n. A seat or chair; now, in particular, a seat, whether high or low, consisting of a piece of wood mounted usually on three or four legs, and without a back, intended for one person; also, any support of like construction used as a rest for the feet, or for the knees when kneeling.n. The seat of a bishop; a see.n. Same as ducking-stool.n. The seat used in easing the bowels; hence, a fecal evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.n. A frame for tapestry-work.n. The root or stump of a timber-tree, or of a bush, cane, grass, etc., which throws up shoots; also, the cluster of shoots thus produced.n. The mother plant from which young plants are propagated by the process of layering.n. Nautical: A small channel in the side of a vessel for the deadeyes of the backstays.n. An ornamental block placed over the stem to support a poop-lantern.n. A movable pole or perch to which a pigeon is fastened as a lure or decoy for wild birds. See the extract under stool-pigeon, 1.n. Hence A stool-pigeon; also, a decoy-duck.n. Material spread on the bottom for oysterspat to cling to; set, either natural or artificial. See Cultch.n. (See also camp-stool, footstool, night-stool, piano-stool.)To throw up shoots from the root, as a grass or a grain-plant; form a stool. See stool, n., 6.To decoy duck or other fowl by means of stools.To be decoyed; respond to a decoy.To evacuate the bowels.To plow; cultivate.n. In wooden ships, one of the pieces of plank bolted to the quarters for the purpose of forming and erecting the galleries; also, one of the ornamental blocks for the poop lanterns to stand on abaft.n. In iron ship-building, a small foundation or seating for the support of some part of the machinery, as the shaft-bearings, pumps, etc.
