Stump"i*ness (?), n. The state of being stumpy.
Stump"-tailed` (?), a. Having a short, thick tail.
Stump-tailed lizard (Zoöl.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard
(Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head
in form; -- called also sleeping lizard.
Stump"y (?), a. 1. Full of stumps; hard; strong.
2. Short and thick; stubby. [Colloq.] "A stumpy little man." J. C.
Harris.
Stun (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stunning.]
[OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian to resound (cf. D.
stenen to groan, G. stöhnen, Icel. stynja, Gr. &?;, Skr. stan to
thunder, and E. thunder), or from the same source as E. astonish.
√168.] 1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render
senseless by a blow, as on the head.
One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun
the foe.
Dryden.
2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to
overpower one's sense of hearing.
And stunned him with the music of the spheres.
Pope.