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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Stĭm′/ŭ-lāte, v. t. p. 1298[Lat. stimulare, stimulatum, to prick or goad on, to incite, from stimulus, a goad; It. stimolare, Sp. estimular, Fr. stimuler. 1. To prick or goad; hence, to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or…Stĭm/ū-lā'tion, n. p. 1298The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated. 2. (Med.) An exaltation of organic action.Stĭm'ŭ-lā'tĭve, a. p. 1298Having the quality of stimulating.Stim′ū-lā′tive, n. p. 1298That which stimulates; that which rouses into more vigorous action.Stīm/ū-lā/tor, n. p. 1298One who stimulates.Stīm'ū-lā'tress, n. p. 1298A female who stimulates or animates.Stĭm'ū-lŭs, n. p. 1298A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action. 2. (Med.) That which produces an increase of vital action.Sting, n. p. 1298A sharp-pointed weapon or instrument with which certain animals are armed by nature for their defense, and which they thrust from the hinder part of the body, to pierce any animal that annoys or…Sting, v. t. p. 1298To pierce with a sting, or the weapon with which certain animals are furnished, such as bees, wasps, scorpions, and the like. 2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse. “Slander…Sting'-bull, n. p. 1298(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Trachinus (T. draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. Yarrell.Sting'er, n. p. 1298One who, or that which, stings, vexes, or gives acute pain.Stin'gi-ly, adv. p. 1298In a stingy manner; with mean covetousness.Stin′gi-ness, n. p. 1298The state or quality of being stingy; extreme avarice; mean covetousness; niggardliness.Sting'ing-ly, adv. p. 1298With stinging.Sting'less, a. p. 1298Having no sting.Sting'go, n. p. 1298Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [Lom.]}Sting'y, a. p. 1298Having power to sting or produce pain; as, a stingy review of a book.Stin'gy, a. p. 1298Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; narrow-hearted; as, a stingy churl.Stink, v. i. p. 1298To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.Stink, n. p. 1298A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor.Stink'ard, n. p. 1298A mean, stinking, paltry fellow. 2. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal allied to the skunk (the Mydaus meliceps of Cuvier), about 18 inches in length, found in Java and Sumatra.Stink'er, n. p. 1298One who, or that which, stinks; something intended to offend by the smell; a stink-pot.Stink'hōrn, n. p. 1298(Bot.) A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid and disgusting odor, — whence the name.Stink'ing-ly, adv. p. 1298In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.Stĭnk'-pŏt, n. p. 1298An earthen jar, charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.Stink'-stōne, n. p. 1298(Min.) Swine-stone, a variety of carbonate of lime, which emits a fetid odor on being struck. Dana.Stink'-trāp, n. p. 1298A stench-trap. See STENCH-TRAP.Stĭnk'-wood, n. p. 1298A useful ornamental wood from South Africa, which has, however, a most unpleasant odor for a long time. Simmonds.Stĭnt, v. t. p. 1298To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to limit; as, to stint the body in growth; to stint the mind in knowledge; to stint a person in his meals. “Stinted all the strife.” Spenser.…Stĭnt, v. i. p. 1298To stop; to restrain one's self. And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak. The damsel stinted in her song. W. Scott.Stĭnt, n. p. 1298(Ornith.) A small, grallatory bird, of the genus Tringa.Stĭnt, n. p. 1298Limit; bound; restraint; extent. God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. South. 2. Quantity assigned; proportion allotted. Our stint of woe Is common. Shak.Stĭnt'ançe, n. p. 1298Restraint; stoppage. [Obs.]Stint'ed-ness, n. p. 1298The state of being stinted.Stint'er, n. p. 1298One who, or that which, stints.Stīnt'less, a. p. 1298Without stint. “The stintless tears of old Heraclitus.” Marston.Stipe, n. p. 1298(Bot.) (a.) The base 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 when any exists.Sti'pel, n. p. 1298(Bot.) The stipule of a leaflet. Gray.Sti-pĕl'late, a. p. 1298(Bot.) Furnished with stipels.Sti'pend, n. p. 1298Settled pay or compensation for services, whether daily or monthly wages, or an annual salary.Sti'pend, v. t. p. 1298To pay by settled wages. [Rare.] Shelton.Stĭ'pend-i-ā'ri-an, a. p. 1298Acting from mercenary considerations; hired; stipendiary. Anna Seward.Stī-pĕnd′i-a-ry, a. p. 1298Receiving wages or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation. His great stipendiary prelate came with troops of evil-appointed horsemen not half full. Knolles.Stī-pĕnd'i-a-ry, n. p. 1299One who receives a stipend. If thou art become A tyrant's vile stipendiary. Glover.Stī-pĕn'di-āte, v. t. p. 1299To provide with a stipend; to support. It is good to endow colleges, and found chairs, and to stipendiate professors. I. Taylor.Stī'pend-less, a. p. 1299Without a stipend or compensation.Stīp'i-tate, a. p. 1299(Bot.) Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the pappus of some plants.Stīp'ple, v. t. p. 1299To 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.Stĭp'ple, n. p. 1299A mode of engraving in imitation of chalk drawings, in which the effect is produced by dots instead of lines, each dot being often a group of smaller dots. Fairholt.Stīp'pling, n. p. 1299(Engraving & Miniature Painting.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by a succession of dots or small points instead of lines.Stīp'tic, a. & n. p. 1299See STYPTIC.Stĭp'ŭ-lā, n. p. 1299(Bot.) A stipule.Stīp'ū-lā'ceoŭs or Stīp'ū-lar, a. p. 1299(Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; as, stipular glands.Stĭp'ū-la-ry, a. p. 1299Of, or pertaining to, stipules; stipular.Stīp'ū-lāte, v. i. p. 1299To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear any thing; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the…Stĭp'ū-late, a. p. 1299(Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.Stip′ū-lā′tion, n. p. 1299The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining. 2. That which is stipulated or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; as…Stīp'ŭ-lā'tor, n. p. 1299One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.Stĭp'ūle, n. p. 1299(Bot.) An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.Stīp'ūled, a. p. 1299(Bot.) Furnished with stipules or leafy appendages.