public processions stop, statutes are erected.

The moving of the Pageants from station to station was attended with some labour.

They roll through the streets, with stern-sounding music,..pausing at set stations .

At each of the stations appointed for the representations, arrangements were made for the spectators.

The stations were not always in the same place.

It was an ancient custom that religious processions stopped at various stations on their route to sing a hymn or anthem.

It's Mystery Play style, moving station to station.

Gilgal was the first station from the passage of Iordan.

Here is set downe another of Paul's stations .

Thinking with himselfe, what a deale of criminall matters he had brewed, in a certaine station [ margin or baiting towne] .

By the means of some trusty Servants, [he] had re-lays of Horses placed in convenient stations .

My landlord, in another of my stations , has lived a very different life.

He joyfully hailed the sight of two or three palm-trees, which arose beside the well which was assigned for his mid-day station .

Proceeding on through the night, stopping at various stations , we reached the town of Ka-insk.

They would be fed at our next station , forty miles away.

• gist ?c1225–1706 A stopping-place or lodging. Also plural a list of stopping-places or stages in a monarch's progress.
• mansion a1382–1737 A stopping place on a journey; the distance between two stopping places; a stage. Obsolete .
• baiting 1477– The place at which, or occasion when, a halt is made for refreshment on a journey.
• station 1578– A place at which a stop or temporary stay is made in the course of a journey; (formerly also) †a place where a person lives temporarily ( obsolete )…
• mansion place 1584–1608 A stopping place; = mansion , n. I.2. Obsolete . rare .
• manzil 1619– In the Middle East: the distance between two halting places, a stage; a halting place, an inn or other resting place for travellers.
• night stop 1787– A place where one stops for the night, esp. during a journey; the action or an act of stopping at such a place.
• gite 1798– A stopping-place, lodging.
• outspan 1821– Originally (now historical ): land near a road on which people travelling by wagon may break their journey or camp, and allow their draught animals…
• halting-place 1826– Place of halting; temporary stopping place.
• stopping-place 1827– a. A place at which a person or thing stops; b. Canadian History a stopping house, or a settlement where groups of travellers customarily stop for…
• stepping stone 1849– A stone for stepping upon. transferred . A place for a break of journey.
• staging point 1858– A stopping place or assembly point en route to a destination, often acting as a trading place; (later also) a place where troops are housed or…
• waypoint 1860– North American (originally U.S. ). An intermediate stopping place on a journey or route.
• landing-place 1861– transferred and figurative (in preceding senses). A place at which one arrives; a stopping- or resting-place.
• siding 1896– Esp. in southern Africa: a scheduled stop on a railway line, typically unmanned and in open country, for farming produce to be loaded, passengers…
• halfway 1897– Chiefly with the . A point or position midway between two points in space or time; the midpoint; a halfway point or stopping place in a journey. Also…
• sit-down 1898 A place where a traveller may sit and rest. Obsolete . rare .
• pull-up 1899– British . A place for pulling up; a stopping-place for riders or drivers, esp. a roadside cafe (now somewhat dated ). Formerly also in a good pull-up …
• staging post 1941– A stopping place or assembly point en route to a destination; (also) a place where troops are housed or equipment, supplies, etc., are stored…

There are Stations ,..and Inns in the Publick Roads for weary Travellers to refresh themselves.

A verst before we came to the last [lake] is a station where generally the horses are changed.

The Rahdarry is an inland toll collected at different Chowkies , or stations on the road.

Every here and there a station —a rude block-house, surrounded with palisades, afforded shelter to the traveller.

The ranches forty or fifty miles apart where passengers take meals, are termed ‘home stations ’; those where the coach only stops to exchange teams, ‘swing stations ’.

There are a sufficient number of charging stations [for electric vehicles] along the route of the proposed Lincoln Highway.

A list of stations on the Butterfield Overland mail route.

Why don't you just be quiet and help me find a station with leaded premium, okay?

It is also opening stores in airport terminals, motorway stations and hospital sites.

• station 1722– A regular stopping place on a road, having facilities for travellers to eat, sleep, refuel, etc.; spec. (chiefly U.S. ) a place on a stagecoach…
• stop 1889– A place at which a halt is made; a stopping-place (for coaches, etc.).
• baiting-place c1530– attributive , as in baiting-place , baiting-season , baiting-town .
• stage 1603– A regular stopping place on a road or route travelled by post-horse or stagecoach, where horses may be changed and passengers let on or off; a…
• post-stage 1642– Esp. in the 17th cent.: a stopping place, station, or stage on a post road, to which the mail was carried from the previous stage and from which…
• halfway house 1648– A house (often an inn) situated midway between two towns or stages of a journey, and therefore often used as a convenient stopping place (now chiefly…
• post station 1749– A station on a post-road, esp. one where post-horses are kept.
• station house 1815– An inn or other resting place for travellers on a long journey, esp. in a desert or other largely uninhabited area. Now chiefly historical .
• stage stand 1825– A stop or station on a stagecoach route at which horses are changed.
• refreshment stop 1880–

A food station was erected, and poles were left as indicators for other explorers to assist them to penetrate further south.

