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stool 
[stool] Pronunciation Key,
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[stool] Pronunciation Key, –noun
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom
| 1. | a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back. |
| 2. | a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting. |
| 3. | Horticulture. the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering. |
| 4. | the base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots. |
| 5. | a cluster of shoots or stems springing up from such a base or from any root, or a single shoot or layer. |
| 6. | a bird fastened to a pole or perch and used as a decoy. |
| 7. | an artificial duck or other bird, usually made from wood, used as a decoy by hunters. |
| 8. | a privy. |
| 9. | the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels. |
| 10. | the sill of a window. |
| 11. | a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see. |
| 12. | the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship. |
| 13. | to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool. |
| 14. | Slang. to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon. |
| 15. | fall between two stools, to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE stōl; c. G Stuhl, ON stōll, Goth stols chair; all < Gmc *stō- (< IE root of stand) + *-l- suffix; akin to OCS stolŭ throne]
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stoollike, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| stool
(stōōl) Pronunciation Key
n.
intr.v. stooled, stool·ing, stools
[Middle English, from Old English stōl; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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stool
O.E. stol "seat for one person," from P.Gmc. *stolaz (cf. O.Fris. stol, O.N. stoll, O.H.G. stuol, Ger. Stuhl "seat," Goth. stols "high seat, throne"), from PIE *sta-lo-, locative of base *sta- "to stand" (cf. Lith. pa-stolas "stand," O.C.S. stolu "stool;" see stet). Originally used of thrones (cf. cynestol "royal seat, throne"); change of meaning began with adoption of chair from Fr., which relegated stool to small seats without arms or backs, then "privy" (1410) and thence to "bowel movement" (1533).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| stool | |
noun | |
| 1. | a simple seat without a back or arms |
| 2. | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal matter] |
| 3. | (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings |
| 4. | a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet] |
verb | |
| 1. | lure with a stool, as of wild fowl |
| 2. | react to a decoy, of wildfowl |
| 3. | grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers |
| 4. | have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
stool
In addition to the idiom beginning with stool, also see fall between the cracks (two stools).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
stool (st&oomacr;l)
n.
- A discharging of the bowels.
- Evacuated fecal matter.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Stool
Stool\, n. [L. stolo. See Stolon.] (Hort.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. --P. Henderson.
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Stool
Stool\, v. i. (Agric.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers. --R. D. Blackmore.
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Stool
Stool\, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol'; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See Stand, and cf. Fauteuil.]1. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses. 2. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels. 3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.] 4. (Naut.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays. --Totten. 5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. --J. P. Peters. 6. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool. 7. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.] Stool of a window, or Window stool (Arch.), the flat piece upon which the window shuts down, and which corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States, the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat. Stool of repentance, the cuttystool. [Scot.] Stool pigeon, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others.
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