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noun
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. See diag. under double-hung.
11.
a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see.
12.
the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship.
verb (used without object)
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.
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15.
fall between two stools, to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English stōl; cognate with German Stuhl, Old Norse stōll, Gothic stols chair; all < Germanic *stō- (< Indo-European root of stand) + *-l- suffix; akin to OCS stolŭ throne
before 900; Middle English; Old English stōl; cognate with German Stuhl, Old Norse stōll, Gothic stols chair; all < Germanic *stō- (< Indo-European root of stand) + *-l- suffix; akin to OCS stolŭ throne
Related forms
stool·like, adjective
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stool (stuːl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a backless seat or footrest consisting of a small flat piece of wood, etc, resting on three or four legs, a pedestal, etc |
| 2. | a rootstock or base of a plant, usually a woody plant, from which shoots, etc, are produced |
| 3. | a cluster of shoots growing from such a base |
| 4. | chiefly (US) a decoy used in hunting |
| 5. | waste matter evacuated from the bowels |
| 6. | a lavatory seat |
| 7. | (in W Africa, esp Ghana) a chief's throne |
| 8. | fall between two stools |
| a. to fail through vacillation between two alternatives | |
| b. to be in an unsatisfactory situation through not belonging to either of two categories or groups | |
| —vb | |
| 9. | (of a plant) to send up shoots from the base of the stem, rootstock, etc |
| 10. | to lure wildfowl with a decoy |
| [Old English stōl; related to Old Norse stōll, Gothic stōls, Old High German stuol chair, Greek stulos pillar] | |
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Word Origin & History
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).
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Medical Dictionary
stool (st&oomacr;l)
n.
A discharging of the bowels.
Evacuated fecal matter.
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Slang Dictionary
stool (on (so)) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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stool (pigeon) definition[ˈstul ˈpɪdʒən] and [ˈstuli]and stoolie
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
stool
In addition to the idiom beginning with stool, also see fall between the cracks (two stools).
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Example sentences
Start by cutting the stool to fit between the window frame's sides, or jambs.
Stool testing may show small amounts of blood in the stool.
There is a red darned patch on the white sock of another disciple, and a pile of coats, bags and a book on a stool.
Yon slides on a stool between a microphone and a drum kit, as the mood moves him.
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