A doctor was put at each station to prevent the food from being drugged [during a marathon] .

Russian skier Gennadiy Vaganov takes his brew on the run..at food station along the 30-kilometer cross country course.

I started out too fast..and then I missed a water station .

The small diagrams include distance, hills and their category, [and] details of feeding stations .

If you see the water at the station and crave it..then you're truly thirsty and should have a drink.

This Railway will cost above £800,000 including the charge for stations and depots at each end.

Milverton was driving me from the station through Durley Wood.

Railway stations are either ‘terminal’ or ‘intermediate’. A terminal station embraces (1) the passenger station; (2) the goods station.

The following other long-distance trains will also run, calling at the principal stations .

Indiana slid past the window, towns popped up, announced their names with a placarded station .

It will be sad..to see the rail-less cutting and the crumbling station .

We could always arrange for you to have a ride with one of the drivers... To give you a sense of what it's like as the train comes into the station .

• station 1830– A place along a railway line where trains regularly stop to pick up and set down passengers or (less commonly) receive goods for transport; (also)…
• station house 1833– The administrative building of a railway station; esp. that of a small country station. Now historical .
• train depot 1833– a. Military a place where stores from a train ( train , n.² II.i.10) are deposited; cf. depot , n. 3a(a) (now rare ); b. a railway station; (also) a…
• railway station 1836–
• railroad station 1837–
• depot 1842– U.S. A railway station.
• rail station 1848– = railway station , n.
• rail 1850– colloquial . A railway station. Now rare .
• train station 1856–
• gare 1870– A railway station.

If the station offers me a place in a buss.

The 'buss-men and fly-men from Slough station merely asked treble the usual fare.

I was put down at the station , where omnibuses were in waiting.

A white couple..asked if they could get seats in the bus and was told by a white young man who seemed to be a porter at the station that they could be accommodated.

The bus rumbled out of the station , filled to capacity with us people of the third denomination.

Alone and crying in a broken down bus in a Greyhound station on Christmas Day—things don't get much bleaker than that.

• coach station 1827– A stopping-place on the route of a stagecoach ( obsolete ); (later) a station where a motor-coach parks or stops, or a building incorporating this.
• station 1832– The starting place or terminus of a bus (originally an omnibus) or coach service; the building associated with this, typically having a waiting…
• terminal 1844– A station at the end of a railway line; a building or other facility at the end point of a route used by buses, shipping, etc.; a terminus…
• bus station 1871–
• bus depot 1879– A bus station; (also) a place where buses are housed and maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
• bus terminal 1911–

It is from the ganglia principally, as from new stations, that the nerves, as they pass from the brains to the body, are derived into the praecordia, and into the parenchyma of the heart.

Now, all the apparatus that is necessary for the performance of these automatic functions is a central nerve station , or ganglion, as it is technically termed, with afferent and efferent nerves.

Bright arterial blood must flow throughout the whole from pole to pole, i. e., from the centre to the surface corpuscles, and so to the stations of ganglia and to the brain.

They may be, in effect, junctions for in-going impressions or dividing stations for out-going impressions.

Many of these nuclei are stations in long commissural fibre systems.

Certain visual phenomena can be recorded not only from the eyeball.., but from other stations in the optic pathway such as the optic nerve.

Their data suggests a complex situation in which habituation may be semi-independent at each station in the auditory pathway.

Individual visual neurons and their connections in the various stations of the visual pathway.

• ganglion 1698– Anatomy and Zoology . In humans and other vertebrates: any of various nodular groups of nerve-cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. Also with…
• lenticular ganglion 1793– = ciliary ganglion at ciliary , adj. 1.
• nerve-knot 1832– A ganglion; also figurative .
• Casserian (or Gasserian) ganglion 1842– Casserian (or Gasserian) ganglion : the ganglion of the larger root of the fifth nerve.
• station 1855– Physiology . A structure that relays impulses within the nervous system; esp. a ganglion. Cf. relay station , n.
• nerve ganglion 1870–

Prelates..techen men þat for staciones of rome..þei schullen haue þousandis of ȝeris of pardon.

Gregory..named the pompous sacrifices stacions bycause thei wer celebrated on certain daies limited and prescribed by statute.

Pope Gregory instituted the Indulgences of Stations .

I have enough to do to travel my Roman Stations .

When he had finished his stations , he returned to his beloved solitude.

We give the name of Stations to the visits we pay the churches or other places appointed by the Popes to pray there.

The annual number of stations or pilgrimages exceeds a hundred.

