Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 161

Stinkball (n.) A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.

Stinker (n.) One who, or that which, stinks.

Stinker (n.) 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 (n.) A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor.

Stinking () a. & n. from Stink, v.

Stinkingly (adv.) In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.

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

Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.

Stinkpot (n.) The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.

Stinkstone (n.) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone.

Stinkweed (n.) Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura.

Stinkwood (n.) A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.

Stint (n.) 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.

Stint (n.) A phalarope.

Stinted (imp. & p. p.) of Stint

Stinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stint

Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

Stint (v. t.) To put an end to; to stop.

Stint (v. t.) 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.

Stint (v. t.) To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.

Stint (v. i.) To stop; to cease.

Stint (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

Stint (v. t.) Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.

Stintedness (n.) The state of being stinted.

Stinter (n.) One who, or that which, stints.

Stintless (a.) Without stint or restraint.

Stipe (n.) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.

Stipe (n.) The stalk of a pistil.

Stipe (n.) The trunk of a tree.

Stipe (n.) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

Stipel (n.) The stipule of a leaflet.

Stipellate (a.) Having stipels.

Stipend (n.) Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.

Stipend (v. t.) To pay by settled wages.

Stipendiarian (a.) Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary.

Stipendiary (a.) Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation.

Stipendiaries (pl. ) of Stipendiary

Stipendiary (n.) One who receives a stipend.

Stipendiate (v. t.) To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.

Stipendless (a.) Having no stipend.

Stipites (pl. ) of Stipes

Stipes (n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.

Stipes (n.) An eyestalk.

Stipitate (a.) Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

Stipitiform (a.) Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

Stippled (imp. & p. p.) of Stipple

Stippling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stipple

Stipple (v. t.) To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

Stipple (v. t.) To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.

Stipple (n.) Alt. of Stippling

Stippling (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

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

Stiptic (a. & n.) See Styptic.

Stipulas (pl. ) of Stipula

Stipulae (pl. ) of Stipula

Stipula (n.) A stipule.

Stipula (n.) A newly sprouted feather.

Stipulaceous (a.) Alt. of Stipular

Stipular (a.) 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 (a.) Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.

Stipulate (a.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

Stipulated (imp. & p. p.) of Stipulate

Stipulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stipulate

Stipulate (v. i.) 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 (n.) The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

Stipulation (n.) 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.

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

Stipulation (n.) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.

Stipulator (n.) One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.

Stipule (n.) An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.

Stipuled (a.) Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.

Stirred (imp. & p. p.) of Stir

Stirring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stir

Stir (v. t.) To change the place of in any manner; to move.

Stir (v. t.) 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.

Stir (v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

Stir (v. t.) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.

Stir (v. i.) To move; to change one's position.

Stir (v. i.) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.

Stir (v. i.) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

Stir (v. i.) To rise, or be up, in the morning.

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

Stir (n.) Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Stir (n.) Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

Stirabout (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 (a.) Adorned with pendants like icicles.

Stirious (a.) Resembling icicles.

Stirk (n.) A young bullock or heifer.

Stirless (a.) Without stirring; very quiet; motionless.

Stirp (n.) Stock; race; family.

Stirpiculture (n.) The breeding of special stocks or races.

Stirpes (pl. ) of Stirps

Stirps (n.) Stock; race; family.

Stirps (n.) A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.

Stirrage (n.) The act of stirring; stir; commotion.

Stirrer (n.) One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer.

Stirring (a.) Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.

Stirrup (v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body.

Stirrup (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.

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