Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer.
And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
--Dryden.
2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton.
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. 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. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
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.
What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to
a piece of land. --Berkley.
2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other
fixed object. [U. S.]