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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.

Definition 2024


stub

stub

English

Noun

stub (plural stubs)

  1. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
    • Dryden
      And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
  2. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
    check stub, ticket stub, payment stub
  3. (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. (, , ).
    • 1996, Chip Weems, Nell Dale, Pascal:
      Even though the stub is a dummy, it allows us to determine whether the procedure is called at the right time by the program or calling procedure.
  4. (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. (, , )
    • 2002, Judith M Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware:
      After this, the server stub calls the actual procedure on the server.
  5. (wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
  6. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
  7. An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
  8. (obsolete) A log; a block; a blockhead.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
  9. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
  10. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
  11. The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.

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Verb

stub (third-person singular simple present stubs, present participle stubbing, simple past and past participle stubbed)

  1. To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
  2. To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
  3. To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
    I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.

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References

  1. stub” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stûːb/

Noun

stȗb m (Cyrillic spelling сту̑б)

  1. pillar
  2. column (upright supporting beam)

Declension