Definition of stump

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Stumbling-stone (n.) A stumbling-block.

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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..
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..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
Stump :: Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder..
Outer :: Outer (a.) Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world..
Stub :: Stub (n.) The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger..
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) To knock heavily; to stump.
Stumped :: Stump (n.) A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece..
Stumpiness :: Stumper (n.) A puzzling or incredible story.
Stumper :: Stumper (n.) A boastful person.
Stump :: Stumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stum.
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus..
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..
Sauce :: Sauce (n.) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Stumpage :: Stump (v. i.) To walk clumsily, as if on stumps..
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..
Runt :: Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant..
Stumpy :: Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail..
Stump-tailed :: Stumpiness (n.) The state of being stumpy.
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