Say the stations as part of your preparation for confession.

Done that station then. Agony, but great sense of achievement.

• pilgrimage c1275– A journey (usually of a long distance) made to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion; the action or practice of making such a journey.
• pelerinage c1300–1494 = pilgrimage , n. (in various senses).
• peregrinage 1340– In early use: a pilgrimage. In later use: a journey; travels. Cf. peregrination , n. 2.
• station ?c1430– A visit to a holy place designated as a ‘station’ (sense III.19). Also: a devotion performed at such a place, or at a Station of the Cross; cf. to …
• voyage c1485–1518 An act of travelling (†or transit), a journey (†or passage), by which one goes from one place to… A pilgrimage. Obsolete .
• peregrination a1500– A pilgrimage; the activity of making pilgrimages. Now rare .
• roomery a1613–1813 A pilgrimage made by a Muslim.

And eek at stacyouns wher sermons shuld be, She nold ben among þe statys hy, But among þe wummen of porest degre She alwey wold syttyn.

The halowing of the fyre on Easter Euen.  This wyse let there be a station vnto the fyre. Let the priest stand by the fyre,..and let y e deacon stand on his lefte hand, [etc.] .

The primitiue Church in their assemblies called Stations , praied standing.

Considering that they stay'd at these Stations for nine Hours together,..'tis not improbable but the Interspaces were allowed for the Exercise of mental Devotion.

A holy well where the Roman Catholics of old held stations at midsummer.

A sort of pious picnic—the excursion to a station at the Holy Well.

• station 1447– A religious service; esp. a special service held at a holy place. Also (in the early church): an assembly of people for religious worship. Now rare .

The same day [ sc. the feast of the circumcision] ther, the presteȝ all Solempynly make a stacion .

The pope ordeyned a stacion in that chyrche [ sc. saynt Marye Maior] euery yere on ester day.

In the circumsicion of our lorde is stacions to saint mari transuberine.

When the Station hath beene at Saint Appolonias, all the way as we goe.

To such of these Churches as he pleased, the Bishop himselfe went and preached one day in one of them, and another in another,..which solemne assemblies & meetings were named stations .

This day the Station is celebrated at the Church of saint Iohn Lateran.

The station was at St Mary Major's, and this procession and litany were made in the year 590.

They..entered the papal choir, following the pope to the various stations where service was performed.

Diaconus Stationarius , the deacon attending the pope when he went to any station .

Another addition is evident in the station of January 1, given as ‘ad St. Mariam ad Martyres’, since this church..was not consecrated for Christian worship until the time of Pope Boniface IV.

They served to conduct the local bishop or abbot..to stations in parish churches on certain feasts and Sundays.

The three [Christmas] Masses..are no longer celebrated at different stations .

• station c1450– A service of prayer or celebration of the Mass led by the Pope at one of a number of churches in Rome, attended by all the clergy of the city…

Tertullian would reprove these that would break the station or fast.

These fasts they called their stations —not because they stood all the while but by an allusion to the Military Stations and Keeping their Guards.

She sacred Fasts and Stations strictly keeps.

They fasted..the Stations on Wednesdays and Fridays.

The stations ..were observed as fasting days throughout the year.

They fasted commonly upon the ‘ Stations ’, that is to say, on all Wednesdays and Fridays.

On these days, Christians observed what were known as ‘ Stations ’.

• fasting day a1387– In religious contexts: a day appointed for or marked by abstinence from all or some kinds of food or drink. Cf. fast day , n.
• fast a1400– A day or other period of time appointed for or observed with fasting. Cf. fast day , n. 1.
• station day 1631– Christian Church . Any one of the days of a biweekly fast (see station , n. IV.26). historical .
• station 1636– Frequently with capital initial. A fast observed, chiefly by the early church, on Wednesdays and Fridays, typically lasting until 3 p.m. Also: a…
• through-fast 1652 A fast all through a period, e.g. the fast of Lent.

He was preparing a dinner for the priest, who had ordered a station at his house.

The Stations for the following week will be held as follows:—On Monday, in Jack Gallagher's, [etc.] .

I'll hold a station at his house on Wednesday next.

Father Boyle..said he'd come and have stations at the house, and they should all be reconciled.

Stations —the saying of Mass in private houses.

She was painting the house and getting new carpet down in time for the station .

• visit 1724– A pastoral call made by a member of the clergy.
• station 1825– In Ireland: a visit of a parish priest to the house of a parishioner on a weekday, to say mass or to hear confessions.
• P.1. above one's station : see above adv. , prep. , n. , & adj. Phrases P.8 . Cite

Whan þis creatur wolde a gon þe Stacyownys, our Lord warnyd hir..þat sche xulde not gon owte fer fro hir ostel.

After dyner ful truely she wolde go her stacyons to thre aulters dayly.

Yet haue I bene at Rome also And gone the stacions all arow.

