1) stubborn, fierce, angry. Lincoln, ab A. S.
2) A, STUNT, stultus, fatuus, forte quia stulti proeferoces sunt ; vel a verbo TO STAND, ut RESTY,!!!a RESTANDO, metaphora ab equis contumacibus sumpta. Skinner.
·noun A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing. II...
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