{ 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; growing on stipules, or
close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands
and stipular tendrils.
Stip"u*la*ry (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.
Stip"u*late (?), a. (Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate
leaf.
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. stipes a post. Cf. Stiff.] To
make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or
forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain
princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of
France.
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; that which is definitely
arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or
bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual
agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each
his contingent of troops.
3. (Law) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the
nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain. Bouvier.
Wharton.
Syn. -- Agreement; contract; engagement. See Covenant.
Stip`u*la"tion, n. [See Stipule.] (Bot.) The situation, arrangement,
and structure of the stipules.
Stip"u*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.
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 in texture and appearance.
Stip"uled (?), a. (Bot.) Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.
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. stren to scatter, destroy. √166.] 1. To
change the place of in any manner; to move.
My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir.
Sir W. Temple.
2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a
liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a
pudding with a spoon.
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.
Shak.