stub

Definitions

1. 1.A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] Milton.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.A pen with a short, blunt nib.
5. 5.A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. 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.
6. 6.To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. Berkley.
7. 7.To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
8. 8.To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [U. S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] Milton called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. Berkley called?
• What is to strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [U. S.] called?