Definition of stump

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Stump (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub..

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Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture..
Sprout :: Sprout (v. i.) The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch..
Stumpy :: Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail..
Stump :: Stump (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out..
Stumpiness :: Stumper (n.) A puzzling or incredible story.
Stumper :: Stumper (n.) One who stumps.
Snag :: Snag (n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance..
Zuche :: Zuche (n.) A stump of a tree.
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
Stumping :: Stumped (imp. & p. p.) of Stum.
Gate :: Gate (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into..
Stumpy :: Stumpy (a.) Full of stumps; hard; strong.
Stubbled :: Stubble (n.) The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle..
Stumpage :: Stumpage (n.) Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..
Cappeline :: Cappeline (n.) A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n..
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