n. [ OE. stod, stood, AS. stōd; akin to OHG. stuota, G. stute a mare, Icel. stō&unr_; stud, Lith. stodas a herd, Russ. stado, and to E. stand. The sense is properly, a stand, an establishment. √163. See Stand, and cf. Steed. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Studded p. pr. & vb. n. Studding. ] 1. To adorn with shining studs, or knobs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy horses shall be trapped,
Their harness studded all with gold and pearl. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial, neat, and commodious dwellings of freemen. Bp. Hobart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. stöd a prop, Icel. sto&unr_; a post, sty&unr_;ja to prop, and probably ultimately to E. stand; cf. D. stut a prop, G. stütze. See Stand. ] 1. A stem; a trunk. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Seest not this same hawthorn stud? Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss. [ 1913 Webster ]

A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems
And studs of pearl. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) (a) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal. (b) A stud bolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stud bolt, a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; -- called also standing bolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

King Henry the Eighth erected a noble studdery. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Naut.) A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. Toten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See Study, n. ] 1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student. [ 1913 Webster ]

Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A body of students. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a student. [ 1913 Webster ]