Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stool
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n. & v. --n. 1 a seat without a back or arms, usu. for one person and consisting of a wooden slab on three or four short legs. 2 a = FOOTSTOOL. b a low bench for kneeling on. 3 (usu. in pl.) = FAECES. 4 the root or stump of a tree or plant from which the shoots spring. 5 US a decoy-bird in hunting. --v.intr. (of a plant) throw up shoots from the root. Phrases and idioms fall between two stools fail from vacillation between two courses etc. stool-pigeon 1 a person acting as a decoy (orig. a decoy of a pigeon fixed to a stool). 2 a police informer. Etymology: OE stol f. Gmc, rel. to STAND
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stōl; akin to Old High German stuol chair, Old Church Slavic stolŭ seat, throne Date: before 12th century 1. a seat usually without back or arms supported by three or four legs or by a central pedestal, a low bench or portable support for the feet or knees ; foot~, a seat used as a symbol of office or authority, 3. a seat used while defecating or urinating, a discharge of fecal matter, 4. a stump or group of stumps of a tree especially when producing suckers, a plant crown from which shoots grow out, a shoot or growth from a ~, ~ pigeon 1, II. intransitive verb Date: 1770 to throw out shoots in the manner of a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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