Definition of sting

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Stimulus (v. t.) That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ..

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Intextine :: Intextine (n.) A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in /nothera..
Polonaise :: Polonaise (n.) An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece..
Lift :: Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
Supereminent :: Supereminency (n.) The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman..
Inchoate :: Inchoate (a.) Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete..
Paginal :: Paginal (a.) Consisting of pages.
Ichthyophagous :: Ichthyophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, fish..
Momentary :: Momentary (a.) Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang..
Generalissimo :: Generalissimo (a.) The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries..
In Posse :: In posse () In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse..
Impasting :: Impasting () The laying on of colors to produce impasto.
Exhibit :: Exhibit (v. t.) To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery..
Smack :: Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade..
Sephen :: Sephen (n.) A large sting ray of the genus Trygon, especially T. sephen of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce..
Fifteenth :: Fifteenth (n.) An interval consisting of two octaves.
Heresy :: Heresy (n.) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained..
Discriminate :: Discriminate (a.) Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
Butt :: Butt (v. i.) To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.].
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white..
Lactean :: Lactean (a.) Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk..
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