Sti"pend*less (st"pnd*ls), a. Having no stipend.
||Sti"pes (-pz), n.; pl. Stipites (#). [L., a stock.] (Zoöl.) (a) The
||second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean. (b) An
||eyestalk.
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 pod of certain cruciferous plants.
Stip"i*ti*form (?), a. [Stipes + -form.] (Bot.) Having the shape of a
stalk; stalklike.
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 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.
2. To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together
produce an even or softly graded surface.
{ 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 flat or even tint is
produced by many small touches.
Stip"tic (?), a. & n. (Med.) See Styptic.
||Stip"u*la (?), n.; pl. E. Stipulas (#), L. Stipulæ (#). [L., a stalk,
||stem.] 1. (Bot.) A stipule.