| slovo | definícia |
stool
(encz) | stool,sedátko n: Zdeněk Brož |
stool
(encz) | stool,stolice n: Zdeněk Brož |
stool
(encz) | stool,stolička n: Zdeněk Brož |
Stool
(gcide) | Stool \Stool\, n. [L. stolo. See Stolon.] (Hort.)
A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its
branches into the soil. --P. Henderson.
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Stool
(gcide) | Stool \Stool\, v. i. (Agric.)
To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers. --R. D.
Blackmore.
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Stool
(gcide) | Stool \Stool\, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS.
st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw.
& Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ.
stol'; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See Stand, and
cf. Fauteuil.]
1. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back,
made in various forms for various uses.
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2. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an
evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
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3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]
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4. (Naut.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the
dead-eyes of the backstays. --Totten.
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5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. --J. P. Peters.
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6. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a
footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
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7. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom
for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.]
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Stool of a window, or Window stool (Arch.), the flat
piece upon which the window shuts down, and which
corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States,
the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual
sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window
seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat.
Stool of repentance, the cuttystool. [Scot.]
Stool pigeon, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others
within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others.
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stool
(wn) | stool
n 1: a simple seat without a back or arms
2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn:
fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM,
stool, ordure, dejection]
3: (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed
for the production of saplings
4: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
v 1: lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
2: react to a decoy, of wildfowl
3: grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers [syn: stool,
tiller]
4: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
[syn: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, {take a
crap}, ca-ca, crap, make] |
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barstool
(encz) | barstool,barová židle n: vysoké sedátko bez opěrek kavol |
cucking stool
(encz) | cucking stool, n: |
cutty stool
(encz) | cutty stool, n: |
ducking stool
(encz) | ducking stool, n: |
fall between two stools
(encz) | fall between two stools, |
footstool
(encz) | footstool,podnožka n: Zdeněk Brožfootstool,stolička pod nohy Zdeněk Brož |
milking stool
(encz) | milking stool, n: |
music stool
(encz) | music stool, n: |
piano stool
(encz) | piano stool, n: |
step stool
(encz) | step stool, n: |
stool
(encz) | stool,sedátko n: Zdeněk Brožstool,stolice n: Zdeněk Brožstool,stolička n: Zdeněk Brož |
stool pigeon
(encz) | stool pigeon, |
stool test
(encz) | stool test, n: |
stool-pigeon
(encz) | stool-pigeon,práskač n: Zdeněk Brožstool-pigeon,umělý holub lákající holuby Zdeněk Brož |
stoolie
(encz) | stoolie,práskač n: [slang.] Jiří Dadák |
stoolpigeon
(encz) | stoolpigeon,práskač n: Zdeněk Brožstoolpigeon,umělý holub lákající holuby Zdeněk Brož |
toadstool
(encz) | toadstool,houba toadstool,muchomůrka n: Zdeněk Brožtoadstool,prašivka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bishop-stool
(gcide) | Bishop-stool \Bish"op-stool`\, n.
A bishop's seat or see.
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Bucking stool
(gcide) | Bucking \Buck"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an
alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the
liquid used. --Tomlinson.
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2. A washing.
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3. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
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Bucking iron (Mining), a broad-faced hammer, used in
bucking or breaking up ores.
Bucking kier (Manuf.), a large circular boiler, or kier,
used in bleaching.
Bucking stool, a washing block.
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Camp stool
(gcide) | Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus
plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign,
Champ, n.]
1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shak.
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2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
arranged in an orderly manner.
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Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W.
Irving.
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3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
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4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
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The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
--Macaulay.
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5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other
vegetables are stored for protection against frost; --
called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.]
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6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An
ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
--Halliwell.
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Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto
a small space for easy transportation.
camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics
or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at
the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the
plane surface of the upper ceiling.
Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly
for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made
of strips or pieces of carpet.
Camp fever, typhus fever.
Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a
sutler, servant, etc.
Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching,
held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present
lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool
has no back.
Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for
rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow.
To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp.
To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
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campstool
(gcide) | campstool \camp"stool`\ n.
a folding stool.
