st

Expressing a sudden desire for silence.

Interjection

Imitative. Compare hist.

Alternative form of st. and St.; abbreviation of street.
Abbreviation of state.
Abbreviation of stone; not capitalized or usually spaced.
- Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit. - 1992 October 3, Edwina Currie, Diary:
Abbreviation of store.
Abbreviation of stitch.
- insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted - 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 63:
- Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem. - 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:
- Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly[…] - 2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55:

Abbreviations.