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stool /ˈstul/
凳子,大便,廁所(vi.)長新枝(vt.)引誘
stool /ˈstul/ 名詞
糞,糞便,凳,根株,母株
Stool n. Hort. A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
Stool, v. i. Agric. To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
Stool n.
1. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
2. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]
4. Naut. A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.
6. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
7. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.]
Stool of a window, or Window stool Arch., the flat piece upon which the window shuts down, and which corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States, the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat.
Stool of repentance, the cuttystool. [Scot.]
Stool pigeon, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others.
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stool
n 1: a simple seat without a back or arms
2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal
matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, ordure,
dejection]
3: (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or
headed for the production of saplings
4: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet,
can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, throne]
v 1: lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
2: react to a decoy, of wildfowl
3: grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers [syn: tiller]
4: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
[syn: defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca,
crap, make]