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Not adhering; loose; -- opposed to adnate; as, a solute stipule.

The stipule of a leaflet. Gray.

A stipule.

Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular tendrils.

Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.

Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent. Addison. Stocky, twisted, hunchback stems. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Large; bulky; corpulent.

Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.

elf, who sat apart And watched them, waxed in every limb; I felt the thews of Anakim, The pules of a Titan's heart. Tennyson.

To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.

things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. I have little wealth to lose. Shak. Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. Dryden. Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. F. A. Walker. Active wealth. See under Active.…

The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.

aving large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich. A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. Shak. Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Ps. lxvi. 12.

A papule; a pustule; acne. "His whelks white." Chaucer.