Chapter 1637

Sting <Xpage=1415>

Sting , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stung (?) ( Archaic Stang (<?/) ); p. pr. & vb. n. Stinging .] [AS. stingan ; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga , Dan. stinge , and probably to E. stick , v.t.; cf. Goth. us stiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick , v. t. ] 1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse ; to bite. "Slander stings the brave."

Pope.

3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

Stingaree <Xpage=1415>

Sting`a*ree" (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray .

Stingbull <Xpage=1415>

Sting"bull` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The European greater weever fish ( Trachinus draco ), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever .

Stinger <Xpage=1415>

Sting"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, stings.

Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medus\'91 of our seas are stingers . Owen.

Stingfish <Xpage=1415>

Sting"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The weever.

Stingily <Xpage=1415>

Stin"gi*ly (?) , adv. In a stingy manner.

Stinginess <Xpage=1415>

Stin"gi*ness , n. The quality or state of being stingy.

Stinging <Xpage=1415>

Sting"ing (?) , a. Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. -- Sting"ing*ly , adv.

Stinging cell . (Zo\'94l.) Same as Lasso cell , under Lasso .

Stingless <Xpage=1415>

Sting"less , a. Having no sting.

Stingo <Xpage=1415>

Stin"go (?) , n. [From Sting .] Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [Old Slang]

Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow? Addison.

Stingtail <Xpage=1415>

Sting"tail` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A sting ray.

Stingy <Xpage=1415>

Sting"y (?) , a. Stinging; able to sting.

Stingy <Xpage=1415>

Stin"gy (?) , a. [ Compar. Stingier (?) ; superl. Stingiest .] [Probably from sting , and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch .] Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl .

A stingy , narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.

Stink <Xpage=1415>

Stink (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Stunk (?) , Stank (<?/) , p. pr. & vb. n. Stinking .] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan , G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st\'94kkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. <?/ rancid. Cf. Stench .] To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

Stink <Xpage=1415>

Stink , v. t. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Stink <Xpage=1415>

Stink , n. [AS. stinc .] A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

Fire stink . See under Fire . -- Stink-fire lance . See under Lance . -- Stink rat (Zo\'94l.) , the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.] -- Stink shad (Zo\'94l.) , the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.] Stink trap , a stench trap. See under Stench .

Stinkard <Xpage=1415>

Stink"ard (?) , n. 1. A mean, stinking, paltry fellow.

B. Jonson.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.

Stinkball <Xpage=1415>

Stink"ball` (?) , n. A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.

Stinker <Xpage=1415>

Stink"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, stinks.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.

Stinkhorn <Xpage=1415>

Stink"horn` (?) , n. (Bot.) A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus , which emits a fetid odor.

Stinking <Xpage=1415>

Stink"ing , a. & n. from Stink , v.

Stinking badger (Zo\'94l.) , the teledu. -- Stinking cedar (Bot.) , the California nutmeg tree; also, a related tree of Florida ( Torreya taxifolia ).

Stinkingly <Xpage=1415>

Stink"ing*ly , adv. In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.

Stinkpot <Xpage=1415>

Stink"pot` (?) , n. 1. An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.

2. A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk .

Stinkstone <Xpage=1415>

Stink"stone` (?) , n. (Min.) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone .

Stinkweed <Xpage=1415>

Stink"weed` (?) , n. (Bot.) Stramonium. See Jamestown weed , and Datura .

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Stinkwood <Xpage=1416>

Stink"wood` (?) , n. (Bot.) A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the F\'d2tidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata .

Stint <Xpage=1416>

Stint (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India ( Tringa minuta ), etc. Called also pume . (b) A phalarope.

Stint <Xpage=1416>

Stint , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stinted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stinting .] [OE. stinten , stenten , stunten , to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw. stynta to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent , Stunt .] 1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the production of weeds. Woodward.

She stints them in their meals. Law.

2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.]

Shak.

3. To assign a certain ( i. e. , limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.

4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.

The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work. J. H. Walsh.

Stint <Xpage=1416>

Stint , v. i. To stop; to cease. [Archaic]

They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer.

And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak.

The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott.

<-- 2. to be parsimonious in expending some resource; -- used with "on" to indicate the item conserved. "Don't stint on the potatos!" -->

Stint <Xpage=1416>

Stint , n. [Also written stent . See Stint , v. t. ] 1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. South.

2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year. Cowper.

<-- 3. A period of work at a specific task; as, to do one's stint in the army, an actor who did a stint as a cab driver. -->

Stintance <Xpage=1416>

Stint"ance (?) , n. Restraint; stoppage. [Obs.]

Stintedness <Xpage=1416>

Stint"ed*ness , n. The state of being stinted.

Stinter <Xpage=1416>

Stint"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, stints.

Stintless <Xpage=1416>

Stint"less , a. Without stint or restraint.

The stintless tears of old Heraclitus. Marston.

Stipe <Xpage=1416>

Stipe (?) , n. [L. stipes a stock, post, branch: cf. F. stipe .] (Bot.) (a) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern. (b) The stalk of a pistil. (c) The trunk of a tree. (d) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

Stipel <Xpage=1416>

Sti"pel (?) , n. [See Stipule .] (Bot.) The stipule of a leaflet.

Gray.

Stipellate <Xpage=1416>

Sti*pel"late (?) , a. (Bot.) Having stipels.

Stipend <Xpage=1416>

Sti"pend (?) , n. [L. stipendium ; stips , gen. stipis , a gift, donation, given in small coin + pendere to weigh or pay out.] Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.

