Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Stumbler (n.) One who stumbles.

(1) - Stumblingly (adv.) In a stumbling manner.

(1) - Stump (v. i.) To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.
(2) - Stump (n.) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket.
(3) - Stump (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out.
(4) - Stump (v. t.) To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n.
(5) - Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus.
(6) - Stump (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.
(7) - Stump (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
(8) - Stump (n.) A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
(9) - Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.
(10) - Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
(11) - Stump (n.) The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.
(12) - Stump (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.
(13) - Stump (n.) The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.