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Close-stool
(gcide) | Close-stool \Close"-stool`\, n.
A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick
and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat
and tight cover.
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Cucking stool
(gcide) | Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k?k"?ng st??l`). [Cf. AS.
scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to
scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a
hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf.
Icel. k?ka to dung, k?kr dung, the name being given as to a
disgracing or infamous punishment.]
A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also
dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in
front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob,
but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called
also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and
often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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Cuttystool
(gcide) | Cuttystool \Cut"ty*stool`\ (-st[=oo]l`), n.
1. A low stool. [Scot.]
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2. A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made
to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.
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ducking stool
(gcide) | Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k?k"?ng st??l`). [Cf. AS.
scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to
scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a
hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf.
Icel. k?ka to dung, k?kr dung, the name being given as to a
disgracing or infamous punishment.]
A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also
dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in
front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob,
but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called
also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and
often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. --Sir. W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]Ducking \Duck"ing\,
n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i.
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Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were
formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment.
See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the
latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the
early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the
19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.
[1913 Webster]Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n.
An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant
scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
--Blacktone.
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Ducking stool
(gcide) | Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k?k"?ng st??l`). [Cf. AS.
scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to
scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a
hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf.
Icel. k?ka to dung, k?kr dung, the name being given as to a
disgracing or infamous punishment.]
A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also
dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in
front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob,
but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called
also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and
often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. --Sir. W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]Ducking \Duck"ing\,
n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i.
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Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were
formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment.
See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the
latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the
early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the
19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.
[1913 Webster]Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n.
An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant
scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
--Blacktone.
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ducking stool
(gcide) | Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k?k"?ng st??l`). [Cf. AS.
scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to
scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a
hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf.
Icel. k?ka to dung, k?kr dung, the name being given as to a
disgracing or infamous punishment.]
A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also
dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in
front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob,
but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called
also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and
often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. --Sir. W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]Ducking \Duck"ing\,
n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i.
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Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were
formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment.
See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the
latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the
early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the
19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.
[1913 Webster]Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n.
An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant
scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
--Blacktone.
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Faldstool
(gcide) | Faldstool \Fald"stool`\, n. [See Faldistory.]
A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the
manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir
for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral
church. --Fairholt.
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Note: In the modern practice of the Church of England, the
term faldstool is given to the reading desk from which
the litany is read. This esage is a relic of the
ancient use of a lectern folding like a camp stool.
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Footstool
(gcide) | Footstool \Foot"stool`\, n.
A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
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freedstool
(gcide) | Fridstol \Frid"stol`\ (fr[i^]d"st[=o]l`), Frithstool
\Frith`stool"\ (fr[i^]th"st[=oo]l`), n. [AS. fri[eth]st[=o]l.
See Fred, and Stool.]
A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders
formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool,
freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Freedstool \Freed"stool`\, n. [Obs.]
See Fridstol.
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Freedstool
(gcide) | Fridstol \Frid"stol`\ (fr[i^]d"st[=o]l`), Frithstool
\Frith`stool"\ (fr[i^]th"st[=oo]l`), n. [AS. fri[eth]st[=o]l.
See Fred, and Stool.]
A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders
formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool,
freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Freedstool \Freed"stool`\, n. [Obs.]
See Fridstol.
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fridstool
(gcide) | Fridstol \Frid"stol`\ (fr[i^]d"st[=o]l`), Frithstool
\Frith`stool"\ (fr[i^]th"st[=oo]l`), n. [AS. fri[eth]st[=o]l.
See Fred, and Stool.]
A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders
formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool,
freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]
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Frithstool
(gcide) | Fridstol \Frid"stol`\ (fr[i^]d"st[=o]l`), Frithstool
\Frith`stool"\ (fr[i^]th"st[=oo]l`), n. [AS. fri[eth]st[=o]l.
See Fred, and Stool.]
A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders
formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool,
freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]
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Insulating stool
(gcide) | Insulate \In"su*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Insulating.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula
island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.]
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1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant.
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2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no
communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to
separate.
