STUB

stub. Stub, v.t. to root or dig up; n. stump, log, block

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Stub (?), n. [[OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. �.]] 1. 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.
Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. Chaucer. And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. Dryden. 2. 2. A log; a block; a blockhead. Milton.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 5. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
6. 6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
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.