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Webster 1913 Edition


Stinkpot

Stink′potˊ

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Noun.
1.
An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, – sometimes used in boarding an enemy’s vessel.
2.
A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
3.
(Zool.)
The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under
Musk
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stinkpot

STINKPOT

,
Noun.
An artificial composition offensive to the smell.

Definition 2024


stinkpot

stinkpot

English

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Noun

stinkpot (plural stinkpots)

  1. An annoying, bad or undesirable person.
  2. The common musk turtle, a species of turtle from southeastern Canada, Sternotherus odoratus.
  3. The southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus.
  4. (slang) A motorboat (usually used by sailors).