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se (Armochelys, or Ozotheca, odorata), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also stinkpot.

nightshade. Same as Belladonna (a). -- Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter. -- Stinking nightshade. See Henbane. -- Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.

A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

t leaf. "The pendent world." Shak. Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. Longfellow.

A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.

Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor. "Thy putid muse." Dr. H. More.

from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.

o corrupt; to make foul. Private suits do putrefy the public good. Bacon. They would but stink, and putrefy the air. Shak.

(Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.

An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink. Cowper. Stench trap, a contrivance to prevent stench or foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc.

A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.

imp. & p. p. of Stink.

See Stinkstone.

A tinkling. [Obs.]

a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.

A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.

Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.

A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey.