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estic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. I will stir up in England some black storm. Shak. Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. Shak.

one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.

or national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor. -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Stren"u*ous*ness, n.

A puddler's stirrer.

The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Slang]

See Stirk. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [Obs.] With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser.

To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. To suspend payment (Com.), to cease paying debts or obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank, etc.

See Swoon, v. & n. [Prov. Eng. or Archaic] Shak. Dryden. The landlord stirred As one awaking from a swound. Longfellow.

One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.

A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.

A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.

To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

Tight; nimble. [Obs.] Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. Beau. & Fl.

Bustle; stir; commotion; ado. [Colloq.]

to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something. [Obs.] Stirling.

A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.

To raise or rouse from bed. Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder. Wa

, with which it is interchangeable. "Upon an hill of flowers." Chaucer. Our host upon his stirrups stood anon. Chaucer. Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar. Ex. xxix. 21. The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. Judg. xvi. 9. As I did stand my watch upon the hill. Shak. He made a great difference between p…

To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir. [Colloq.] "Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags." Shak.