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stump-tailed lizard
n.
an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray.
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Stump
·noun The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.
II. Stump ·vi To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.
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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.
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stump
A derogatory but well-known name in navigating our eastern coasts for the beautiful tower of Boston ...
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Tailed
·adj Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails;
— chiefly used in composition; as, bob...
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 oratory
The sort of popular speaking used by stump orators.
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Crop-tailed
·adj Having the tail cropped.
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Dag-tailed
·adj Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
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Daggle-tailed
·adj Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
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Draggle-tailed
·adj Untidy; sluttish; slatternly.
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Fan-tailed
·adj Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
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Fork-tailed
·adj Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed;
— said of many bir...
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Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
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Racket-tailed
·adj Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
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Rat-tailed
·adj Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
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Red-tailed
·adj Having a red tail.
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Ring-tailed
·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
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Ruby-tailed
·adj Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
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Scissors-tailed
·adj Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones....
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Spine-tailed
·adj Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
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Stiff-tailed
·adj Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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Swallow-tailed
·adj United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
II. Swallow-tailed ·adj Having a tail like that of a swallo...
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Wedge-tailed
·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...
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Wire-tailed
·adj Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a w...
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culver-tailed
Fastened by dove-tailing a way of letting one timber into another, so that they cannot slip asunder....
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stump-jump plough
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a farm implement,invented in Australia, for ploughing the wheat-lands, which areoften left with ...
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stump topgallant-masts
Those without a royal pole.
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nail-tailed wallaby
n.
See onychogale.
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