Stub : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stub	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Stub
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stub n a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" Synonym(s): nub, stub a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt Synonym(s): stub, ticket stub the part of a check that is retained as a record Synonym(s): stub, check stub, counterfoil the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) Synonym(s): butt, stub v pull up (weeds) by their roots extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now" clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field" strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. [?].] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stub \Stub\, v. 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.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
stub 1. A dummy procedure used when linking a program with a {run-time library}. The stub routine need not contain any code and is only present to prevent "undefined label" errors at link time. 2. A local procedure in a {remote procedure call}. The {client} calls the stub to perform some task and need not necessarily be aware that RPC is involved. The stub transmits parameters over the network to the {server} and returns the results to the caller. (1995-11-09)