stub-mortise 
stub-mortise (stub'mor"tis), . A mortise 
which does not pass through the entire thick- 
ness of the timber in which it is made. 
stub-nail (stub'nal), n. An old or worn horse- 
shoe-nail; any short and thick nail; a stub. 
stub-pen (stub'pen), H. A pen having a blunt 
or truncated nils, usually short and broad. 
stub-short (stub'short). n. Same as stub-shot, 1. 
Stub-Shot (stub'shot), H. 1. In a saw-mill, the 
butt or unsawed part at the end of a plank, 
separated from the log. Also called stub-short. 
2. In turn! u</, the un worked part on a piece 
turned in a lathe, where it is secured to the 
center. It is removed when the work is fin- 
ished. 
stub-tenon (stub'teu'on), . In carp., a short 
tenon, as at the end of an upright. E. H. Knigh t. 
Stub-twist (stub'twist), . A material for fine 
shot-gun barrels, as those of fowling-pieces, 
wrought from stubs, and brought into form by 
twisting or coiling round a mandrel or by weld- 
ing; also, a gun-barrel made of this material. 
stubwort (stub'wert), n. The wood-sorrel, 
Oxalis Aeetosella: so called from its growing 
about stubs or stumps. [Prov. Eng.] 
stUCCO (stuk'6), n. [Formerly also stuck,<. F. attic 
= Sp.estuco = Pg.estuque=T>.stuc=G.Sw. stuck 
= Dan. stuk; < It. stucco, stucco, < OHG. stucehi, 
MHG. stilcke, G. stuck, a piece, a patch, = D. 
stuk = OS. stukki = AS. stycce = Icel. stykki, a 
piece ; connected with stocfc 1 .] 1 . Plaster or ce- 
ment, of varying degrees of fineness, used as a 
coating for walls, either internally or externally, 
and for the production of ornamental effects and 
figures. Stucco for decorative purposes, as the cornices 
and moldings of rooms and the enrichment of ceilings, 
usually consists of slaked lime, chalk, and pulverized white 
marble, tempered in water, or of calcined gypsum or plas- 
ter of Paris mixed with glue, and sometimes also gelatin 
or gum arable, in a hot solution. The stucco employed 
for external purposes is of a coarser kind, and variously 
prepared, the different sorts being generally distinguished 
by the name of cements. Some of these take a surface 
and polish almost equal to those of the finest marble. The 
stucco used for the third coat of three-coat plaster con- 
sists of fine lime and sand. In a species called bastard 
stucco a small quantity of hair is used. Bough stucco is 
merely floated and brushed with water, but the best kind 
is troweled. 
2. Work made of stucco. The ornamenting of cor- 
nices, etc., with garlands, festoons, fruits, and figures in 
stucco was carried to great elaboration by the ancient 
Romans, and by the Italians under Kaphael's guidance in 
the sixteenth century. 
StUCCO (stuk'6), r. 1. [< stucco, w.] To apply 
stucco to ; cover with stucco or fine plaster. 
Stuccoer (stuk'o-er),i. [(stucco + -*!.] One 
who stuccoes ; one who applies stucco to walls, 
etc. ; one who works or deals in stucco. 
Stucco-work (stuk'6-werk), n. Ornamental 
work composed of stucco. 
Stuck 1 (stuk). Preterit and past participle of 
stick 1 and stick. 
Stuck 2 t (stuk), u. [A var. of stock*. Cf. tuck'*.] 
A thrust. 
stuck 3 (stuk), n. and )'. A dialectal variant of 
stook. 
Stuck 4 t (stuk), n. [< F. sine, < It. stucco, stucco: 
see stucco.] Stucco. Imp. Diet. 
stuck-int (stuk'in), n. The stoccade. 
I had a pass with him, rapier, scabbard, and all, and he 
gives me the stuck in with such a mortal motion that it is 
inevitable. Shak., T. N., iii. 4. 303. 
stuckle (stuk'l), n. [Dim. of stuck 3 , stook.'] A 
number of sheaves set together in a field; a 
stook. [Prov. Eng.] 
StUCkling (stuk'ling), n. [Origin obscure.] 
A thin apple pasty ; a fritter. [Prov. Eng.] 
stuck-up (stuk'up'), a. and n. I. a. Offensively 
proud or conceited ; puffed up; consequential. 
[Colloq.] 
He [the true gentleman] is never stuck-up, nor looks 
down upon others because they have not titles, honors, or 
social position equal to his own. 
W. Matthews, Getting on in the World, p. 144. 
II. n. Same as strap-oyster. E. Ingersoll. 
stud 1 (stud), n. [Early mod. E. also studde; < 
ME. stode, < AS. studu, stutJiu, a post, = Icel. 
stodh = Sw. stod, a post, = Dan. stod, stub, 
stump, = MHG. G. stutze, a prop, support ; cf. 
Skt. sthiina, a post. Cf. stooth, a doublet of 
stud*. Hence ult. studdle.] 1 . A post ; an up- 
right prop or support; specifically, one of the 
small beams or scantlings in a building, of the 
height of a single story, which, with the laths 
nailed upon them, form the walls of the differ- 
ent rooms. See cut under siding. 
