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• Oratory

  ·noun A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devoti...

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• Stump

  ·noun The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. II. Stump ·vi To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. III. St...

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• to stump

  'To stub one's toe,' is to strike it against anything in walking or running; an expression often use...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• stump

  A derogatory but well-known name in navigating our eastern coasts for the beautiful tower of Boston ...

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• Stump-tailed

  ·adj Having a short, thick tail. ...

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• (St.) Paul's Stump

  At the south-east corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, marking one of the boundaries of the parish of St...

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• stump orator

  A man who harangues the people from the stump of a tree, or other elevation. ...

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• stump speaker

  A popular political speaker. The lion. W. R. Thompson, of Indiana, one of the most popular stump sp...

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• stump speech

  A speech made from a stump or other elevation; i. e. an electioneering speech in favor of one's self...

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• stump-jump plough

  n. a farm implement,invented in Australia, for ploughing the wheat-lands, which areoften left with ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• stump-tailed lizard

  n. an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray. ...

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• stump topgallant-masts

  Those without a royal pole. ...

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