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41stool — [[t]stul[/t]] n. 1) fur a simple armless and usu. backless seat on legs or a pedestal 2) fur a short, low support on which to step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting 3) bot a) a stump, base, or root of a plant that produces new stems or… …
42stool — /stul / (say stoohl) noun 1. a seat, either low or high, without arms or a back, usually for a single person. 2. a short, low support for resting the feet on, kneeling on, sitting on, etc. 3. Obsolete a chair, seat, or position of authority. 4.… …
43stool — [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 …
44stool — n. & v. n. 1 a seat without a back or arms, usu. for one person and consisting of a wooden slab on three or four short legs. 2 a = FOOTSTOOL. b a low bench for kneeling on. 3 (usu. in pl.) = FAECES. 4 the root or stump of a tree or plant from… …
45stool pigeon — {n.} A criminal who informs on his associates. * /The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon./ …
46stool pigeon — {n.} A criminal who informs on his associates. * /The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon./ …
47stool pigeon — noun Etymology: probably from the early practice of fastening the decoy bird to a stool Date: 1826 1. a person acting as a decoy or informer; especially a spy sent into a group to report (as to the police) on its activities 2. a pigeon used as a… …
48stool-ball — noun a) An old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide. b) A ball used in the game of stool ball …
49stool — 1. A discharging of the bowels. 2. The matter discharged at one movement of the bowels. SYN: evacuation (2). SYN: motion (3), movement (2). [A.S. stol, seat] butter stools fatty stools, occurring especially in steatorrhea. currant jelly s …
50Stool, groom of the — One of the gentlemen of the privy chamber who served the king in the more private rooms of the palace. It was the groom s duty to empty the royal chamber pot; this intimacy put him among the most senior of the gentlemen, ranking him below the… …
