stump : Idioms & Phrases
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Leg stump
(Cricket) , the stump nearest to the batsman.
Webster 1913
Off stump
(Cricket) , the stump farthest from the batsman.
Webster 1913
stump speech
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noun political oratory
WordNet
stump spud
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noun a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
spud.
WordNet
Stump tracery
(Arch.) , a term used to describe late German Gothic tracery, in which the molded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the molding is seen at the end of each similar stump.
Webster 1913
stump-tailed
Stump"-tailed` adjective
Definitions
Having a short, thick tail.
Webster 1913
To go on the stump , ∨ To take the stump
- to engage in making public addresses for electioneering purposes; a phrase derived from the practice of using a stump for a speaker's platform in newly-settled districts. Hence also the phrases stump orator, stump speaker, stump speech, stump oratory, etc. Colloq. U.S.
Webster 1913
To stump it
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(a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape . Slang Ld. Lytton.(b) To make electioneering speeches. Colloq. U.S.
Webster 1913
To stump up
- to pay cash. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Webster 1913
tree stump
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noun the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
stump.
