Definition of stump

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Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

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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..
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..
Stumper :: Stumper (n.) A boastful person.
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.
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..
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..
Stump :: Stumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stum.
Stumpage :: Stump (v. i.) To walk clumsily, as if on stumps..
Stumper :: Stumper (n.) One who stumps.
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
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..
Stumpy :: Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail..
Runt :: Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant..
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..
Stumper :: Stumpage (n.) A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber..
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..
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..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
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..
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