Stipend
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...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Stipend (2)
Sti″pend, v. t. To pay by settled wages.
Stipendiarian
Sti‐pen′di‐a″ri‐an (?), a. Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary. A. Seward.
Stipendiary
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 prelate...
Stipendiary (2)
Sti‐pen″di‐a‐ry, n.; pl.Stipendiaries (�). One who receives a stipend.If thou art becomeA tyrant's vile stipendiary. Glover.
Stipendiate
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, ...
Stipendless
Sti″pend‐less (stī″pĕnd‐lĕs), a. Having no stipend.
Stipes
‖Sti″pes (–pēz), n.; pl.Stipites (#). (Zoöl.) (a) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean. (b) An eyestalk.
Stipitate
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 po...
Stipitiform
Stip″i‐ti‐form (?), a. [Stipes + -form.] (Bot.) Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.
Stipple
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 ...
Stipple (2)
{ 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...
Stiptic
Stip″tic (?), a. & n.(Med.) See Styptic.
Stipula
‖Stip″u‐la (?), n.; pl. E. Stipulas (#), L. Stipulæ (#). 1. (Bot.) A stipule.2. (Zoöl.) A newly sprouted feather.
Stipulaceous
{ Stip′u‐la″ceous (?), Stip″u‐lar (?), } a. [Cf. F. stipulacé, stipulaire. See Stipula.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growi...
Stipulary
Stip″u‐la‐ry (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.
Stipulate
Stip″u‐late (?), a.(Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
Stipulate (2)
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...
Stipulation
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; tha...
Stipulation (2)
Stip′u‐la″tion, n. [See Stipule.] (Bot.) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
Stipulator
Stip″u‐la′tor (?), n. One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.
Stipule
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 ...
Stipuled
Stip″uled (?), a.(Bot.) Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.
Stir
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. stören, OHG. stōren to sc...
Stir (2)
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 ...
Stir (3)
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 ...
Stirabout
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 p...