meaning of stool
1. A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
2. To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
3. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
4. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
5. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
6. A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
7. A bishops seat or see; a bishop-stool.
8. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
9. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
10. a simple seat without a back or arms
Related Words
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