Definition of stump

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Stump (n.) The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

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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 (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom..
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..
Stump-tailed :: Stumpiness (n.) The state of being stumpy.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
Stumpy :: Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail..
Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump..
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 strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub..
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
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..
Stump :: Stumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stum.
Stumpy :: Stumpy (a.) Full of stumps; hard; strong.
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..
Runt :: Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant..
Stumpage :: Stump (v. i.) To walk clumsily, as if on stumps..
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..
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) To knock heavily; to stump.
Stumper :: Stumper (n.) One who stumps.
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..
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