I will..giue them this counsell, to goe their Stations as soone as they come thither [ sc. to Rome] .

They doe finde such a refreshing and strength..that they doe finde themselves inabled to goe those stations againe.

Mond. 23 [Jan.] . In Classe the Esq r was a little Indisposed but Stay d it out, & held well all day after, but did not go for his Stations .

Margaret O'Brian ‘went the stations’ at Gougane Barra.

• to go one's (also the) stations a1438–1844 to go one's (also the) stations and variants: to visit a number of holy places in succession, performing a series of (prescribed) devotions. Obsolete …

Fayre Elyne..hering of þe commyng of Paris into þe temple, come..pryveli..Taking hir place on þe one side of the temple, where Paris..made his walke and stacions.

They performed their Stations.

They made us perform the Stations at three Altars.

The solemn processions..when the stations of a Jubile are performed, are made to these chapels.

The Pope..going..to the Church of St. Mary, where he celebrated mass, making the stations weeping.

The host of penitents who repair to do their stations on the Holy Isle.

The crosses must..be ordinarily visible to those who perform the stations .

These indulgences can be gained whether we perform the Stations privately and alone, or publicly and with others.

They made their stations , they marveled devoutly and wept and prayed.

The Way of the Cross was made..with a seminarian who performed the Stations.

The Gothes..kepte their station in the hauen to prohibyte their arriuall.

Belike the deuill stood there Centinell, kept his station well.

Well then Captaine, the other Ports being garded, Heere with this company weele keepe our station .

They kept their Station for a while.

O my Lord, I keep my station all the day long; And on my ward have I continued every night.

In spite of the shock of her words, he still kept his station and retained her sister's hand.

George Manly, drenched by the icy flood,.. kept his station behind the wheel-house.

The first rank discharged their muskets but kept their station after they had fired.

McGee kept his station under the hood, blowing tobacco smoke over the engine.

• stick Old English– intransitive . Of a person (or personified thing): to continue in the same place; to stay, remain. Chiefly with adverb or prepositional phrase. Now…
• to keep one's station 1563– to keep one's station : to remain in place, to stay; to keep the position assigned to one.

The Britaines..charged vpon those that kept station before the campe.

Ezion Geber on the coast of the Red sea, where Solomon's Navy kept station , before they put saile towards Ophir.

The line not being formed was due to Mr Lestock's behaviour, who did not give orders to his captains to keep station over night.

The detachments, which he meant to send out..to disperse themselves over the border counties; and there keep station .

The reduction effected in angle of helm being quite sufficient to qualify the ship to steam at full speed in a squadron and keep station satisfactorily.

The absolute necessity of maintaining the order in which their ships are placed in the convoy, i.e. to keep station .

The commander..was annoyed by the failure of the schooners to keep station .

The coarseness of the throttle movements to keep station .

A Fowler hauing espied the haplesse bird,..tooke his station and prepared the engines of his crueltie.

Riddling Oracles..seems of severall hues, as the looker on takes his station .

The Cherubim taking thir Stations to guard the Place.

Her doubtful Look, Where Paledness and Blushes mutually Their timorous and graceful stations took.

They took their station under a balcony that overhung the lattice.

Three French Privateers..have taken their Station off Tunis.

The artillery..took station within two hundred yards of the enemy's breastwork.

One of our companions took his station as sentinel upon the tomb of the little mosque.

A trooper.. took his station on the opposite bank to guide our string.

A week later, Stoddard departed the atoll to take up station off Okinawa.

They took up their station on the single bench outside.

• to take (a tree) to stall c1275–1523 Phrases. to bring to stall : to bring to a stand, to fix, settle. to hold one's stall : to stand firm, keep one's position. to make, take, etc., stall …
• pitch 1535– intransitive . To camp; (more generally) to ensconce oneself temporarily, esp. in the open. Also in extended use: to establish a settlement, settle.
• range 1582– intransitive . With preposition: to move into or occupy a specified position (chiefly figurative ); to be part of or ally oneself with a certain…
• suit 1591 intransitive . Of people: to range themselves. Obsolete . rare .
• to take (up) (one's) station ?1596– to take (up) (one's) station : to take up a preferred or assigned position; to take one's place.
• to fall in 1627– Military . intransitive . To take one's place in a military formation; to get in line. Frequently in imperative .
• to take ground 1700– to take ground : to take up, or move into, a certain position. literal and figurative .
• fix 1710 intransitive for reflexive . To settle, take up a position; esp. to settle permanently, take up one's abode.
• to take one's (also a) perch 1871– A place, esp. an elevated or precarious one, where a person or thing alights or rests. to take one's (also a) perch : to alight; to sit down.
• post 1872– intransitive with reflexive meaning. To be stationed, to take up a position. rare .

Our guard vessels, on station , should at the same time redouble their vigilance.

