stumpage (age as Ig)

[Eng. stump: -age.] A tax on the amount of timber cut, and regulated by the price of lumber. stump-er, s. [Eng. stump; -er.] 1. One who stumps. 2. A boaster. 3. Something, as a story, that puzzles or creates incredulity. stump-le, s. [Eng. stump ; dim in.suff.-ie.] A little stump, as of a pen. (Scotch.) "Sae I gat paper in a blink, An' down gaed stumpie in the ink." Burns : Epistle to J. Lapraik , Ap. 21, 1785. stump'-i-ne , s . [Eng. stumpy; ne .) The quality or state of being stumpy. *stump-ling, s . [Eng. stump, s.; dim in. suff. -ling .] A little stump. IMG:content-0459.png:[blocks in formation]