STINGTAIL
Sting"tail`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A sting ray.
STINGY
Sting"y, a.
Defn: Stinging; able to sting.
STINGY Stin"gy, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.] Etym: [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.]
Defn: Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.
STINK
Stink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stunk, Stank (, p. pr. & vb. n. Stinking.]
Etym: [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to
OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf.
Icel. stökkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or
Gr. Stench.]
Defn: To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
STINK
Stink, v. t.
Defn: To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.