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3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer of
electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the
interposition of nonconductors.
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Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or
some other nonconductor of electricity, used for
insulating a person or any object placed upon it.
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Joint stool
(gcide) | Joint \Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint.
See Join.]
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1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or
united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces
admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction; as, a
joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
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2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion;
an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the
knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket
joint. See Articulation.
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A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel,
Must glove this hand. --Shak.
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To tear thee joint by joint. --Milton.
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3. The part or space included between two joints, knots,
nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass
stem; a joint of the leg.
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4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions
by the butcher for roasting.
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5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a
rock transverse to the stratification.
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6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two
bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement,
mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
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7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
structure are secured together.
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8. [Jag a notch.] A projecting or retreating part in
something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a
wall. [Now Chiefly U. S.]
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9. (Theaters) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together
two flats or wings of an interior setting.
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10. a disreputable establishment, or a place of low resort,
as for smoking opium; -- also used for a commercial
establishment, implying a less than impeccable
reputation, but often in jest; as, talking about a
high-class joint is an oxymoron. [Slang]
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11. a marijuana cigarette. [Slang]
[PJC]
12. prison; -- used with "the". [Slang] " he spent five years
in the joint."
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Coursing joint (Masonry), the mortar joint between two
courses of bricks or stones.
Fish joint, Miter joint, Universal joint, etc. See
under Fish, Miter, etc.
Joint bolt, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood,
one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of
the pieces.
Joint chair (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of
abutting rails.
Joint coupling, a universal joint for coupling shafting.
See under Universal.
Joint hinge, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.
Joint splice, a re["e]nforce at a joint, to sustain the
parts in their true relation.
Joint stool.
(a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool.
--Shak.
(b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint;
a joint chair.
Out of joint, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of
a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well
together; disordered. "The time is out of joint." --Shak.
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Paddock stool
(gcide) | Paddock \Pad"dock\, n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D.
pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zool.)
A toad or frog. --Wyclif. "Loathed paddocks." --Spenser
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Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus
Equisetum, especially Equisetum limosum and the
fruiting stems of Equisetum arvense; -- called also
padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum.
Paddock stone. See Toadstone.
Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool.
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Pixy stool
(gcide) | Pixy \Pix"y\, Pixie \Pix"ie\, n.; pl. Pixies. [For Pucksy,
from Puck.]
1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also
picksy.]
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2. (Bot.) A low creeping evergreen plant ({Pyxidanthera
barbulata}), with mosslike leaves and little white
blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it
flowers in earliest spring.
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Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
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Stool of a window
(gcide) | Stool \Stool\, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS.
st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw.
& Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ.
stol'; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See Stand, and
cf. Fauteuil.]
1. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back,
made in various forms for various uses.
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2. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an
evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
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3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]
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4. (Naut.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the
dead-eyes of the backstays. --Totten.
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5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. --J. P. Peters.
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6. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a
footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
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7. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom
for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.]
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Stool of a window, or Window stool (Arch.), the flat
piece upon which the window shuts down, and which
corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States,
the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual
sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window
seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat.
Stool of repentance, the cuttystool. [Scot.]
Stool pigeon, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others
within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others.
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Stool of repentance
(gcide) | Stool \Stool\, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS.
st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw.
& Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ.
stol'; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See Stand, and
cf. Fauteuil.]
1. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back,
made in various forms for various uses.
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2. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an
evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
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3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]
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4. (Naut.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the
dead-eyes of the backstays. --Totten.
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5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. --J. P. Peters.
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6. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a
footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
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7. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom
for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.]
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Stool of a window, or Window stool (Arch.), the flat
piece upon which the window shuts down, and which
corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States,
the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual
sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window
seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat.
Stool of repentance, the cuttystool. [Scot.]
Stool pigeon, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others
within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others.
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Stool pigeon
(gcide) | Stool \Stool\, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS.
st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw.
& Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ.
stol'; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See Stand, and
cf. Fauteuil.]
1. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back,
made in various forms for various uses.
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2. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an
evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
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3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]
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4. (Naut.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the
dead-eyes of the backstays. --Totten.
