studhorse

A breeding-horse; a stallion. stud (2), s. [A. S. studu a post; cogn. with Dan. stöd a stub, a stump; Sw. stöd a prop, a post; Icel. stodh a post.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. A nail with a large head, inserted in work chiefly for ornament; a large-headed ornamental nail. 2. An ornamental movable button or catch for a shirt-front, inserted in holes made for the purpose. 3. A supporting beam; an upright post or scantling. 4. A contrivance for fastening loose papers together. It may consist of a head with two strips of flexible metal, which are pa ed through a hole in the papers, and bent in contrary directions; or may be a small threaded piece of metal with a fixed head and movable nut. Called also Paper-fastener. 5. An eyelet with an ear attached so that, for expedition, the lace may be pa ed under the ear instead of through the eyelet hole. *6. A stem, a trunk. II. Technically: 1. Machinery: (1) A bo or protuberance designed to hold an attached object in place. (2) A short rod fixed in and projecting from something, sometimes forming a journal. 2. Naut .: A cast-iron brace acro the minor diameter of a cable-link, to prevent collapse. IMG:content-0451.png:[blocks in formation] Naut .: A long pole sliding through boom-irons at the extremities of the yards and from the ve el's sides to spread the studding-sails. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çcil, chorus, IMG:content-0452.png:[blocks in formation] "There is a law of nature, as intelligible to a rational creature and studier of that law, as the positive laws of commonwealths."- Locke . stū-di-ō, subst. (Ital.] The working room of a sculptor or painter. stu-di-ous, a . [Fr. studieux , from Lat. studio Port. estudioso; Ital. studio so .] sus ; from studium =eagerne , zeal, study; Sp. & 1. Given to study; devoted to study or the acquis i tion of learning. 2. Given or devoted to thought or study; devoted to the examination of things by contemplation; contemplative. "There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead." Thomson: Winter , 431. 3. Devoted to or spent in study; favorable or suited to study or contemplation. "Innocent and studious repose." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiv. 4. Earnest or eager in the pursuit of some object; anxious, diligent; as, to be studious to please. *5. Attentive to, careful, observant. (Followed by of .) *6. Planned with study or care; deliberate, studied. stu-di-oŭs-ly, adv. [Eng. studious; -ly.] 1. In a studious manner; with close application to study. 2. With diligence, zeal, or earnestne ; diligently, carefully, attentively. "Her resentment was studiously kept alive by mischief makers."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xv.