A captain of a ship on station there, insisted on pressing the man.

He..beheld Colonel Proctor and a Captain Dickson, both on station at the garrison.

When on station the boat shall have a conspicuous signal at the mast-head.

The records indicate that Dr. McMahon was on station in New Orleans in 1825.

Now, on station off Toagel Mlungui—after the successful accomplishment of a mission.

Son-in-law Greg..is on station in the kitchen—part chef and part replenisher of the hot-vegetable bar.

When several consignments of Station to Station traffic..weigh collectively more than a ton, [etc.] .

Certain castings were sent from Montrose to Kirriemuir, at what was called the ‘ station-to-station ’ rate.

They were asking Parliament to abolish some of the low station-to-station rates.

Map-based graphics are used to give the traveler station-to-station trip planning.

Pronunciation

• ð th ee
• ɬ rhingy ll

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence <petal> /ˈpɛtl/ but <petally> /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

• a trap, bath
• ɑː start, palm, bath
• ɔː thought, force
• ᵻ (/ɪ/-/ə/)
• ᵿ (/ʊ/-/ə/)

Other symbols

• The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
• The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
• Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here .

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in <bitter>

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence <petal> /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but <petally> /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

• i fleece, happ y
• æ trap, bath
• ɑ lot, palm, cloth, thought
• ɔ cloth, thought
• ɔr north, force
• ə strut, comm a
• ər nurse, lett er
• ɛ(ə)r square
• æ̃ sal on

Simple Text Respell

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

• arr carry (British only)
• a(ng) gratin
• o lot (British only)
• orr sorry (British only)
• o(ng) salon

Date of use

Variant forms.

• Middle English stacioun , stacyoun , stacyown
• Middle English–1500s stacyon , stacyon
• Middle English–1600s stacion
• Middle English– station
• 1500s stacon , stasyon , statione , statyon
• pre-1700 stacioun , stacyon , stashan , statione , statioun
• pre-1700 ; 1700s– station

station is one of the 2,000 most common words in modern written English. It is similar in frequency to words like conclude , customer , locate , neither , and proper .

It typically occurs about 70 times per million words in modern written English.

station is in frequency band 6, which contains words occurring between 10 and 100 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency of station, n. , 1750–2010

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For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole , n.¹, mole , n.², mole , n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Frequency of station, n. , 2017–2023

