Stubble
['stʌb(ə)l] or ['stʌbl]
Definition
(noun.) short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days.
Typed by Clint--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.
Inputed by Diego
Definition
n. the stumps or root-ends of the stalks of corn left in the ground by the reaper or mower: anything like this as a bristly beard &c.: the sugar-cane in the field after the first year.—adjs. Stubb′led covered with stubble; Stubb′le-fed fed on the natural grass growing among stubble.—ns. Stubb′le-goose or Harvest-goose the greylag goose; Stubb′le-rake a rake with long teeth for raking stubble together.—adj. Stubb′ly stubbled: having stubble: covered with stubble.
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Examples
- There was a gray stubble of beard stippled over Primitivo's jaws, his lip and his neck. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mr. Stubble, as may be supposed from his size and slenderness, was of the Light Bobs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He stood in front of the fire, his long arms hanging by his sides, his cheeks, stubble-shadowed below the cheekbones, hollow in the firelight. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For this straw was used, mixed with the clay; and stubble was also used in the different courses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Dobbin took most kindly to Mr. Stubble from that day, and encouraged him to talk about Amelia in their private walks, and at each other's quarters. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Little Tom Stubble held out his hot and feeble hand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Along with the Captain was Ensign Stubble; who, as the barouche neared the inn, burst out with an exclamation of By Jove! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And not the first either, said Ensign Spooney to Ensign Stubble. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Young Stubble went about from man to man whispering, Jove, isn't she a pretty gal? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He stroked his chin and his cheeks where the threeday growth made a blond stubble. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Robert Jordan looked at the man's heavy, beard-stubbled face. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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