stools
plural of stool
• sloots, sotols
Source: Wiktionary
Stool, n. Etym: [L. stolo. See Stolon.] (Hort.)
Definition: A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. P. Henderson.
Stool, v. i. (Agric.)
Definition: To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers. R. D. Blackmore.
Stool, n. Etym: [AS. stol a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. stol, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. stoll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. stols, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol'; from the root of E. stand. *163. See Stand, and cf. Fauteuil.]
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.)
Definition: A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays. Totten.
5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. J. P. Peters.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
