Definition of stump

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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..

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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 (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
Stumping :: Stumped (imp. & p. p.) of Stum.
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus..
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..
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..
Zuche :: Zuche (n.) A stump of a tree.
Stump :: Stumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stum.
Stumpy :: Stumpy (a.) Full of stumps; hard; strong.
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 :: Stump (n.) The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) To knock heavily; to stump.
Stunned :: Stumpy (a.) Short and thick; stubby.
Dock :: Dock (n.) The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting..
Gate :: Gate (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into..
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..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub..
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..
Scumble :: Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect..
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