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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Stump

Stŭmp, n.

noun

n. [L. Ger., Dan., & Sw. stump, D. stomp, H. Ger. stumpf.]

  1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
  2. The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; as, the stump of a leg, of a finger, or a tooth.
  3. (pl.) Legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Colloq.]
  4. A rod, or frame of rods, used in the game of cricket.
  5. A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, and used to rub down the harsh or strong lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, for shading it, or for rubbing solid tints on paper from colors in powder. Craig. Fairholt.

Stūmp, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. STUMPED (stŭmt, 84); p. pr. & vb. n. STUMPING.

Sense 1. To strike, as any thing fixed and hard, with the toe. [Vulgar.]

Sense 2. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. “The stumped toe.” More.

Sense 3. To challenge; also, to puzzle, or nonplus. [Colloq. and low, U. S.]

Sense 4. To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump the State, or the district. [Colloq. U. S.]

Sense 5. To knock down, as the stump or wicket in cricket-playing.

A herd of boys with clamor bowled, And stumped the wicket. Tennyson.

To stump out (Cricket-playing), to bowl out by knocking down the stump or wicket.

Stūmp, v. i.

verbintransitive
  1. To walk heavily, as if on stumps.
  2. To make a boast; to brag.

To stump up, to pay cash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.