stump

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stumped p. pr. & vb. n. Stumping. ] 1. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Cricket) (a) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out. T. Hughes. (b) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket. [ 1913 Webster ]

A herd of boys with clamor bowled,
And stumped the wicket. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To stump it. (a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape. [ Slang ] Ld. Lytton. (b) To make electioneering speeches. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. [ 1913 Webster ]

To stump up, to pay cash. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land. C. S. Sargent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber. [ Local, U.S. ] The Nation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who stumps. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boastful person. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A puzzling or incredible story. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Having a short, thick tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stump-tailed lizard (Zool.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also sleeping lizard. [ 1913 Webster ]