stipular 
place of stipules; growing on stipules, or dose 
to them : as, *rYpw(V( /'glands. Stipular buds, buds 
which are enveloped by the stipules, as In the tulip-tree. 
Stipulary (stip'u-la-ri), rt. [< NL. xt!jii<l<t + 
-art/.] In hot., relating to stipules; stipular. 
Stipulate 1 (stip'u-lat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. utijm- 
lutiti, ppr. Htipiildlimj. [< L. xtipiilitliix, pp. of 
xtipulurc (> It. sttpmOfe = Sp. Pg. estijtular = 
F. stipuler), exact, bargain for ; origin doubtful : 
by some referred to OL.'stipulus, firm ; by others 
to L. st.i/<l(t, a straw.] To arrange or settle 
definitely, or by special mention and agree- 
ment, or as a special condition: as, it is stipu- 
lated that A shall pay 5 per cent. 
Henry the Fourth and the king my master had stipu- 
lated with each other that, whensoever any one of them 
died, the survivor should take care of the other's child. 
Lord Herbert of Chertmry, Life (ed. Howells), p. 129. 
Those Articles which were stipulated in their Favour. 
HoweU, Letters, I. iii. 20. 
It is stipulated also that every man shall be bound to 
obey his own lord "convenienter," or so far as is fitting 
and right. Kncyc. Brit., XXII. 782. 
Stipulated damages, (a) In a general sense, a sum 
named in a contract or obligation as the damages to be 
paid in case of non-performance. (6) As commonly used 
in law, damages liquidated by a stipulation that is, a 
sum fixed by a contract or obligation in such manner as to 
be the sum payable in case of breach, without any further 
question as to the amount of the actual damages. 
stipulate 2 (stip'u-lat), a. [< NL. *stipulatus, < 
L. stipula, a stalk, stipule : see stipule.] In hot., 
having stipules : as, a stipulate stalk or leaf. 
Stipulates (stip-u-la'te-e), n. pi. [NL. (J. von 
Sachs), < *stij)u!attis, stalked (see stipulate" 2 ), + 
-ex.] Sachs's name for the eusporangiate ferns, 
a division which embraces the Ophiot/lossacese 
and Marattiaceee. The name is now abandoned, as it 
is known that there are no stipules in the Ophioyloxsacete, 
and that they are sometimes wanting in the Marattiacea. 
stipulation 1 (stip-u-la'shpn), . [X F. stipula- 
tion = Sp. estipulacion = Pg. estipulaySo = It. 
stipulazione, (. L. stipulatio(n-), a promise, bar- 
gain, covenant, < stipulari, demand a formal 
promise, bargain, covenant, stipulate: see stip- 
ulate.] 1. The act of stipulating, agreeing, 
or covenanting; a contracting or bargaining. 
2. That which is stipulated or agreed upon ; 
a contract or bargain, or a particular article or 
item in a contract : as, the stipulations of the 
allied powers to furnish each his contingent of 
troops ; a contract containing so many stipula- 
tions, 3. In law, specifically (a) An agree- 
ment between counsel or attorneys in a cause, 
affecting its conduct. (6) An undertaking in 
the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts. 
(c) In Roman law, a contract in which the form 
consisted in a question and answer, formalities 
which in course of time came to He recognized 
as making a valid contract whichmightdispense 
with the ceremonials requiredby the earlier law. 
stipulation' 2 (stip-u-la'shon), . [< L. stipula, 
a stalk: see stipule.] In hot., the situation and 
structure of the stipules. 
Stipulator (stip'u-la-tpr), 11. [< L. stipulator, 
one who stipulates, < stipulari, demand a for- 
mal promise, bargain, stipulate : see stipulate.] 
One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants; in 
Rom. law, one to whom a stipulation or prom- 
ise was given in the form of contract known as 
stipulatio. See stipulation 1 , 3 (c). 
stipule (stip'ul), . [= P. stipule = It. stijiula, 
< L. stipula, a stalk, stem, blade, dim. of stipes, 
stock, trunk: see stipe 2 .] 1. In lot. : (a) One of 
a pair of lateral appendages found at the base 
of the petiole of many leaves, stipules are nor- 
mally flat organs, leaf-like in appearance and use, or color- 
less and scale-like, and without function sometimes, 
Stipules (Sf). 
i. Of Robinia Pstitdacacia. i. Of Rosa canfna. 3. Of Pisum or 
Tense. 4. Of Lathyrus Afhaca. 5. Of Smilax bona-nox. 
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however, as in the magnolia, fig, iincl heeeh, serving asbiul- 
scales and falling when the leaves expand. Stipules may 
be free from the petiole, or adnate by one edge, then pass- 
ing by grades into mere wing-like expansions of its base ; 
they may be free from one another, or variously united, 
sometimes so as to clasp the stem, sometimes between it 
and the leafstalk (then intrapetiolar), sometimes sheath- 
ing the stem, as in I'ulygonum, then forming ocrea; (see 
ocrea). The adjacent members of two opposite pairs may 
become connate around the stem, as in many Rubiacese. 