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5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. --J. P. Peters.
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6. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a
footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
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7. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom
for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.]
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Stool of a window, or Window stool (Arch.), the flat
piece upon which the window shuts down, and which
corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States,
the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual
sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window
seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat.
Stool of repentance, the cuttystool. [Scot.]
Stool pigeon, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others
within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others.
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Stoolball
(gcide) | Stoolball \Stool"ball`\, n.
A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp.
with young women.
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Nausicaa
With other virgins did at stoolball play. --Chapman.
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Toadstool
(gcide) | Toadstool \Toad"stool`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the
genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They
grow on decaying organic matter.
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Window stool
(gcide) | Stool \Stool\, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS.
st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw.
& Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ.
stol'; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See Stand, and
cf. Fauteuil.]
1. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back,
made in various forms for various uses.
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2. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an
evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
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3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]
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4. (Naut.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the
dead-eyes of the backstays. --Totten.
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5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. --J. P. Peters.
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6. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a
footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
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7. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom
for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.]
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Stool of a window, or Window stool (Arch.), the flat
piece upon which the window shuts down, and which
corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States,
the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual
sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window
seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat.
Stool of repentance, the cuttystool. [Scot.]
Stool pigeon, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others
within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others.
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campstool
(wn) | campstool
n 1: a folding stool |
cucking stool
(wn) | cucking stool
n 1: an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which
offenders were ducked in water [syn: cucking stool,
ducking stool] |
cutty stool
(wn) | cutty stool
n 1: a low stool; formerly in Scotland, a seat in a church where
an offender was publicly rebuked |
ducking stool
(wn) | ducking stool
n 1: an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which
offenders were ducked in water [syn: cucking stool,
ducking stool] |
footstool
(wn) | footstool
n 1: a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
[syn: footstool, footrest, ottoman, tuffet] |
milking stool
(wn) | milking stool
n 1: low three-legged stool with a half round seat; used to sit
on while milking a cow |
music stool
(wn) | music stool
n 1: a stool for piano players; usually adjustable in height
[syn: music stool, piano stool] |
piano stool
(wn) | piano stool
n 1: a stool for piano players; usually adjustable in height
[syn: music stool, piano stool] |
step stool
(wn) | step stool
n 1: a stool that has one or two steps that fold under the seat |
stool
(wn) | stool
n 1: a simple seat without a back or arms
2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn:
fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM,
stool, ordure, dejection]
3: (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed
for the production of saplings
4: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
v 1: lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
2: react to a decoy, of wildfowl
3: grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers [syn: stool,
tiller]
4: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
[syn: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, {take a
crap}, ca-ca, crap, make] |
stool pigeon
(wn) | stool pigeon
n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, {stool
pigeon}, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
2: a dummy pigeon used to decoy others |
stool test
(wn) | stool test
n 1: a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of
your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to
detect colorectal cancers [syn: fecal occult test,
faecal occult test, stool test] |
stoolie
(wn) | stoolie
n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, {stool
pigeon}, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary] |
stoolpigeon
(wn) | stoolpigeon
n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, {stool
pigeon}, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary] |
toadstool
(wn) | toadstool
n 1: common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric
(contrasting with the edible mushroom) [ant: mushroom] |
cstools
(foldoc) | CSTools
Concurrency through message-passing to named message
queues.
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sun-stools
(foldoc) | sun-stools
Unflattering hackerism for SunTools, a pre-X windowing
environment notorious in its day for size, slowness, and
misfeatures. X, however, is larger and slower; see
second-system effect.
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sun-stools
(jargon) | sun-stools
n.
Unflattering hackerism for SunTools, a pre-X windowing environment
notorious in its day for size, slowness, and misfeatures. X, however, is
larger and (some claim) slower; see second-system effect.
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DUCKING-STOOL
(bouvier) | DUCKING-STOOL, punishment. An instrument used, in dipping women in the
water, as a punishment, on conviction of being common scolds. It is
sometimes confounded with tumbrel. (q.v.)
2. This barbarous punishment was never in use in Pennsylvania. 12 Serg.
& Rawle, 220.
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