| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  st l |
| NOUN: | 1. A backless and armless single seat supported on legs or a pedestal. 2. A low bench or support for the feet or knees in sitting or kneeling, as a footrest. 3. A toilet seat; a commode. 4. Fecal matter from a single bowel movement. 5. Botany a. A stump or rootstock that produces shoots or suckers. b. A shoot or growth from such a stump or rootstock. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: stooled, stool·ing, stools
1. Botany To send up shoots or suckers. 2. To evacuate the bowels; defecate. 3. Slang To act as a stool pigeon. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English st l. See st - in Appendix I.
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