Stipules are sometimes reduced to mere bristles, or take 
the form of spines, as in the common locust ; in Smilax 
they appear to be converted into tendrils. They are often 
wholly wanting, but where present they generally char- 
acterize whole families, as they do the Malvaceie, Legu- 
minosa, and Rosacea:. (ft) I n the Characese, one of 
certain unicellular tubes, of greater or less 
length, on the inner and outer sides of the so- 
called leaf, (c) Same as puriipliyllum (b). 2. 
In ornith., a newly sprouted feather; a pin- 
feather. Also stipula. 
Stipuled (stip'uld), a. [< stipule + -ed 2 .] In 
hot., furnished with stipules, or lateral leafy ap- 
pendages. 
stipuliform (stip'u-li-form), . [< L. stipula, a 
stalk, + forma, form.] In hot., having the 
form of a stipule. 
Stir 1 (ster), r. ; pret. and pp. stirred, ppr. stir- 
rina. [Also dial, steer (and stoor) ; early mod. 
E. also stirr, stirre, stire, stere; < ME. stiren, 
steren, eturen, styren, < AS. styrian, move, stir, 
= North Fries, stiaren = MD. stooren, D. storen. 
disturb, vex, = MLG. storen, disturb, hinder, 
=OHG. storen, storren, scatter, destroy, disturb, 
MHG. stceren, G. storen, disturb, interrupt, hin- 
der, = Sw. stora, disturb; cf. Icel. styrr, a stir, 
Dan.for-styrre, disturb; not connected with L. 
sternere, scatter, or E. strew : see strew. Cf. 
stoor 2 . Hence ult. storm and sturgeon. The 
ME. forms are in some uses confused with sim- 
ilar forms of steerl , 'direct,' 'guide.'] I. trans. 
1 . To move ; change the position or situation 
of: as, to stir hand or foot. 
Stonde he neuere so styfliche thorgh sterynge of the bote 
He bendeth and boweth the body is vnstable. 
Fieri Plouman (C), xi. 3. 
He pulls you not a hair, nor pares a nail, 
Nor stirs a foot, without due figuring 
The horoscope. T. Tomtit (7), Albumazar, I. 3. 
2. To set in motion ; agitate; disturb. 
There Is everemore gret Wynd In that Fosse, that ster- 
ethe everemore the Gravelle, and makethe it trouble. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 32. 
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirr'd. 
Shale., T. and C., lit. 3. 811. 
Airs that gently Mr 
The vernal leaves. Wordsieorth, Ruth. 
3. To move briskly; bestir. 
Now stureth hym self Arthour, 
Thenkyng on hys labour, 
And gaderyth to hym strenghth aboute, 
Hys kynges & Erles on a rowte. 
Arthur (ed. Furnivall), 1. 295. 
Come, you must stir your Stumps, you must Dance. 
Steele, Tender Husband, v. 1. 
4. To cause the particles or parts of to change 
place in relation to each other by agitating with 
the hand or an implement: as, to stir the fire 
with a poker; to stir one's coffee with a spoon. 
He ttireth the coles. 
Chaucer, Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 267. 
Mr. , one of the fellowes (in Mr. Fr. Potter's time), 
was wont to say that Dr. Kettle's braine was like a hasty- 
pudding, where there was memorie, judgement, and 
phancy all stirred together. A ubrey, Lives (Ralph Kettle). 
5+. To brandish ; flourish. 
Now hatz Arthure his axe, & the haltne grypez, 
<fe sturnely sturez hit aboute, that stryke wyth hit thojt. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 331. 
6. To bring into notice or discussion ; agitate ; 
debate; moot. 
Stir not questions of jurisdiction. Bacon, Great Place. 
7. To rouse, as from sleep or inaction ; awaken. 
Nay, then, 'tis time to Mr him from his trance. 
Shale., T. of the a, i. 1.182. 
Thy dear heart is stirred 
From out its wonted quiet 
William Morrii, Earthly Paradise, II. 344. 
8. To move ; excite ; rouse. 
His steed was bloody red, and fomed yre, 
When with the malstring spur he did him roughly stire. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. v. 2. 
The music must be shrill and all confus'd 
That stirs my blood. 
Beau, and Ft., Maid's Tragedy, 1. 1. 
9. To incite; instigate; set on. 
Feendls threten faste to take me, 
And steren helle houndis to bite me. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S-X p. 70. 
With him along is come the mother-queen, 
An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. 
Shale., K. John, ii. 1. 63. 
