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stud
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stud1
1. a large-headed nail or other projection protruding from a surface, usually as decoration
2. a headless bolt that is threaded at both ends, the centre portion being unthreaded
3. any short projection on a machine, such as the metal cylinder that forms a journal for the gears on a screw-cutting lathe
4. the crossbar in the centre of a link of a heavy chain

stud2
1. a group of pedigree animals, esp horses, kept for breeding purposes
2. any male animal kept principally for breeding purposes, esp a stallion
3. a farm or stable where a stud is kept
4. the state or condition of being kept for breeding purposes

stud [stəd]
(building construction)
One of the vertical members in the walls of a framed building to which wallboards, lathing, or paneling is nailed or fastened.
(design engineering)
A rivet, boss, or nail with a large, ornamental head.
A short rod or bolt threaded at both ends without a head.


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When Harry finds a ring that had belonged to a woman who disappeared 30 years ago, everyone tries to find some connection because she was also a horse breeder and her famous studhorse had disappeared with her.
Adventurous readers might try Robert Kroetsch's novel The Studhorse Man (Random House, 1988), a surreal picture of Western Canadian spirit.
When the North Carolina senator wanted to raise some money, he hired Viguerie, and in so doing became the first to mate the noncharitable studhorse with the charitable mare and breed the hybrid worth billions in government subsidies.
 
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