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stool

stul
WordNet
A pipe-smoking woman sitting on a stool in front of a bookcase. In her lap are two books, next to her a stick and a knitted fabric with a ball of wool.
A pipe-smoking woman sitting on a stool in front of a bookcase. In her lap are two books, next to her a stick and a knitted fabric with a ball of wool.
  1. (v) stool
    have a bowel movement "The dog had made in the flower beds"
  2. (v) stool
    grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
  3. (v) stool
    react to a decoy, of wildfowl
  4. (v) stool
    lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
  5. (n) stool
    a simple seat without a back or arms
  6. (n) stool
    a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
  7. (n) stool
    (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
  8. (n) stool
    solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Illustrations
Saint Peter of Tessino sits praying on a choir stool in a church. He receives a vision from Saint Sabinus who predicts the episcopal office for him. The print has a Latin caption and is the 24th print in a 60-part series about the Saints of Bavaria.
Saint Peter of Tessino sits praying on a choir stool in a church. He receives a vision from Saint Sabinus who predicts the episcopal office for him. The print has a Latin caption and is the 24th print in a 60-part series about the Saints of Bavaria.
An old man, sitting outside on a stool, has pinch glasses on his nose with which he looks into a beer mug.
An old man, sitting outside on a stool, has pinch glasses on his nose with which he looks into a beer mug.
On a stool, a prince in a white robe sits behind him, a servant with a raised baton. The image is framed by black framing lines with a gold piping in it, a thin decorative edge decorated with gold spatula and a blue decorative edge with gold spatula, also with framing lines, surrounded by a narrow border in light brown with a white framing line.
On a stool, a prince in a white robe sits behind him, a servant with a raised baton. The image is framed by black framing lines with a gold piping in it, a thin decorative edge decorated with gold spatula and a blue decorative edge with gold spatula, also with framing lines, surrounded by a narrow border in light brown with a white framing line.
Portrait of Menno Simons, leaning on a stool. In his hand he holds an open book containing the Bible verse 1. Cor. 3. Below the portrait a Dutch biography, around a broad ornamental frame. In it in two cartouches his name and address of Van Sichem.
Portrait of Menno Simons, leaning on a stool. In his hand he holds an open book containing the Bible verse 1. Cor. 3. Below the portrait a Dutch biography, around a broad ornamental frame. In it in two cartouches his name and address of Van Sichem.
Inn interior with smoking peasants near a fireplace. One of them sitting on a stool, seen from behind. In the right foreground a dog eating from a pot. In the background three peasants drinking, sitting at a table. More edited than previous condition.
Inn interior with smoking peasants near a fireplace. One of them sitting on a stool, seen from behind. In the right foreground a dog eating from a pot. In the background three peasants drinking, sitting at a table. More edited than previous condition.
Western courtyard with a cast of a choir stool on the left in the photo. The display case features reproductions of precious metal jars and dishes, including galvanoplastic reproductions of the Popta treasure. The pipes of an organ can be seen in the background. Several Gothic wall sculptures have been placed on the left of the wall. Western courtyard west wall? For the renovation where the weakened wooden floor, clearly visible here, was replaced by a concrete floor. Ground floor natural stone cross-frames, left passage.
Western courtyard with a cast of a choir stool on the left in the photo. The display case features reproductions of precious metal jars and dishes, including galvanoplastic reproductions of the Popta treasure. The pipes of an organ can be seen in the background. Several Gothic wall sculptures have been placed on the left of the wall. Western courtyard west wall? For the renovation where the weakened wooden floor, clearly visible here, was replaced by a concrete floor. Ground floor natural stone cross-frames, left passage.
The evangelist Lucas sits on a wooden stool or easel (?) In an interior. In his hands he holds a stone table with an image of Mary (?). His foot rests on an ox. To the right is a young man. Below the picture a two-line Latin text.
The evangelist Lucas sits on a wooden stool or easel (?) In an interior. In his hands he holds a stone table with an image of Mary (?). His foot rests on an ox. To the right is a young man. Below the picture a two-line Latin text.
