Stuc"co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuccoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stuccoing
(?).] To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.
Stuc"co*er (?), n. One who stuccoes.
Stuc"co*work` (?), n. Work done in stucco.
Stuck (?), imp. & p. p. of Stick.
Stuck, n. [Cf. 1st Stoccado.] A thrust. [Obs.] Shak.
Stuc"kle (?), n. [From Stook.] A number of sheaves set together in the
field; a stook.
Stuck"-up` (?), a. Self-important and supercilious, &?;onceited; vain;
arrogant. [Colloq.]
The airs of small, stuck-up, men.
A. K. H. Boyd.
Stud (?), n. [OE. stod, stood, AS. std; akin to OHG. stuota, G. stute a
mare, Icel. st&?; stud, Lith. stodas a herd, Russ. stado, and to E.
stand. The sense is properly, a stand, an establishment. √163.
See Stand, and cf. Steed.] A collection of breeding horses and mares,
or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a
racing, riding, etc.
In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of
excellent shape, vigor, and size.
Sir W. Temple.
He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win
plates from Tories.
Macaulay.
Stud (?), n. [AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. stöd a prop, Icel. sto&?; a
post, sty&?;ja to prop, and probably ultimately to E. stand; cf. D.
stut a prop, G. stütze. See Stand.] 1. A stem; a trunk. [Obs.]
Seest not this same hawthorn stud?
Spenser.
2. (Arch.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the
framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which
the laths are nailed.
3. A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an
ornamental knob; a boss.
A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs.
Marlowe.
Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems And studs of pearl.
Milton.
4. An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front,
collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted
through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
5. (Mach.) (a) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from
something, and sometimes forming a journal. (b) A stud bolt.
6. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain
cable.
Stud bolt, a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently
into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; --
called also standing bolt.
Stud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Studded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Studding.] 1. To
adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
Thy horses shall be trapped, Their harness studded all with gold
and pearl.
Shak.
2. To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly,
as with studs.
The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive
plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial,
neat, and commodious dwellings of freemen.
Bp. Hobart.
Stud"book` (?), n. A genealogical register of a particular breed or
stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
Stud"der*y (?), n. A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares;
also, a place for keeping a stud. [Obs.]
King Henry the Eighth erected a noble studdery.
Holinshed.
Stud"ding (?), n. Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists,
collectively; studs.
Stud"ding sail` (?). (Naut.) A light sail set at the side of a
principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her
speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the
studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. Toten.
Stu"dent (?), n. [L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See
Study, n.] 1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to
learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a
school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from
books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a
medical student; a hard student.
Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book.
Shak.
2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and
systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical
nature.