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Compounds & derived words

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• station time , n. a1387– †a. The period of the year during which stations (station, n. IV.25b) are held in Rome (obsolete); b. the period of the year during which the…
• station day , n. 1560– In Ireland: a day on which a station (station, n. II.14b) or municipal ceremony is held. historical after 18th cent.
• stationize , v. 1598 transitive. = station, v.
• stational , adj. 1602– Of or relating to a station or stations (in various senses).
• station , v. 1609– transitive. To assign a post, position or place to (a person, troops, ships, etc.); to post to or place in a station. Also figurative.
• field station , n. 1610– a. Military a post, camp, or garrison located in an outlying area or an area where a military campaign is under way; (later also) a temporary medical…
• circumstation , n. 1623–56 Standing round.
• station staff , n. 1653– †a. Surveying a staff for use in measuring distances or heights; a ranging rod or levelling staff (cf. staff, n.¹ I.7d) (obsolete); b. staff employed…
• station line , n. 1658– a. Surveying a straight line from one station (station, n. I.i.6a) to the next (now rare); †b. Perspective a vertical line through the point of sight…
• Station of the Cross , n. 1677– Each of a set series of images or pictures representing successive incidents of Jesus's Passion from his condemnation to his burial, placed around…
• station ship , n. 1693– A ship assigned to a particular station (station, n. I.i.2c), acting as a patrol vessel, or providing troops, refuelling or repair facilities, etc…
• station point , n. 1694– †a. Surveying a station (station, n. I.i.6a); the point on a plan or map corresponding to a station; (obsolete); b. Perspective the point…
• fishing station , n. 1727– An area or settlement where fish are caught.
• post station , n. 1749– A station on a post-road, esp. one where post-horses are kept.
• station distance , n. 1757– The distance between successive stations (station, n. I.i.6a).
• station pointer , n. 1774– An instrument for locating the position of the observer on a map or chart by measuring the two angular separations of three objects of known…
• station pole , n. 1775– A pole or rod set up at a station (station, n. I.i.6a).
• recruiting station , n. 1776– †a. A resting place (obsolete); b. Military a place where people can enlist for military service.
• station rod , n. 1791– = station staff, n. (a).
• preaching station , n. 1792– A place to which a preacher comes from time to time to hold a religious service (cf. preaching house, n.).
• station bill , n. 1800– An official list of the duties and posts assigned to the members of a ship's crew.
• signal station , n. 1803– A tower or other building from which signals are sent and received; also figurative.
• station house , n. 1805– A building for the temporary detention of offenders, attached to or under the jurisdiction of a police station (now historical). Later also: a police…
• telegraph station , n. 1806–
• rocket station , n. 1810–
• mortar station , n. 1812–
• outstation , n. 1817– A subordinate branch of an organization, business, or other enterprise; esp. one at a considerable distance from headquarters.
• polling station , n. 1817– A building where voting takes place in an election (usually one that normally has another function, such as a school).
• station director , n. 1817–
• fire station , n. 1819– A place where firefighters are based and in which firefighting equipment is housed; the headquarters of a fire crew or fire brigade.
• muster station , n. 1820– A place where a muster is held; (now) esp. an area of a ship where passengers are directed to assemble in case of emergency.
• police station , n. 1820– The office or headquarters of a local police force, or of a police district.
• menostation , n. 1822–44 Suppression or retention of the menses. Cf. menostasis, n.
• view station , n. 1822–
• ice station , n. 1825– a. A station or base established in an icy region, esp. to collect data; b. a station or post at which ice is collected for storage (now historical).
• home station , n. 1826– a. Australian and New Zealand the principal residence or establishment of a sheep or cattle farm; cf. outstation, n. 1, homestead, n. 3; b. a base…
• stationer , n.² 1826– regional (Newfoundland). A migratory fisherman, living in a temporary onshore community during the summer fishing season. Cf. station, n. I.i.5a.
• coach station , n. 1827– A stopping-place on the route of a stagecoach (obsolete); (later) a station where a motor-coach parks or stops, or a building incorporating this.
• station hospital , n. 1827– A hospital attached to a military station.
• experimental station , n. 1828– An institution or installation established for the conducting of experiments; esp. an experimental farm (cf. experiment station, n.).
• mission station , n. 1828–
• lock station , n. 1829– An area containing a canal or river lock or locks, and the buildings associated with this.
• battle station , n. 1830– A position taken by a member of a military force during, or in preparation for, battle. Also as a mass noun.
• receiving station , n. 1830–
• light station , n. 1833– A group of buildings which includes a lighthouse and associated buildings for housing personnel, supplies, and equipment.
• substation , n.¹ 1833– A station at which electric current is switched, transformed, or converted in the course of its onward transmission, intermediate in position between…
• sheep station , n. 1834–
• station meter , n. 1834– A meter for measuring the amount of gas leaving a gas works or site where gas is produced.
• station yard , n. 1834–
• head station , n. 1835– The homestead and main buildings of a station (station, n. I.i.8).
• refreshment station , n. 1835–
• workstation , n. 1835– Manufacturing Technology. A location at which one of a number of successive stages in the manufacture or assembly of a product is carried out. Also…
• railway station , n. 1836–
• station keeper , n. 1836–
• stationmaster , n. 1836– A man in charge of a station (in various senses); esp. one in charge of a railway station.
• goods station , n. 1837–
• railroad station , n. 1837–
• relay station , n. 1838– A place or thing which acts as or provides a relay (in various senses); (Physiology) a structure in the nervous system which relays impulses.
