Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter S > Page 199 of 266. « Previous ¦191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 ¦ Next » Sting ray, Stingray Sting ray, Sting"ray` noun Any one of numerous rays of the family Dasyatidæ , syn. Trygonidæ , having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American Pacific coast, are very destructive to oysters.
Stingaree Sting`a·ree" noun (Zoology) Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray .
Stingbull Sting"bull` noun (Zoology) 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 Sting"er noun One who, or that which, stings. Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusæ of our seas are stingers .Owen. Stingfish Sting"fish` noun (Zoology) The weever.
Stingily Stin"gi·ly adverb In a stingy manner.
Stinginess Stin"gi·ness noun The quality or state of being stingy.
Stinging Sting"ing adjective 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. -- Stingless Sting"less adjective Having no sting.
Stingo Stin"go noun [ From Sting .] Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [ Old Slang] Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow?Addison. Stingtail Sting"tail` noun (Zoology) A sting ray.
Stingy Sting"y adjective Stinging; able to sting.
Stingy Stin"gy adjective [ Compar. Stingier ; superl. Stingiest .] [ Probably from sting , and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or confer English 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 Stink intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stunk , Stank present participle & verbal noun Stinking .] [ Anglo-Saxon stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to Old High German stinchan , G. & Dutch stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; confer Icelandic stökkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Greek ... rancid. Confer Stench .] To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
Stink Stink transitive verb To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
Stink Stink noun [ Anglo-Saxon stinc .] A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench. Fire stink . Stinkard Stink"ard noun Stinkball Stink"ball` noun A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.
Stinker Stink"er noun Stinkhorn Stink"horn` noun (Botany) A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus , which emits a fetid odor.
Stinking Stink"ing adjective & noun from Stink , v. Stinking badger (Zoology) , Stinkingly Stink"ing·ly adverb In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.
Stinkpot Stink"pot` noun Stinkstone Stink"stone` noun (Min.) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone .
Stinkweed Stink"weed` noun (Botany) Stramonium. See Jamestown weed , and Datura .
Stinkwood Stink"wood` noun (Botany) A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Fœtidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata .
Stint Stint noun (Zoology) Stint Stint transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stinted ; present participle & verbal noun Stinting .] [ Middle English stinten , stenten , stunten , to cause to cease, Anglo-Saxon styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, from stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icelandic stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Swedish stynta to shorten, stunt short. Confer Stent , Stunt .] 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. The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.J. H. Walsh. Stint Stint intransitive verb 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. Stint Stint noun [ Also written stent . See Stint , transitive verb ] God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.South. His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year.Cowper. Stintance Stint"ance noun Restraint; stoppage. [ Obsolete]
Stintedness Stint"ed·ness noun The state of being stinted.
Stinter Stint"er noun One who, or that which, stints.
Stintless Stint"less adjective Without stint or restraint. The stintless tears of old Heraclitus.Marston. Stipe Stipe noun [ Latin stipes a stock, post, branch: confer French stipe .] (Botany) Stipel Sti"pel noun [ See Stipule .] (Botany) The stipule of a leaflet. Gray.
Stipellate Sti·pel"late adjective (Botany) Having stipels.
Stipend Sti"pend noun [ Latin 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 Sti"pend transitive verb To pay by settled wages. [ R.]
Stipendiarian Sti·pen`di·a"ri·an adjective Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary. A. Seward.
Stipendiary Sti·pen"di·a·ry adjective [ Latin stipendiarius : confer French 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 Sti·pen"di·a·ry noun ; plural If thou art becomeGlover. Stipendiate Sti·pen"di·ate transitive verb [ Latin stipendiatus , past participle 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 Sti"pend·less (stī"pĕnd*lĕs) adjective Having no stipend.
Stipes Sti"pes (-pēz) noun ; plural Stipitate Stip"i·tate adjective [ New Latin stipitatus , from Latin stipes , gen. stipitis , a stock. See Stipe .] (Botany) Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.
Stipitiform Stip"i·ti·form adjective [ Stipes + -form .] (Botany) Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.
Stipple Stip"ple transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stippled ; present participle & verbal noun Stippling .] [ Dutch stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel , dim. of stip a dot, spot.] The interlaying of small pieces can not altogether avoid a broken, stippled , spotty effect.Milman. Stipple, Stippling Stip"ple, Stip"pling noun (Engraving) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. Stiptic Stip"tic adjective & noun (Medicine) See Styptic .
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