It is a gross mistake in architecture to think that every 
small stud bears the main stress and burthen of the build- 
ing, which lies indeed upon the principal timbers. 
Jer. Taylor (?), Artif. Handsomeness, p. 11. (Latham.) 
00(14 
2f. The stem, trunk, or stock of a tree or shrub. 
Seest not thilke same Hawthorne xtudde, 
How bragly it beginnes to budde, 
And utter his tender head ? 
Speiwer, Shep. Cal., March. 
3. A transverse piece of cast-iron inserted in 
each link of a chain cable to prop the sides 
apart and strengthen it. See cut under chain. 
4. A nail, boss, knob, or protuberance affixed 
to a surface, especially as an ornament. 
Crystal and myrrhine cups, emboss'd with gems 
And studs of pearl. Milton, P. R., iv. 120. 
The armour of the legs consists of a chausson of chain- 
mail, and chausses lacing behind, which appear to be 
formed of studs rivetted on cloth or leather. 
J. Hewitt, Ancient Armour, I. p. xvii. 
5. A piece in the form of a boss or knob for 
use as a button or fastener, or in some other 
way. A stud for a bolt is a rounded nut to be screwed 
on to the projecting end. A stud for lacing is a button 
set in an eyelet-hole and having an ear round which the 
lace is passed. A shirt-stud is an ornamental button com- 
monly with a tang or a spire by which it can be inserted in 
and removed from an eyelet-hole or small buttonhole in 
the front of the shirt. 
The grate which (shut) the day out-barres, 
Those golden studdes which naile the starres. 
Dekker, Londons Tempe (Works, IV. 122). 
The stud itself, called the anvil, is connected to the 
sending battery, and the other pole of this battery is to 
earth. R. S. Culley, Pract. Teleg., p. 269. 
The mantle, which falls over the back of the figure and 
is not gathered up at the arms, is secured by a cordon at- 
tached to two lozenge-shaped studs. Encyc. Brit., VI. 469. 
Shirt-Stud abscess, an abscess with a superficial and a 
deep cavity, connected by a short sinus. 
stud 1 (stud), v. t.; pret. and pp. studded, ppr. 
studding. [< stud 1 , n. Cf. Icel. stydja, prop, 
steady.] 1. To furnish with or support by 
studs, or upright props. 
Is it a wholesome place to live in, with its black shingles, 
and the green moss that shows how damp they are ? its 
dark, low studded rooms? Hawthorne, Seven Oables, xii. 
2. To set with or as with studs. 
Thy horses shall be trapp'd, 
Their harness studded all with gold and pearl. 
Shak., T. of the S., Ind., ii. 44. 
3. To set with protuberant objects of any kind ; 
scatter over with separate things rising above 
the surface : as, a bay studded with islands. 
A fine lawn sloped away from it, studded with clumps 
of trees. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 30. 
4. To lie scattered over the surface of; be 
spread prominently about in. 
The turf around our pavilion fairly blazes with the 
splendor of the yellow daisies and crimson poppies that 
stttd it. B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 22. 
Studded armor, armor composed of leather, cloth in sev- 
eral thicknesses, or the like, through which are driven 
metal rivets with large heads, forming studs or bosses. 
stud 2 (stud), M. [< ME. stood, stod, < AS. stod, 
a stud, = OHG. stnot, stuut, stuota, a stud, MHG. 
stnot, stiit, a stud, a breeding mare, G. stute, a 
breeding mare (gestiit, a stud), = Icel. stodh = 
Dan. stod, a stud, = Sw. sto, a mare. Cf. Buss. 
stado, a herd or drove, Lith. stodas, a drove of 
horses. Of. steed.] 1. A number of horses 
kept for any purpose, especially for breeding 
or sporting. 
He keeps the stud (which is to be diminished) because 
he thinks he ought to support the turf. 
Greville, Memoirs, July 18, 1830. 
2. The place where a stud is kept, especially 
for breeding; a stud-farm. 
In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland, where care 
is taken, ... we see horses bred of excellent shape. 
Sir W. Temple, Advancement of Trade in Ireland. 
3. A stallion, especially one kept for service in 
breeding; a stud-horse. [Colloq.] 4. Dogs 
kept for breeding; a kennel. [U. S.] In tie 
stud, kept for breeding, as a horse or dog. 
stud a t, studet, Middle English forms of stead. 
stud-bolt (stud'bolt), H. A bolt with a thread 
at each end, to be screwed into a fixed part 
at one end and have a stud or nut screwed on 
it at the other. 
Stud-book (stud'buk), n. The genealogical 
register of a stud, especially of horses; a book 
giving the pedigree of noted or thoroughbred 
animals, especially horses. 
Studderyt (stud'er-i), n. [< stud? + -ery.'] A 
place for keeping a stud of horses. Harrison, 
Descrip. of Eng., iii. 1 (Holinshed's Chron., I.). 
