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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Sting'ing-ly, adv.p. 1298With stinging.
  2. Sting'less, a.p. 1298Having no sting.
  3. Sting'go, n.p. 1298Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [Lom.]}
  4. Sting'y, a.p. 1298Having power to sting or produce pain; as, a stingy review of a book.
  5. Stin'gy, a.p. 1298Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; narrow-hearted; as, a stingy churl.
  6. Stink, v. i.p. 1298To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
  7. Stink, n.p. 1298A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor.
  8. 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.
  9. Stink'er, n.p. 1298One who, or that which, stinks; something intended to offend by the smell; a stink-pot.
  10. Stink'hōrn, n.p. 1298(Bot.) A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid and disgusting odor, — whence the name.
  11. Stink'ing-ly, adv.p. 1298In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.
  12. 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.
  13. Stink'-stōne, n.p. 1298(Min.) Swine-stone, a variety of carbonate of lime, which emits a fetid odor on being struck. Dana.
  14. Stink'-trāp, n.p. 1298A stench-trap. See STENCH-TRAP.
  15. Stĭnk'-wood, n.p. 1298A useful ornamental wood from South Africa, which has, however, a most unpleasant odor for a long time. Simmonds.
  16. 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.…
  17. 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.
  18. Stĭnt, n.p. 1298(Ornith.) A small, grallatory bird, of the genus Tringa.
  19. 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.
  20. Stĭnt'ançe, n.p. 1298Restraint; stoppage. [Obs.]
  21. Stint'ed-ness, n.p. 1298The state of being stinted.
  22. Stint'er, n.p. 1298One who, or that which, stints.
  23. Stīnt'less, a.p. 1298Without stint. “The stintless tears of old Heraclitus.” Marston.
  24. 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.
  25. Sti'pel, n.p. 1298(Bot.) The stipule of a leaflet. Gray.
  26. Sti-pĕl'late, a.p. 1298(Bot.) Furnished with stipels.
  27. Sti'pend, n.p. 1298Settled pay or compensation for services, whether daily or monthly wages, or an annual salary.
  28. Sti'pend, v. t.p. 1298To pay by settled wages. [Rare.] Shelton.
  29. Stĭ'pend-i-ā'ri-an, a.p. 1298Acting from mercenary considerations; hired; stipendiary. Anna Seward.
  30. 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.
  31. Stī-pĕnd'i-a-ry, n.p. 1299One who receives a stipend. If thou art become A tyrant's vile stipendiary. Glover.
  32. 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.
  33. Stī'pend-less, a.p. 1299Without a stipend or compensation.
  34. Stīp'i-tate, a.p. 1299(Bot.) Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the pappus of some plants.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. Stīp'tic, a. & n.p. 1299See STYPTIC.
  39. Stĭp'ŭ-lā, n.p. 1299(Bot.) A stipule.
  40. 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.
  41. Stĭp'ū-la-ry, a.p. 1299Of, or pertaining to, stipules; stipular.
  42. 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…
  43. Stĭp'ū-late, a.p. 1299(Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
  44. 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…
  45. Stīp'ŭ-lā'tor, n.p. 1299One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.
  46. 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.
  47. Stīp'ūled, a.p. 1299(Bot.) Furnished with stipules or leafy appendages.
  48. Stīr, v. t.p. 1299To 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 bring into debate; to agitate. Stir not questions of jurisdiction. Bacon.…
  49. Stīr, v. i.p. 1299To move one's self; to change one's position; not to be still. 2. To be in motion; to be active. All are not fit with them to stir and toil. Byron. 3. To become the object of notice or conversation.…
  50. Stir, n.p. 1299Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir? Denham. Consider, after so much stir about the genus and species, how few words have yet…
  51. Stir'a-bout, n.p. 1299A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan. [Eng.] Halliwell.
  52. Stir'i-ā'ted, a.p. 1299Adorned with pendants like icicles.
  53. Stir'i-oüs, a.p. 1299Resembling icicles. [Obs.] Crystal is sometimes found in rocks, and, in some places, not much unlike the stirious or stillicidious dependencies of ice. Browne.
  54. Stirk, n.p. 1299A young ox or heifer. [Prov. Eng.] Simmonds.
  55. Stir'less, a.p. 1299Without stirring; very quiet; still. “Lying helpless and stirless.” Hare.
  56. Stirp, n.p. 1299Stock; race; family. [Obs. and rare.] Bacon.
  57. Stir'rage, n.p. 1299The act of stirring; stir; commotion. [Obs. and rare.] Granger.
  58. Stir'rer, n.p. 1299One who stirs, or is in motion. 2. One who puts in motion. 3. A riser in the morning. 4. One who stirs up; an exciter; an instigator.
  59. Stir'ring, p. a.p. 1299Putting in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life. “A more stirring and intellectual age than any which has gone before it.”…
  60. Stir'rup, n.p. 1299A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, leather, &c., horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of the rider, and attached to a strap which is fastened to the saddle, — used to assist persons in…