a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
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a small piece
<noun.object> a nub of coal a stub of a pencil
a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
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the part of a check that is retained as a record
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the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
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pull up (weeds) by their roots
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extinguish by crushing
<verb.contact> stub out your cigarette now
clear of weeds by uprooting them
<verb.change> stub a field
strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
<verb.body> She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken
Stub \Stub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stubbing}.] 1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. --Berkley.
2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [U. S.]
Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. ?.] 1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer.
And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. --Dryden.
2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton.
3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.
5. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
{Stub end} (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened.
{Stub iron}, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels.
{Stub mortise} (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed.
{Stub nail}, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail.
{Stub short}, or {Stub shot} (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off.
{Stub twist}, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.
I handed a bookie a betting stub and he gave me Pounds 500. 'Thankyou, sir.' 'Thankyou.' 'Certainly, sir.
Research of other stub stocks, Mr. Everingham says, showed "that the rewards have been very, very significant."
The officials acknowledge Kroger will be under intense pressure to "generate value" for its stub stock.
For each of Holly Sugar's 1.1 million common shares outstanding, Shamrock has proposed to pay $45 in cash, a "stub" that would pay out up to $70 over 20 years, and either a share of preferred stock worth $70 or $35 in increasing-rate debentures.
Voters regarded as "sure" Democrats in one local election were notified that they could turn in their voter stub for a free dozen doughnuts at area shops.
Lawyer Brent Ayscough was outraged Wednesday when bailiff David Loaiza alerted a judge about smoke from a two-inch cigar stub that Ayscough discarded while hurrying to court.
The period constitutes a "stub" period following the decision by the power tool and home products company to change in its fiscal year end from the last Sunday in September to Dec. 31.
KKR Associates said it doesn't plan to purchase additional stock in Kroger Co. Depending on market conditions and other factors, KKR also said it will sell its 9.9% stake in Kroger's stub stock over a period of time.
"When we stub our toes, that gets noticed and we get held against this very high standard," says NASA Administrator Richard Truly.
Researchers measure their whiskers by mounting a microscopic camera on the razor that calibrates the shadow of the stub; they also collect the cut whiskers and measure them, using a microscope.
The securities, known as a "stub," are debentures, or bonds, that can be converted into stock in the future.
It derives from the detachable stub on a bond certificate that, in the past, was presented in return for semiannual interest payments.
A market source estimates the stub would be worth between $2.50 and $2.80 a share.
But salami? A delicatessen owner is offering a free, 1-pound kosher salami worth $7 to anyone who can produce a ticket stub from a Mets game won by pitcher Frank Viola.
Salomon's data suggests that stub price movement is magnified in down markets as well.
If I so much as stub my toe I want a hug.
Charles A. Leeds Jr., a risk arbitrage analyst at Balis Zorn Gerard Inc., a small New York brokerage, puts a "conservative valuation" of $4 a share on the stub.
Mario Gabelli, chairman of Gabelli Group Inc., a New York investment firm, values the stub at a more modest $3 or $4 a share.
The stub had no names on it, but listed specific pay figures.
But Mr. Giblen maintains the stub's true value is $15 to $20 a share.
"The only weekly number that shouuld have any validity in your lives is the number on your pay stub."