Stem"-wind`ing, a. Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a
stem-winding watch.
Stench (?), v. t. To stanch. [Obs.] Harvey.
Stench, n. [AS. stenc a strong smell, fr. stincan. See Stink, v. i.] 1.
A smell; an odor. [Obs.]
Clouds of savory stench involve the sky.
Dryden.