<B>stipple, </B>verb, <B>-pled,</B> <B>-pling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to paint, draw, or engrave by using dots or small, light strokes. <DD><B> 2. </B>to produce a stippled effect on. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the method of painting, drawing, or engraving by stippling. <DD><B> 2. </B>an effect produced by or as if by this method. <BR> <I>Ex. rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim (Gerard Manley Hopkins).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>stippled work. noun <B>stippler.</B> </DL>
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<B>stippling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the act, method, or work of a person or thing that stipples. <DD><B> b. </B>the design or shading so produced; dotted work. <DD><B> 2. </B>any natural appearance resembling stippled painting or engraving. </DL>
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<B>stipular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) <DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with stipules. <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling stipules. <DD><B> 3. </B>having stipules. <DD><B> 4. </B>situated on, near, or in the place of a stipule. </DL>
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<B>stipulate</B> (1), verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to arrange definitely; demand as a condition of agreement. <BR> <I>Ex. He stipulated that he should receive a month's vacation every year if he took the job.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make an express demand or arrangement (for). <BR> <I>Ex. In accepting the job she stipulated for a raise every six months.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to make a bargain or contract; covenant. </DL>
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<B>stipulate</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having stipules. </DL>
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<B>stipulated</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> stated; agreed upon. <BR> <I>Ex. a stipulated amount, the stipulated conditions in a contract.</I> </DL>
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<B>stipulated</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having stipules; stipulate. </DL>
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<B>stipulation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a definite arrangement; agreement; bargain. (SYN) contract. <DD><B> 2. </B>a condition in an agreement or bargain. <BR> <I>Ex. We rented the house with the stipulation that certain rooms should be papered and painted by the owner.</I> (SYN) proviso. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of stipulating. </DL>
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<B>stipulator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who stipulates. </DL>
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<B>stipulatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or characterized by stipulation. </DL>
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<B>stipule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a pair of little leaflike parts at the base of a leaf stem. </DL>
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<B>stir</B> (1), verb, <B>stirred,</B> <B>stirring,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to set in motion; move; shake. <BR> <I>Ex. The wind stirs the leaves.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to change the position or situation of; move, especially slightly. <BR> <I>Ex. Thy companion had been slain by thy side ... without thy stirring a finger to his aid (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to mix by moving around with a spoon, fork, stick, or some other implement or device; or with the hand. <BR> <I>Ex. to stir the fire with a poker. He stirs the sugar in his tea with his spoon. She stirred her soup to quicken its cooling.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to excite to feeling, emotion, or passion; affect strongly; move. <BR> <I>Ex. Words ... that really stir the soul (Anthony Trollope). Abraham Lincoln was stirred to the depths of his being by the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (Sir Winston Churchill).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to move to action; incite; instigate. <BR> <I>Ex. The untruth of the stories by which they had been stirred to rebellion (James A. Froude).</I> (SYN) rouse, animate, agitate. <DD><B> 6. </B>to bring into notice or debate. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to move about; be active. <BR> <I>Ex. No one was stirring in the house.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to pass from rest or inaction to motion or action; begin to move, especially slightly; budge. <BR> <I>Ex. They dare not stir.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to become active, much affected, or excited. <BR> <I>Ex. The countryside was stirring with new life.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to be in circulation; be current. <BR> <I>Ex. There is no news stirring here now (William Dean Howells).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to be mixed with a spoon, fork, or some other implement, or with the hand. <BR> <I>Ex. This dough stirs hard.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>movement; action. <BR> <I>Ex. There was a stir in the bushes where the boys were hiding.</I> (SYN) motion, activity. <DD><B> 2. </B>a state of motion, activity, briskness, or bustle. <DD><B> 3. </B>excitement. <BR> <I>Ex. The coming of the queen caused a great stir.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>emotion; impulse; feeling. <DD><B> 5. </B>the act of stirring. <BR> <I>Ex. She gave the mixture a hard stir.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a jog; thrust; poke. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Archaic.) a public disturbance, tumult, or revolt. <BR><I>expr. <B>stir oneself,</B> </I>to move briskly; bestir. <BR> <I>Ex. The French ambassador ... stirred himself not only to keep this project alive, but to bring it to a practical conclusion (John H. Burton).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>stir up,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to set going; incite; stimulate. </I> <I>Ex. He stirs up the other children to mischief.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to excite; provoke; induce. <BR> <I>Ex. to stir up a mutiny.</I> noun <B>stirrer.</B> </DL>
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<B>stir</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) prison. <BR> <I>Ex. He's just out of stir.</I> </DL>
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<B>stirabout, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a porridge made with corn meal or oatmeal. </DL>
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<B>stir-crazy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) mentally disturbed because of long confinement or subjection to dull, restrictive routine. <BR> <I>Ex. They go through little rituals, crouching in a corner and rubbing a hand ceremoniously or sitting motionless for hours in apparent catatonia--"just stir-crazy," as one staff man phrased it (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>stir-fry, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-fried,</B> <B>-frying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to stir very fast while frying in a little oil or fat. <BR> <I>Ex. Stir-frying is the technique most often used in Chinese food preparation (Jean Hewitt).</I> </DL>
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<B>stirk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bullock or heifer between one and two years old. </DL>
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<B>stirless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without stir or movement; not stirring; motionless. </DL>
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<B>Stirling cycle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Thermodynamics.) a modified form of the Carnot cycle in which all the heat is added and rejected at the highest and lowest temperatures reached. </DL>
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<B>Stirling engine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an external-combustion heat engine using the Stirling cycle. <BR> <I>Ex. The Stirling engine burns its fuel in a continuous low pressure combustion system outside the cylinders (Science Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>Stirling's formula,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) a formula for approximating the value of higher factorials, using transcendental numbers pi and <I>e.</I> </DL>
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<B>stirp, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a stock or family. <DD><B> 2. </B>lineage. <BR> <I>Ex. Some maid Of royal stirp (James Russell Lowell).</I> </DL>
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<B>stirps, </B>noun, pl. <B>stirpes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>stock; family. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) the person from whom a family is descended. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Biology.) the organic units present in a newly fertilized ovum. </DL>
<B>stirrup, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a support for a rider's foot, that hangs from the side of a saddle. A stirrup is usually a loop of metal or wood with the bottom part flattened and often broadened. <BR> <I>Ex. The rider stood up in his stirrups to get a better view.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>something shaped like a stirrup, especially a U-shaped clamp or support. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) one of the short ropes hanging from a yard, with an eye at the lower end through which a footrope is passed and thus supported. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=stapes.</B> adj. <B>stirruplike.</B> </DL>
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<B>stirrup bone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the innermost of the three bones in the middle ear, resembling a stirrup; stapes. </DL>
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<B>stirrup cup,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a cup of wine or other liquor handed to a rider when already on horseback setting out for a journey, or to mounted huntsmen at the beginning of a fox hunt. <DD><B> 2. </B>a drink, especially an alcoholic drink, taken or offered just before leaving or at parting. </DL>
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<B>stirrup leather</B> or <B>strap,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the leather strap by which a stirrup hangs from the saddle. </DL>
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<B>stirrup pump,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hand pump held by the foot in a stirruplike bracket, used to put out fires with water pulled from a bucket, tank, or pond. </DL>
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<B>stir-up, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the action of stirring up or condition of being stirred up; agitation; commotion. <BR> <I>Ex. How it gives the heart and soul a stir-up (Robert Browning).</I> </DL>
