n. [ L. stipes a stock, post, branch: cf. F. stipe. ] (Bot.) (a) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern. (b) The stalk of a pistil. (c) The trunk of a tree. (d) The stem of a fungus or mushroom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Stipule. ] (Bot.) The stipule of a leaflet. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having stipels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. stipendium; stips, gen. stipis, a gift, donation, given in small coin + pendere to weigh or pay out. ] Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pay by settled wages. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary. A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stipendiarius: cf. F. stipendiaire. ] Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

His great stipendiary prelates came with troops of evil-appointed horseman not half full. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Stipendiaries One who receives a stipend. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thou art become
A tyrant's vile stipendiary. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. stipendiatus, p. p. of stipendiari to receive pay. ] To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs, and to stipendiate professors. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no stipend. [ 1913 Webster ]