Meaning Of Stool

n.

A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

v. i.

To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.

n.

A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.

n.

A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.

n.

A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.

n.

A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.

n.

A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.

n.

A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.

n.

Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.