Studding (stud'ing), . [Verbal n. of xtugl, v.~\ 
In carp., studs or joists collectively, or material 
for studs or joists. 
studdingsail (stud'ing-sal; pron. by sailors 
stun'sl), . [< studding, verbal n. of stud 1 , sup- 
port, + gait; or else altered from 'steadying- 
s<7.] A sail set beyond the leeches of some 
of the principal squaresails during a fair wind, 
studied 
very seldom used . Lower studdingsails, either square 
or three-cornered, are set outside of the leeches of the 
foresail. Topmast- and topgallant-studdingsails are set 
outside of the topsail and topgallantsail. They are spread 
at the head by small yards and at the foot by booms which 
slide out from the yardarms. Also called steering-sail. See 
cuts under rinytail'i and ship. Studdingsail-booms, 
long poles which slide out and in through boom-irons on 
the yards. See cut under ship. 
Studdle (stud'l), n. [< ME. gtuddylt, gtitddiil. 
xliHlitl. stedulle, < Icel. studhill, a prop, stay, up- 
right, stud, dim. of stodh (= AS. studu, etc.), a 
prop: see stud 1 ."] If. A prop or bar about a 
loom. Prompt. Purr., p. 481. 2. One of the 
vertical timbers which support the setts in the 
timbering of a mining-shaft. 
Studet, 'ii. See stud 3 . 
Student (stu'dent), >i. [= F. etitdiant = Pr. 
estudian = Sp. "estudiante = Pg. cstudante = It. 
studiante, studientc, studente = D. G. Sw. Dan. 
student, a student, < L. gtuden(t-)s, ppr. of stu- 
dere, be eager, zealous, or diligent, apply one's 
self, study ; perhaps (with alteration of sp- to 
st-) = Gr. avfi'dtiv, be eager, hasten. Hence 
also study, studious, etc.] 1. A studious per- 
son; one who practises studying or investiga- 
tion ; one given to the study of books or the 
acquisition of knowledge: as, a student of sci- 
ence or of nature. 
Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from 
his book, and it is wonderful. 
Shale., M. W. of W., iii. 1. 38. 
2. A person who is engaged in a course of 
study, either general or special ; one who stud- 
ies, especially with a view to education of a 
higher kind; an advanced scholar or pupil: as, 
an academical or college student; a student of 
theology, law, medicine, or art. 
A greater degree of gentility is affixed to the character 
of a student in England than elsewhere. 
Goldsmith, English Clergy. 
Student or students' lamp. See lampi. 
student-parsnip (stu'dent-pars"nip), n. See 
parsnip. 
Studentry (stu'dent-ri), n. [< student + -ry."] 
Students collectively; a body of students. 
KingsUy, Hypatia. [Rare.] 
studentship (stu'dent-ship), n. [< student + 
-ship.] 1. The state of being a student. [Rare.] 
2. An endowment or foundation for a stu- 
dent ; a provision for the maintenance of a 
person in a course of study. 
She [George Eliot] . . . founded to his memory the 
" George Henry Lewes studentship. " 
Diet. Nat. Biog., XIII. 221. 
studerite (sto'der-it), n. [Named after Bern- 
hard Studer, a Swiss geologist (1794-1887).] A 
mineral from the canton of Valais in Switzer- 
land, closely related to tetrahedrite. 
stud-farm (stud' fiirm), H. A tract of laud de- 
voted to the breeding and rearing of horses. 
studfish (stud'fish), w. A kind of killifish. 
Fiindulus (Xenismn) catenutus, 6 or 7 inches 
Studfish (FiindulHS (Xenisma) tatenntus). 
long, locally abundant in the Tennessee and 
Cumberland rivers. It is one of the largest and hand- 
somest of the cyprinodonts. A related species is the 
spotted studflsh, F. (X.) steUiJer, of the Alabama river. 
These represent a section of the genus with the dorsal fin 
beginning nearly above the anal. 
stud-flower (stud'flou'er), . A name proposed 
by Meehan for the plant Helonias bullata, trans- 
lating the specific name. 
stud-groom (stud'grom). n. A groom (gener- 
ally the head groom) of a stud. Nineteenth 
Century, XXVI. 782. 
Stud-horse (stud'hors), n. [< ME. "stodhors, < 
AS. stodhors (= Icel. stodhhross). < stod, stud. 
+ hors, horse.] A horse kept in the stud for 
breeding purposes ; a stallion. 
studied (stud'id), p. a. 1. Informed or quali- 
fied by study ; instructed; versed; learned. 
The natural man, ... be he never so great a philoso- 
pher, never so well seen in the law, never so sore studied 
in the Scripture, . . . yet he cannot understand the things 
of the Spirit of God. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Hoc., 1860), p. 6. 
2. Studiously contrived or thought out; pre- 
meditated ; deliberate : as, ;i stitdiril insult. 
The flattering senate 
Decrees him divine honours, and to cross it 
Were death with studied torments. 
Massintjer, Roman Actor, i. 1. 
