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Webster 1913 Edition

Stub

Stub

,
Noun.
[OE.
stubbe
, AS.
stub
,
styb
; akin to D.
stobbe
, LG.
stubbe
, Dan.
stub
, Sw.
stubbe
, Icel.
stubbr
,
stubbi
; cf. Gr. [GREEK].]
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

,
Verb.
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.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Stub

STUB

,
Noun.
[L., setting, fixing. See Stop.]
1.
The stump of a tree; that part of the stem of a tree which remains fixed int he earth when the tree is cut down. [Stub, in the United States, I believe is never used for the stump of an herbaceous plant.]
2.
A log; a block. [Not in use.]

STUB

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
2.
To strike the toes against a stump, stone or other fixed object.

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