Stud | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Stūd, n.

noun

n. [A-S. studu, L. Ger. stud, studde, stutte, stūt, D. stut, Dan. stötte, Sw. stod, stötta, Icel. stod, stytta, N. H. Ger. stütze.] 1. A stem; a trunk. [Obs.] Seest thou not this same hawthorn stud? Spenser.

(Arch.) A small piece of timber or joist inserted in the sills and beams, between the posts, to support the beams or other main timbers.
A kind of nail with a large head, inserted in work chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob.

A belt of straw and ivy buds. With coral clasps and amber studs. Raleigh. Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems And studs of pearl. Milton.

An ornamental button or catch for a shirt-bosom, not held to its place by being sewed, but inserted in button-holes and admitting of being transferred from one such bosom to another.
(Mach.) (a.) A short rod, fixed in and projecting from something, sometimes forming a journal. (b.) A stud-bolt.

Stūd, n.

noun

n. [A-S. & Icel. stōd, O. H. Ger. stuat, stuot, N. H. Ger. stute, Sw. sto, a mare, Dan. stod-hest, a stallion. Cf. STRUDE and STEED.] A collection of breeding horses and mares; or the place where they are kept.

In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and fire. Sir W. Temple.

He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories. Macaulay.

Stŭd, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. STUDDED; p. pr. & vb. n. STUDDING.] 1. To adorn with shining studs or knobs. Their horses shall be trapped, Their harness studded all with gold and pearl. Shak. 2. To set with detached ornaments, or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs. The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial, neat, and commodious dwellings of freemen. Bp. Hobart.