| Stool (stool) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Stool |
| [L. stolo. See
Stolon.] (Hort.) |
A plant from which layers are
propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
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To
ramfy] to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
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| Stool (stool) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Stool |
[AS. st l a
seat; akin to OFries. *** OS. st&omacr]l, D. stoel, G.
stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. stll, Sw. *** Dan.
stol, Goth. st&omacr]ls, Lith. stalas a table |
A
single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in
various forms for various uses.
A seat used in evacuating the bowels;
hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
A small channel on the side
of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-
stool.
A bench or form for resting the feet or the
knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
Material, such as oyster shells, spread on
the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
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