2. A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.
STINKSTONE
Stink"stone`, n. (Min.)
Defn: One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; — called also swinestone.
STINKWEED
Stink"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura.
STINKWOOD
Stink"wood`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.
STINT Stint, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume. (b) A phalarope.