Stud
[stʌd]
Definition
(noun.) poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt.
(noun.) adult male horse kept for breeding.
(noun.) ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt).
(noun.) a man who is virile and sexually active.
(verb.) provide with or construct with studs; 'stud the wall'.
Typist: Ursula--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.
(n.) A stem; a trunk.
(n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
(n.) A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
(n.) An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
(n.) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
(n.) A stud bolt.
(n.) An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
(v. t.) To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
(v. t.) To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
Editor: Upton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Post, prop.[2]. Knob (for ornament), boss.[3]. Button (for a shirt-bosom).
Typed by Juan
Definition
n. a collection of breeding horses and mares also the place where they are kept: a collection of horses for racing or hunting also of other animals even of dogs in America.—ns. Stud′-book a record of the pedigrees of famous animals esp. horses; Stud′-farm a farm where horses are bred; Stud′-groom a groom at a stud esp. the head-groom; Stud′-horse a stallion.
n. a nail with a large head: an ornamental double-headed button worn in a cuff or shirt-front: one of the intermediate posts in a partition to which laths are nailed: a cross-piece in the links of a chain-cable for strengthening: a small pin in a watch: a trunk stem.—v.t. to adorn with knobs: to set thickly as with studs:—pr.p. stud′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. stud′ded.—ns. Stud′-bolt a bolt with a thread on each end screwed into a fixed part at one end receiving a nut upon the other; Stud′ding-sail a narrow sail set temporarily at the outer edges of a square sail when the wind is light—also Scudding-sail; Stud′dle a prop supporting a platform in a mine; Stud′-work brickwork walls between studs: studded leather armour.
Editor: Marilyn
Examples
- This stud projects from the fact and near the edge of a small steel disc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The fork encloses a sort of half-round stud or pin. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He never rode a match on the swiftest animal in his costly stud, with half the speed at which he had torn along the course that ended in the Fleet. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then other instruments and rooms of the observatory are pictured; Tycho's stud ents, of whom there were always at least six or eight, not to mention younger pupils. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The stud is formed from some hard precious stone and is called the jewel pin, or roller pin, and the little steel disc which carries it is called the roller. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This sparkling sally is to the effect that although he always knew she was the best-groomed woman in the stud, he had no idea she was a bolter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A pang shot through him at the memory of his lamplit hours in the low-studded drawing-room. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The silvered mountains in the distance, the almost stationary moon hanging in the sky, the cacti-studded valley below me were not of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- That ain't bad, if it's true,' said the man in the Mosaic studs, lighting a fresh cigar. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He wore silk socks, and studs of fine workmanship, and silk underclothing, and silk braces. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Quickly he pulled off his jacket, pulled loose his black tie, and was unfastening his studs, which were headed each with a pearl. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now, I will wager my studs, which are genuine, against your paste brooch-- My paste brooch, Graham? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Drawing the loom-made lace curtains, he starts up the window shade on the automatic Hartshorn roller and is enabled to see how to put in his collar button and adjust his shirt studs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- First of all tack tarred building paper to the studding, running the strips up and down and having them catch on every third studding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In the illustration of the building I have not placed the proper number of studding, but the reader can rest assured that once in 16 inches is not too often. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Two doorways should be left by cutting out a single studding in each compartment upon the most convenient side. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- If one fears cold weather he can make a dead-air space by using two sets of studding and boarding on the inside of the bay. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Having placed our studding in position and secured them by a plate running around the top we are ready for the rafters. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Upon the outside of the studding tack building paper again, as shown at Fig. C in the first illustration. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Having placed the paper take common boards dressed on one side and sheet up to the top of the studding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Editor: Sonya