Clearance of the plaster courtyard with a view of a cast of a choir stool. To the right of this is an elderly lady. The 1928 annual report states that the very extensive collection of plaster casts had been transferred to the Oranje Nassau Barracks at the end of May and made available to HE Minister of Defense. so that preparations could start for the foundation of the concrete floor. The wooden floor in the courtyard caused so many problems that it has been replaced by a raised concrete floor. This created a low basement, 2.25 meters, and an elevated exhibition floor. Three halls in the courtyard were furnished with stretcher walls. The original façades of the courtyard were hidden from view by a low boundary wall. In the interspace a 'proliferation of channels and pipes' developed.
Clearance of the plaster courtyard with a view of a cast of a choir stool. To the right of this is an elderly lady. The 1928 annual report states that the very extensive collection of plaster casts had been transferred to the Oranje Nassau Barracks at the end of May and made available to HE Minister of Defense. so that preparations could start for the foundation of the concrete floor. The wooden floor in the courtyard caused so many problems that it has been replaced by a raised concrete floor. This created a low basement, 2.25 meters, and an elevated exhibition floor. Three halls in the courtyard were furnished with stretcher walls. The original façades of the courtyard were hidden from view by a low boundary wall. In the interspace a 'proliferation of channels and pipes' developed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Stool
    A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.
  2. Stool
    (Hort) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
  3. Stool
    A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
  4. Stool
    A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
  5. Stool
    (Naut) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
  6. Stool
    A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
  7. Stool
    Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
  8. Stool
    (Agric) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) stool
    A seat or chair; now, in particular, a seat, whether high or low, consisting of a piece of wood mounted usually on three or four legs, and without a back, intended for one person; also, any support of like construction used as a rest for the feet, or for the knees when kneeling.
  2. (n) stool
    The seat of a bishop; a see.
  3. (n) stool
    Same as ducking-stool.
  4. (n) stool
    The seat used in easing the bowels; hence, a fecal evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
  5. (n) stool
    A frame for tapestry-work.
  6. (n) stool
    The root or stump of a timber-tree, or of a bush, cane, grass, etc., which throws up shoots; also, the cluster of shoots thus produced.
  7. (n) stool
    The mother plant from which young plants are propagated by the process of layering.
  8. (n) stool
    Nautical: A small channel in the side of a vessel for the deadeyes of the backstays.
  9. (n) stool
    An ornamental block placed over the stem to support a poop-lantern.
  10. (n) stool
    A movable pole or perch to which a pigeon is fastened as a lure or decoy for wild birds. See the extract under stool-pigeon, 1.
  11. (n) stool
    Hence A stool-pigeon; also, a decoy-duck.
  12. (n) stool
    Material spread on the bottom for oysterspat to cling to; set, either natural or artificial. See Cultch.
  13. (n) stool
    (See also camp-stool, footstool, night-stool, piano-stool.)
  14. stool
    To throw up shoots from the root, as a grass or a grain-plant; form a stool. See stool, n., 6.
  15. stool
    To decoy duck or other fowl by means of stools.
  16. stool
    To be decoyed; respond to a decoy.
  17. stool
    To evacuate the bowels.
  18. stool
    To plow; cultivate.
  19. (n) stool
    In wooden ships, one of the pieces of plank bolted to the quarters for the purpose of forming and erecting the galleries; also, one of the ornamental blocks for the poop lanterns to stand on abaft.
  20. (n) stool
    In iron ship-building, a small foundation or seating for the support of some part of the machinery, as the shaft-bearings, pumps, etc.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Stool
    stōōl a seat without a back: a low bench for the feet or for kneeling on: the seat used in evacuating the bowels: the act of evacuating the bowels, also that which is evacuated: a root of any kind from which sprouts shoot up: a portable piece of wood to which a pigeon is fastened as a decoy for wild birds
Quotations
Samuel Johnson
Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.
Samuel Johnson
Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.
Richard Cecil
Idioms

