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Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe,
LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf.
Gr. ?.]
1. 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.
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Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer.
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And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
--Dryden.
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2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton.
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3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has
been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and
thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
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4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn
out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the
check are usually recorded.
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5. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
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6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
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{Stub end} (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to
which the strap is fastened.

{Stub iron}, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe
nails, -- used in making gun barrels.

{Stub mortise} (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through
the timber in which it is formed.

{Stub nail}, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also,
a short, thick nail.

{Stub short}, or {Stub shot} (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the
end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where
the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in
connection with the log, until it is split off.

{Stub twist}, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally
welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.
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Stub \Stub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stubbing}.]
1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up
edible roots.
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What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to
a piece of land. --Berkley.
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2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
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3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other
fixed object. [U. S.]
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