Stub

stub, n. the stump left after a tree cut down.— v.t. to rake the stubs or roots of from the ground —pr p stubbing pa and//?/, stubbed. [A.S. styb cog with Icc stubbr akin to L. stipes Gr. stypos, a stem, a stake. Stubbed, stubd, adj short and thick like a stub or stump blunt obtuse. ~n. Stubb'edne