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  • 31Stool guaiac test — It involves feces, a thick piece of paper attached to a thin film coated with guaiac (which comes from the Guaiacum tree [cite web | url = http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/guidance/772.html#5a | title = Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff Review… …

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  • 32stool pigeon — (USA)    A stool pigeon is a police informer.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    A person who acts as an informer, especially one who gives information to the police or the authorities, is called a stool pigeon.     I don t trust Jack. I… …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 33stool */ — UK [stuːl] / US [stul] noun [countable] Word forms stool : singular stool plural stools 1) a seat that has legs but no support for your back or arms a bar/piano stool 2) a piece of solid waste from someone s body • fall between two stools …

    English dictionary

  • 34stool pigeon — noun 1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police • Syn: ↑fink, ↑snitch, ↑snitcher, ↑stoolpigeon, ↑stoolie, ↑sneak, ↑sneaker, ↑canary …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 35Stool-room — The king s lavatory within the confines of the privy chamber. [< OldEngl. stol = stool, chair] Cf. Stool, groom of the; Easement room; Longaigne …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 36stool — n. a cucking, ducking; step stool * * * [stuːl] ducking step stool a cucking …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 37stool — [OE] Although stools are for sitting on, the word’s etymological meaning is ‘stand’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *stōlaz, which was formed from the base *stō , *sta ‘stand’ (source of English stand) using the noun suffix * l (in much the …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38stool — [[t]stu͟ːl[/t]] stools 1) N COUNT A stool is a seat with legs but no support for your arms or back. O Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If someone has fallen between two stools, they are unable… …

    English dictionary

  • 39stool pigeon —    a police informer    Pigeons were tied to stools to lure other pigeons for capture:     Perhaps the incident would have passed without further consequences, for the stool pigeon was no more popular among the guards, most of whom thought he had …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 40stool — n 1. footstool, hassock, ottoman, taboret; stepstool, folding stool, campstool, milking stool; seat, bench, cricket; kneeler, prie dieu, faldstool. 2. decoy, bait, lure, come on, trick; trap, snare, springe. 3. toilet, commode; privy, cloaca,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder