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stump 1. the base part of a tree trunk left standing after the tree has been felled or has fallen 2. Cricket any of three upright wooden sticks that, with two bails laid across them, form a wicket (the stumps) 3. a short sharply-pointed stick of cork or rolled paper or leather, used in drawing and shading 4. on the stump Chiefly US and Canadian engaged in campaigning, esp by political speech-making stump [stəmp] (mining engineering) A small pillar of coal left between the gangway or airway and the breasts to protect these passages; any small pillar. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It happened that a Fox caught its tail in a trap, and in struggling to release himself lost all of it but the stump. He will either push the stump out of the ground with his tusks, if he has any, or drag it out with ropes. He turned his head and blinked at the men who shouted, at the same time wagging his stump of a tail good-naturedly. |
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