Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stud
Stud
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a large-headed nail, boss, or knob, projecting from a surface esp. for ornament. 2 a double button esp. for use with two buttonholes in a shirt-front. 3 a small object projecting slightly from a road-surface as a marker etc. 4 a rivet or crosspiece in each link of a chain-cable. 5 a a post to which laths are nailed. b US the height of a room as indicated by the length of this. --v.tr. (studded, studding) 1 set with or as with studs. 2 (as studded adj.) (foll. by with) thickly set or strewn (studded with diamonds). 3 be scattered over or about (a surface). Etymology: OE studu, stuthu post, prop, rel. to G st{uuml}tzen to prop 2. n. 1 a a number of horses kept for breeding etc. b a place where these are kept. 2 (in full stud-horse) a stallion. 3 colloq. a young man (esp. one noted for sexual prowess). 4 (in full stud poker) a form of poker with betting after the dealing of successive rounds of cards face up. Phrases and idioms at stud (of a male horse) publicly available for breeding on payment of a fee. stud-book a book containing the pedigrees of horses. stud-farm a place where horses are bred. Etymology: OE stod f. Gmc: rel. to STAND STUDDING n. the woodwork of a lath-and-plaster wall.
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: stand Date: before 12th century 1. a group of animals and especially horses kept primarily for breeding, a place (as a farm) where a ~ is kept, ~horse, 3. a young man ; guy, a tough person, hunk 2, II. noun Etymology: Middle English stode, from Old English ~u; akin to Middle High German ~ prop, Old Norse stoth post Date: before 12th century 1. one of the smaller uprights in the framing of the walls of a building to which sheathing, paneling, or laths are fastened ; scantling, height from floor to ceiling, 2. a boss, rivet, or nail with a large head used (as on a shield or belt) for ornament or protection, a solid button with a shank or eye on the back inserted (as through an eyelet in a garment) as a fastener or ornament, a small button-like ornament with a post for inserting through a body part (as the earlobe or nostril) and into a clasp, 3. any of various infixed pieces (as a rod or pin) projecting from a machine and serving chiefly as a support or axis, one of the metal or rubber cleats projecting from a snow tire to increase traction, III. transitive verb (~ded; ~ding) Date: circa 1506 to furnish (as a building or wall) with ~s, to adorn, cover, or protect with ~s, to set, mark, or decorate conspicuously often at intervals , IV. abbreviation ~ent ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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