stubble land

Land covered with stubble. "Shew'd like a stubble - land at harvest-home." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I., i. 3. stubble-plow, s. Husb.: A plow for turning up stubble-land. stubble-quail, s. Ornith.: Coturnix pectoral is , from Australia and IMG:content-0448.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Resembling stubble; short and stiff; as, a stubbly beard. stubborn, *stib-orn, *stib-borne, *stob-urn, * stoburne, *stub-bern, * stubborn, *stubburn, stub-burne, *styb-urne, a . [From stub , s. (q. v.), hence = stockish, blockish, like a stub or stump. From A. S. stub we should have an adj. stybor stub-like, stubborn, and a substantive sty bornes stubbornne ; and the form stiborn doubtle arose from the misdividing stybornes as sty born (n)es. ( Skeat .)] 1. Unreasonably obstinate or fixed in opinion or purpose; not to be moved or persuaded by reasons; inflexible, refractory. "Turn'd her obedience to stubborn harshne ." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, i. 1. 2. Persevering, persistent, steady, constant. "And strong with pales, by many a weary stroke Of stubborn labor hewn from heart of oak." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xiv. 16. IMG:content-0449.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Fine plaster used for coating walls. It is usually made of pure lime slaked and settled, mixed with clean sand. Stucco varies in quality and composition with the purpose for which it is intended. For internal decoration gypsum and pounded marble enter into its composition, as well as gelatine or glue in solution. Being mixed with water till it is of the proper consistency, it is applied to the cornices, moldings, ., of rooms, and soon begins to set or harden, in which state it is molded, and is finished off with metal tools. For external work the stucco employed is of a coarser kind, and is variously prepared, the different sorts being generally distinguished by the name of cements. Some of these take a surface and polish almost equal to that of the finest marble. In Bastard stucco a small portion of hair is employed. Rough stucco is merely floated and brushed with water, but the best kind is troweled. "Grotesco roofs, and stucco floors." Pope : Imitation of Horace , sat. 6. 2. The third coat of plastering when prepared for painting. 3. Work made of stucco. 4. A popular name for plaster of Paris or gypsum. stucco-work, s. Ornamental work composed of stucco, such as cornices, moldings, and other ornaments in the ceilings of rooms. stuc-co, v. t. [STUCCO, s.] To plaster; to overlay or decorate with stucco. "The roof is beautifully stuccoed."-Pennant: Journey from Chester, p. 413.