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stubbing


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 




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