• base station , n. 1839– A stationary installation or device for transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from a number of mobile devices; spec. (a) a relay station…
• station building , n. 1839–
• station clerk , n. 1839–
• coaling station , n. 1840– A port designed and used for loading coal, esp. (now historical) to supply steam vessels with fuel.
• station agent , n. 1840– a. Chiefly U.S. a person in charge of a railway or (formerly) stagecoach station; b. a person who works for (a particular branch of) an intelligence…
• station chapel , n. 1840– a. A chapel constituting one of a number of stations at which pilgrims worship (cf. station, n. III.19a); b. a chapel attached to a station (in…
• stopping station , n. 1840– One of the stations at which an express train stops.
• way station , n. 1840– An intermediate station or stop on a travel route, esp. a railway.
• station door , n. 1841–
• station platform , n. 1841–
• station porter , n. 1841–
• probation station , n. 1842– An establishment for the accommodation of prisoners labouring on public works as part of their probation.
• stock-station , n. 1843–
• feeding station , n. 1844– a. A place where food is provided for animals, esp. livestock or (in later use) wild birds; b. a centre or facility where food is provided for people…
• passenger station , n. 1844–
• station manager , n. 1844–
• stationman , n. 1845– A person employed on or at a station (in various senses), esp. (a) a person employed on the railways, esp. the London Underground, as a platform…
• postal station , n. 1846– a. A station on a post route or road (now historical); b. a post office; (North American) spec. a subsidiary post office (cf. station, n. I.i.5f).
• station owner , n. 1846–
• station sergeant , n. 1846– The sergeant in charge of a police station.
• rail station , n. 1848– = railway station, n.
• night-station , n. 1849–
• receiving station , n. 1849–
• station hotel , n. 1850–
• cattle station , n. 1851– = cattle-post, n.
• plain station , n. 1851–
• pumping station , n. 1851– A station housing a pump or a collection of pumps, esp. for water or sewage.
• station property , n. 1851–
• flag-station , n. 1852– A place where trains stop only when signalled to do so.
• station indicator , n. 1852– A device on board a train which automatically shows which station the train is approaching or has reached.
• station finder , n. 1853– †a. Nautical = station pointer, n. (obsolete); b. a device or control used to select a particular station on a radio receiver.
• station-Jack , n. 1853– A simple pudding of meat boiled in a flour-and-water dough, associated with the Australian outback.
• experiment station , n. 1854– An institution or installation established for the conducting of experiments, esp. in agriculture (cf. experiment farm, n.).
• translating station , n. 1855–1913 A relay station at which a translator (translator, n. 4a) is employed to automatically retransmit messages further along the line.
• repair station , n. 1856–
• sick-station , n. 1856–
• station buffet , n. 1856–
• train station , n. 1856–
• life-saving station , n. 1858– A coastal or beach building equipped with life-saving equipment and manned by lifeguards.
• station holder , n. 1858–
• supply station , n. 1858–
• portage station , n. 1860–
• plains station , n. 1862–
• picnic station , n. 1863–
• station commander , n. 1863– A person in charge of a military or police station.
• station hand , n. 1863– A person who works at a station (in various senses); (Australian and New Zealand) a person employed to do general work on a stock station (see…
• station-mistress , n. 1863– A woman in charge of a station (in various senses); esp. one in charge of a railway station. Cf. stationmaster, n.
• by-station , n. 1864–
• station foreman , n. 1864–
• station horse , n. 1865–
• rescue station , n. 1868–
• satellite station , n. 1868– In senses relating to artificial satellites (see satellite, n. 2b). A radio or television station whose broadcasts are transmitted via satellite. Cf…
• station wagon , n. 1868– Originally U.S. A type of car with a longer than usual body, having a spacious carrying area behind the back seats and a rear door or tailgate rather…
• transfer station , n. 1869– A point at which transfer-tickets are given, and passengers transferred from one car to another (Cent. Dict. Suppl.).
• dressing station , n. 1870– A post or centre set up near a combat area to provide first aid to the wounded.
• station-bred , adj. 1870–
• bus station , n. 1871–
• pump station , n. 1871– A station housing a pump; spec. (U.S.) a petrol station.
• station-keeping , n. & adj. 1871– a. n. The maintenance of the proper relative position of ships, planes, etc., in a particular formation or moving squadron; (now also) the…
• station boss , n. 1872–
• station announcer , n. 1873–
• station stock , n. 1873–
• service station , n. 1874– A place from which a service (in various senses) operates or is provided; spec. (a) a base from which a particular service (sense III.21b) operates…
• station stop , n. 1874– a. A halt or stop that takes place at a station, as opposed to elsewhere on a railway line; b. originally U.S. a stopping-place that is a station (in…
• whaling station , n. 1874– A land base where whales which have been caught are flenched and rendered.
• call station , n. 1876– †a. A centre where calls made by telegraph, esp. to summon police officers or firefighters, are received; a telegraph station (obsolete); b. an…
• station hack , n. 1876– A horse used for general work on a station (station, n. I.i.8).
• generating station , n. 1878– A power station for the generation of electricity.
• pay station , n. 1878– U.S. A public payphone; (also) a location in which public payphones are available.
• hill-station , n. 1879–
• seed station , n. 1880– A laboratory or other place where seeds are analysed and tested for quality, esp. before being treated and distributed for planting.
• stock and station , n. 1881– Used attributively to designate firms or their employees dealing with farm products and supplies.
• nesting station , n. 1882–
• charging station , n. 1883– A station at which an electric vehicle or device may be charged; (now spec.) a fixed piece of equipment with an attached cable and plug for charging…
• migration station , n. 1884– a. A fixed place for the observation of migrating birds; b. a place where temporary accommodation for migrants, esp. immigrants, is provided.