Stipend <Xpage=1416>

Sti"pend , v. t. To pay by settled wages. [R.]

Stipendiarian <Xpage=1416>

Sti*pen`di*a"ri*an (?) , a. Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary.

A. Seward.

Stipendiary <Xpage=1416>

Sti*pen"di*a*ry (?) , a. [L. stipendiarius : cf. F. stipendiaire .] Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation.

His great stipendiary prelates came with troops of evil-appointed horseman not half full. Knolles.

Stipendiary <Xpage=1416>

Sti*pen"di*a*ry , n. ; pl. Stipendiaries (<?/) . One who receives a stipend.

If thou art become A tyrant's vile stipendiary . Glover.

Stipendiate <Xpage=1416>

Sti*pen"di*ate (?) , v. t. [L. stipendiatus , p.p. of stipendiari to receive pay.] To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.

Evelyn.

It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs, and to stipendiate professors. I. Taylor.

Stipendless <Xpage=1416>

Sti"pend*less (st&imac;"p&ecr;nd*l&ecr;s) , a. Having no stipend.

Stipes <Xpage=1416>

Sti"pes (-p&emac;z) , n. ; pl. Stipites (#) . [L., a stock.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean. (b) An eyestalk.

Stipitate <Xpage=1416>

Stip"i*tate (?) , a. [NL. stipitatus , from L. stipes , gen. stipitis , a stock. See Stipe .] (Bot.) Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

Stipitiform <Xpage=1416>

Stip"i*ti*form (?) , a. [ Stipes + -form .] (Bot.) Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

Stipple <Xpage=1416>

Stip"ple (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stippled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stippling (?) .] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel , dim. of stip a dot, spot.] 1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

The interlaying of small pieces can not altogether avoid a broken, stippled , spotty effect. Milman.

2. To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.

Stipple, Stippling <Xpage=1416>

Stip"ple (?) , Stip"pling (?) , n. (Engraving) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

2. (Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.

Stiptic <Xpage=1416>

Stip"tic (?) , a. & n. (Med.) See Styptic .

Stipula <Xpage=1416>

Stip"u*la (?) , n. ; pl. E. Stipulas (#) , L. Stipul\'91 (#) . [L., a stalk, stem.] 1. (Bot.) A stipule.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A newly sprouted feather.

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Stip`u*la"ceous (?) , Stip"u*lar (?) , a. [Cf. F. stipulac\'82 , stipulaire . See Stipula .] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular tendrils .

Stipulary <Xpage=1416>

Stip"u*la*ry (?) , a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.

Stipulate <Xpage=1416>

Stip"u*late (?) , a. (Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf .

Stipulate <Xpage=1416>

Stip"u*late (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Stipulated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stipulating .] [L. stipulatus , p.p. of stipulari to stipulate, fr. OL. stipulus firm, fast; probably akin to L. stipes a post. Cf. Stiff .] To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France .

Stipulation <Xpage=1416>

Stip`u*la"tion (?) , n. [L. stipulatio : cf. F. stipulation .] 1. The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

2. That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops .

3. (Law) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.

Bouvier. Wharton.

Syn. -- Agreement; contract; engagement. See Covenant .

Stipulation <Xpage=1416>

Stip`u*la"tion , n. [See Stipule .] (Bot.) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.

Stipulator <Xpage=1416>

Stip"u*la`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.

Stipule <Xpage=1416>

Stip"ule (?) , n. [L. stipula a stalk, stem, straw: cf. F. stipule . Cf. Stubble .] (Bot.) An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.

Stipuled <Xpage=1416>

Stip"uled (?) , a. (Bot.) Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.

Stir <Xpage=1416>

Stir (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stirred (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stirring .] [OE. stiren , steren , sturen , AS. styrian ; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st\'94ren , OHG. st\'d3ren to scatter, destroy. \'fb166.] 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move.

My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir . Sir W. Temple.

2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon .

My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred . Shak.

3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

Stir not questions of jurisdiction. Bacon.

4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. "To stir men to devotion."

Chaucer.

An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. Shak.

And for her sake some mutiny will stir . Dryden.

&hand; In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition.

Syn. -- To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.

Stir <Xpage=1416>

Stir , v. i. 1. To move; to change one's position.

I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive. Byron.

2. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.

All are not fit with them to stir and toil. Byron.

The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf. Merivale.

3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears. I. Watts.

4. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.]

Shak.

Stir <Xpage=1416>

Stir , n. 1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir ? Denham.

Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. Locke.

2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. Sir J. Davies.

3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

Stirabout <Xpage=1416>

Stir"a*bout` (?) , n. A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.

Stiriated <Xpage=1416>

Stir"i*a`ted (?) , a. [L. stiria an icicle.] Adorned with pendants like icicles.

Stirious <Xpage=1416>

Stir"i*ous (?) , a. [L. stiria an icicle .] Resembling icicles. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Stirk <Xpage=1416>

Stirk (?) , n. [AS. stric , from ste\'a2r a steer. See Steer a young ox.] A young bullock or heifer. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Stirless <Xpage=1416>

Stir"less (?) , a. Without stirring; very quiet; motionless. "Lying helpless and stirless ."

Hare.

Stirp <Xpage=1416>

Stirp (?) , n. [L. stirps , stirpis .] Stock; race; family. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Stirpiculture <Xpage=1416>

Stir"pi*cul`ture (?) , n. [L. stirps , stirpis , stem, stock, race + cultura culture.] The breeding of special stocks or races.

Stirps <Xpage=1416>