English Dictionary: stubbed | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stubbed \Stub"bed\, a. 1. Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse. 2. Abounding in stubs; stubby. A bit of stubbed ground, once a wood. --R. Browning. 3. Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged. [bd]Stubbed, vulgar constitutions.[b8] --Berkley. | |
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.] |