• meal station , n. 1885– A stopping-place where meals are provided for coach or train passengers.
• station head , n. 1885– A person in charge of a station (in various senses); spec. the chief of an intelligence service headquarters.
• power station , n. 1887–
• subway station , n. 1887–
• collision stations , n. 1888– Positions or duties taken up by the crew of a ship in the event of a collision. Also: an order or signal to take up such positions or duties. Cf…
• intra-station , adj. 1888–
• station chief , n. 1889–
• storage station , n. 1889– A place at which electric current is stored for distribution for lighting purposes.
• research station , n. 1890–
• stationette , n. 1891– A small station (in various senses); esp. a small railway station.
• aid station , n. 1895– a. Military a military medical station; b. a place where refreshment or medical aid is available in a marathon race.
• weather station , n. 1895– A meteorological observation post.
• launching station , n. 1897–
• substation , n.² 1897– A telephone and associated lines and circuitry located at a subscriber's premises.
• station vigil , n. 1898 A vigil (vigil, n.¹ 1b) kept on the eve of a station day (station day, n. 3).
• wireless station , n. 1899– = radio station, n.
• collecting station , n. 1900– (See quot. 1900).
• packing station , n. 1900– An official depot where goods (esp. foodstuffs) are processed and packed.
• cable-station , n. 1901– A station from which a cable message may be sent.
• precinct station , n. 1902– = precinct house, n. (b).
• tank-station , n. 1904– A station or place where a tank or tanks are provided, e.g. on a railway for supplying water to the engines or for storing oil, in a mine for storing…
• feed-station , n. 1910–
• radio station , n. 1910– An installation or establishment transmitting signals by radio; a sound broadcasting organization or channel.
• station operation , n. 1910–
• air station , n. 1911– An airfield operated by a navy or marine corps; (also) a place for the launching and landing of hot-air balloons or airships.
• petrol station , n. 1912– = filling-station, n.
• taxi station , n. 1912– A designated area where taxis line up to wait for business; = taxi rank, n. 1.
• spark station , n. 1913–
• tube station , n. 1913–
• action stations , n. 1914– The positions taken up by military personnel in preparation for action; also used as a command or signal to prepare for action; also in singular and…
• gas station , n. 1914– A filling station, a petrol station.
• clearing-station , n. 1915– = clearing-hospital, n.
• stub station , n. 1916– A railway station at which the tracks terminate.
• superstation , n. 1916– A very large station (in various senses); (now) spec. an (often ostensibly local) independent television station which extends its geographical…
• panic stations , n. 1918– (With plural agreement) a state of high alert or activity in response to an emergency; a state of general alarm or panic.
• ground station , n. 1919– A complex of buildings where radio and radar equipment is used in connection with aeronautical and aerospace projects.
• breeding station , n. 1920–
• filling-station , n. 1921– A depot for the supply of petrol, oil, etc. to motorists; a petrol station.
• comfort station , n. 1923– A public lavatory.
• charge station , n. 1926– A station (station, n. I.i.5g) or place at which an electrical vehicle or device may be charged; (now spec.) a fixed piece of equipment with an…
• television station , n. 1926– A television broadcasting station (see station, n. I.i.5h); (later usually) spec. a television channel.
• ghost station , n. 1928– A disused railway station, esp. one through which trains still pass.
• robot station , n. 1928– a. A station or area occupied by automated machinery; b. = robot petrol station, n.
• station break , n. 1929– A break (break, n. III.24b) between radio or television items or programmes, during which the station identifies or advertises itself.
• nursing station , n. 1930– a. Canadian a medical centre, esp. one in a small or remote town, having a full-time nursing staff and visited periodically by doctors; b. = nurses'…
• space station , n. 1930– A large artificial satellite intended as a long-term base for manned operations in space.
• earth station , n. 1935– A radio station located on the ground, esp. one used for relaying signals received from communications satellites.
• inter-station , adj. 1937– Occurring (in a radio) between two stations or tuning positions.
• radar station , n. 1943–
• TV station , n. 1945– = television station, n.
• news station , n. 1947– A television or radio news broadcasting station.
• master station , n. 1948– A principal broadcasting station; spec. (in radio navigation) the main station in a group of synchronized transmitters which either controls the…
• multi-station , adj. 1952– Involving, having, or relating to a number of sites or stations, esp. broadcasting stations.
• nurses' station , n. 1956– An area in a hospital, clinic, etc., in which nurses assemble, and carry out administrative or other duties.
• law station , n. 1958– A police station.
• rock 'n' roll station , n. 1958– A radio station which plays principally, or exclusively, rock 'n' roll music.
• tractor-station , n. 1958–
• tracking station , n. 1963– An establishment set up to track objects in the sky.
• shore station , n. 1966– A base on land used for shore-whaling.
• pig station , n. 1970– A police station.
• robot petrol station , n. 1972– A (hypothetical) unmanned self-service petrol station.
• docking station , n. 1988– A device to which a laptop, smartphone, or other mobile device may be connected for charging, for providing access to a network and to peripheral…
• netting station , n. 1992–

Just before the arrival of the train, to her great surprise, the station attendant locked the waiting room door.

The train left Liverpool at the right time by the station clock, and the first stoppage was at Warrington.

That's the Station Refreshment Rooms,..just opposite.

Thousands crowded the station entrance and along the route to City hall.

The train needs an enormous back-up staff of ticket collectors and purveyors, station cleaners, signal operators and so on.

A more comfortable place than the station waiting room in which to pass the time while waiting for a bus.

The station toilet was closed ‘for cleaning’, naturally.

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