Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stubbing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stub \Stub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stubbing}.]
1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up
edible roots.
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.]
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