Category:Stub

Stub, n. Etym: [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. Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. Chaucer. And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. Dryden.

2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [obs.] Milton.

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.

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.

5. A pen with a short, blunt nib.

6. 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.

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. What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. Berkley.

2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.

3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed Object. [u. S.]