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stubble |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stubble \Stub"ble\, n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF estouble estuble F. ['e]tuele, LL stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila Cf {Stipule}.] The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. ``After the first crop is off they plow in the wheast stubble.'' --Mortimer. {Stubble goose} (Zo["o]l.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. {Stubble rake}, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stubble n : material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: {chaff}, {husk}, {shuck}, {stalk}, {straw}]
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