Stool pigeon - (USA) A stool pigeon is a police informer.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary AS. stōl, a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. stōl, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. stōll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. stōls, Lith. stalas, a table, Russ. stol',; from the root of E. stand,. √163. See Stand, and cf. Fauteuil

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. stól, Ger. stuhl; cf. Ger. stellen, to place.

Usage in the news

In this stool, the Dogon people of Mali describe the cosmos as two disks forming the sky and earth connected by a tree. pbs.org

Add a small stool to an open or floating vanity to quickly transform it into a glam makeup station. bhg.com

When the stool is not in use, tuck it underneath to open up floor space. bhg.com

Outdoor Server with Stools Woodworking Plan. oodmagazine.com

14.75" diameter x 30.25" H (bar-height stool ). dwell.com

Tennessee Volunteers head coach Derek Dooley watches warmups from a stool before the game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Neyland Stadium. courant.com

Few stools are as clean and elegant as this one. americanwoodworker.com

It's almost as easy to make half a dozen stools as it is to make one. americanwoodworker.com

It's another edition of From the Bar Stool . grd.com

The causes and treatments of a dog's tarry or bloody stool . dogchannel.com

Tarry or Bloody Stool in Dogs. dogchannel.com

The stools are remarkably lightweight – less than 4 lbs. popularwoodworking.com

Essentially, that means one of the stool 's legs is a bit shorter and a bit weaker. moneymattersradio.net

Those who have only relied on the one leg of retirement planning their whole lives may find that the stool will become a bit difficult to depend on in their later years. moneymattersradio.net

Send Them to Their "Naughty Stools " If they don't listen to your warning, place them on their "naughty stools .". oprah.com

Usage in scientific papers

Generally, these three approaches intertwine, inform each other, and provide support for each other. I have illustrated them in figure 1 as the legs of a three-legged stool.
The role of context and culture in teaching physics: The implication of disciplinary differences

And as we all know well, the most important leg of a three-legged stool is the one that’s missing.
The role of context and culture in teaching physics: The implication of disciplinary differences

H. floriensis, who was too small to get up on a bar stool anyhow, and would probably have been carded15 .
Astrophysics in 2006

An application of the proposed confidence bounds to a sample of 256 pairs of laboratory test results for toxigenic Clostridium difficile provides evidence for a dramatic sensitivity gain through first appropriately culturing Clostridium difficile from stool samples before applying an enzyme-immuno-assay.
Confidence bounds for the sensitivity lack of a less specific diagnostic test, without gold standard

Available diagnostic tests are applied to stool specimens of patients with diarrhoea, using one of the following three methods, with details to be specified.
Confidence bounds for the sensitivity lack of a less specific diagnostic test, without gold standard

Usage in literature

Eeny came in and sat down on a low stool at Grace's feet. "Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters" by May Agnes Fleming

Almost with one motion he stooped, snatched up by the leg a heavy stool, and sprang to the bed upon which he had been sitting. "The Yukon Trail" by William MacLeod Raine

Hanlon made his way to the latter, and sat on one of the upholstered stools. "Man of Many Minds" by E. Everett Evans

One of his colleagues after the other left his own place and came to Anton's stool. "Debit and Credit" by Gustav Freytag

He took his place in the row perched on stools in front of the white slab, his feet on the railing, his elbows on the counter. "Gigolo" by Edna Ferber

The little man undoubled his knees and descended the stool. "The Coast of Chance" by Esther Chamberlain

Jill, when Freddie and Nelly left the room, had seated herself on a low stool, and sat looking thoughtfully into the fire. "Jill the Reckless" by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

Each guest brought his own knife, fork, and stool. "Through Three Campaigns" by G. A. Henty

Then sitting down on a three-legged stool, he kindled a bright fire. "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri

I think she must have had a kind of notion that it was a coaxing, wheedling little stool. "The Cricket on the Hearth" by Charles Dickens

Usage in poetry
"Our governess is not in school,
So we may talk a bit;
Sit down upon this little stool,
Come, little Mary, sit:
"The End Of May" by Charles Lamb Author object (102)
Princes then shall come to rule,
As Sheba did of old:
Nevermore, as black foot-stool,
Shall Afric's sons be sold.
"Glory To The Lord" by Marcus Mosiah Garvey
'Till Caleb, nine years old, upsprung,
And kick'd his stool aside,
And younger Mary round him clung,
"I'll go, and you shall guide."
"The Drunken Father" by Robert Bloomfield Author object (562)
At length they bowed to Nature's rule -
Their steps grew feeble and unsteady,
Till FREDDY fainted on a stool,
And JOHNNY on the top of FREDDY.
"John and Freddy" by William Schwenck Gilbert Author object (717)
Wing'd Squadrons of the God of War,
Who conquer wheresoe'er you are,
Let Ecchoing Anthems make his Praises known
On Earth, his Foot-stool, as in Heav'n his Throne.
"A Paraphrase On The CXLVIIIth Psalm" by Wentworth Dillon
Whan famishin' Tories, owre benches and stools,
Cam' loupin' an' yellin', the Whigamore fools
Left a' in their han's, an' took aff to the hill,
In the "Cave o' Adullam" was buried the bill.
"Rhymes For The Times: III" by Janet Hamilton