stump joint (stump joint)

A form of joint in which the ends or stumps of the parts joined mit movement in but one direction, as the joint of the common carpenters' rule. See cut under trans. 1. To truncate; lop; reduce to a stump. Around the stumped top soft mo e did grow. Dr. H. More, Psychozoia, ii. 59. 2. To strike unexpectedly and sharply, as the foot or toes, against something fixed; stub: as, to stump one's toe against a stone. [Colloq.] 3. To bring to a halt by obstacle or impediment; block the course of; stall; foil: of American origin, from the obstruction to vehicles offered by stumps left in a cleared tract without a road. [Colloq.] Be inventive. Cultivate the creative side of your brain. Don't be stumped . Sci. Amer., N. S., LVIII. 337. Uncle Sam himself confe es that he can do everything but enjoy himself. That, he admits, stumps him. Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 977. Hence-4. To challenge or dare to do something difficult, dangerous, or adventurous. [Colloq., U. S.] In some games.. younger children are commanded, or older ones stumped or dared, to do dangerous things, like walking a picket fence or a high roof. Amer. Jour. Psychol., III, 66. 5. To make stump speeches in or to; canva or addre with stump oratory: as, to stump a county or a constituency. [Colloq.] -6. In cricket: ( a ) To knock down a stump or the stumps of. A herd of boys with clamour bowl'd, And stump'd the wicket. Tennyson, Prince , Prol. (b) To put (a batsman) out by knocking down his wicket with the ball when, in an attempt to hit the ball, he has gone off the ground allotted to him: sometimes with out : as, he was stumped , or stumped out . Hence-7. To defeat; impov erish; ruin. Don't you know our history? - haven't you heard, my dear fellow, we are stumped ? T. Hook , Gilbert Gurney, xiv. [He] had shrunk his "weak means," and was stump'd and "hard up." Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 47. 8. To pay on the spot; plank down; hand over: generally with up . [Slang.] My trusty old crony, Do stump up three you sand once more as a loan. Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 48. How much is the captain going to stump up ? R. D. Black more , Chris to well, I. xxiii. 9. In art , to use a stump upon; tone or modify by the application of a stump: as, to stump a crayon or charcoal-drawing.-10. In hat - mak ing , to stretch out (a felted wool hat) after the operation of washing, and prior to drying. II. in trans. 1. To walk stiffly, heavily, or noisily, as if on stumps or wooden legs. He rose from his seat, stumped acro the room. Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, xii. The guard picks him off the coach-top and sets him on his legs, and they stump off into the bar. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 4. 2. To make stump speeches; conduct electioneering by public speaking; make harangues from the stump. See stump , n., 8. [Colloq.] There will be a severe contest between the Conservatives, who are stumping vigorously, and Mr. and the Republicans. The Nation , VI. 242. To stump it. (a) To take to flight; run off. [Slang.] rule - joint.