n. [ OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A pen with a short, blunt nib. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stub end (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened. --
Stub iron, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels. --
Stub mortise (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed. --
Stub nail, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail. --
Stub short, or
Stub shot (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off. --
Stub twist, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stubbed p. pr. & vb. n. Stubbing. ] 1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. Berkley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abounding in stubs; stubby. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bit of stubbed ground, once a wood. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged. “Stubbed, vulgar constitutions.” Berkley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being stubbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being stubby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule. ] The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. “After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble.” Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stubble goose (Zool.), the graylag goose. [ Prov. Eng. ] Chaucer. --
Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Covered with stubble. [ 1913 Webster ]

A crow was strutting o'er the stubbled plain. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stubbed; as, stubbled legs. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with stubble; stubbled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See Stub. ] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. “Bow, stubborn knees.” Shak. “Stubborn attention and more than common application.” Locke. “Stubborn Stoics.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

And I was young and full of ragerie [ wantonness ]
Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

These heretics be so stiff and stubborn. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your stubborn usage of the pope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Obstinate; inflexible; obdurate; headstrong; stiff; hardy; firm; refractory; intractable; rugged; contumacious; heady. -- Stubborn, Obstinate. Obstinate is used of either active or passive persistence in one's views or conduct, in spite of the wishes of others. Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy. -- Stub"born*ly, adv. -- Stub"born*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Abounding with stubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles. [ 1913 Webster ]