To stir coals 1 . See coal. To stir up. (a) To insti- 
gate ; incite : as, to Mr up a nation to rebellion. 
stir 
To these undertakings these great l/irds of the World 
have been stirred up rather by the desire of fame . . . 
than by the affection of bearing rule. 
Raleiyh (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. B54). 
There's that Will Maskery, sir, as is the rampageousest 
\lethodis' as can be, an' I make no doubt it was him as 
xtirrptl up th' young woman to preach last night. 
George Eliot, Adam Bede, v. 
(*) To excite; provoke; foment ; bring about: as, to stir 
up a mutiny ; to stir up contention. 
They gan with fowle reproch 
To stirre up strife, and troublous contecke broch. 
Spenter, F. Q., III. i. 64. 
To be more just, religious, wise, or magnanimous then 
the common sort slirrs tip in a Tyrant both fcare and 
envy. Miltmi, Eikonoklastes, xv. 
(c) To rouse to action ; stimulate ; quicken: as, to stir up 
the mind. 
[They] are also perpetually stirred up to fresh industry 
and new discoveries. Bacon, Physical Fables, ii., Expl. 
The man who stirs up a reposing community . . . can 
scarcely be destitute of some moral qualities which ex- 
tort even from enemies a reluctant admiration. 
Macatilav, Sir William Temple. 
II. tntrans. 1. To pass from rest or inaction 
to motion or action; move; budge: as, they 
dare not stir; to stir abroad. 
" Master," said he, "be rul'd by me, 
From the Green-'wood we'll not stir." 
Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow (Child's Ballads, V. 384). 
No disaffected or rebellious person can stir without be- 
ing presently known ; and this renders the King very safe 
in his Government. Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 74. 
During the time I remained in the convent, the superior 
thought it proper I should not stir out. 
Pococke, Description of the East, n. I. 4. 
2. To be in motion ; be in a state of activity; 
be on the move or go ; be active : as, to be con- 
tinually stirriiii/. 
If ye will nedys know at short and longe, 
It Is evyn a womans tounge, 
For that is ever sterynge. 
Interlude of the Four Elements. (Ualliwell, under short.) 
If the gentlewoman that attends the general's wife be 
stirring, tell her there 's one Cassio entreats of her a little 
favour of speech. Shak., Othello, iii. 1. 27. 
She will brook 
No tarrying ; where she comes the winds must stir. 
Wordsworth, Sonnets, i. 32. 
3. To be in circulation ; be current; be on foot. 
No 111 luck stirring but what lights on my shoulders. 
Shak., M. of V., iii. 1. 99. 
Ther dyed such multituds weekly of y plague, as all 
trade was dead, and little money stirring. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 204. 
There Is no News at all stirring here now. 
HoweU, Letters, II. 18. 
4. To use an instrument or the hand for mak- 
ing a disturbing or agitating motion, as in a 
liquid. 
The more you ftir In it the more It stinks. Buiwer. 
6. To be roused; be excited; disturb or agi- 
tate one's self. 
You show too much of that 
For which the people stir. Shak., Cor., Iii. 1. 63. 
Stir 1 (ster), n. [Early mod. E. also stirre; < 
stir 1 , v.] If. Movement; action. 
The sounding of our wordes |is] not alwayes egall ; for 
some aske longer, some shorter time to be vttered in, & 
so, by the Philosophers definition, stirre is the true mea- 
sure of time. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 66. 
2. A state of motion, activity, briskness, bus- 
tle, or the like; the confusion and tumult of 
many persons in action. 
Why all these words, this clamour, and this stir? 
Sir J. Denham, Prudence, 1. 112. 
The house had that pleasant aspect of life which is like 
the cheery expression of comfortable activity in the hu- 
man countenance. You could see at once that there 
was the stir of a large family within it 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xiii. 
It is well to turn aside from the fretful stir of the pres- 
ent Huxley, Animal Automatism. 
3. Commotion; excitement; tumult: as, his ap- 
pearance on the scene created quite a stir. 
Men may thinke it strange there should be such a stirre 
for a little come ; but had it beene gold, with more ease 
wee might haue got it ; and had it wanted, the whole Col- 
ony had starued. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 219. 
When Portsey, weighing well the ill to her might grow, 
In that their mighty stirs might be her overthrow. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, ii. 448. 
An Impost was leuied of the subjects, to sat istle the pay 
due to the souldiours for the Persian warre, which raised 
these stirres. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 287. 
4. Motion; impulse; emotion; feeling. 
He did keep 
The deck, with glove, or hat, or handkerchief, 
Still waving, as the fits and stirs of 's mind 
Could best express how slow his soul sall'd on. 
Shot., Cymbeline, i. 3. 12. 
5. A poke; a jog. 
"Eh, Arthur?" said Tom, giving him a stir with his 
foot. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Kugby, ii. 8. 
