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STUD . (1) A number of horses kept for the purpose of breeding, also the See also:

place or See also:establishment where they are kept; similarly, a " stud See also:horse," a stallion, " stud. See also:groom," the See also:head groom of a stud, "stud-See also:book," the See also:register containing the See also:pedigree of thoroughbred horses. The word in Old See also:English is stod, and cognate forms are found in Icelandic and Danish, cf, also See also:German Gestut; steed, now a See also:literary word for horse, meant in Old English (sleda) a stud-horse, and is the same as stud in origin. The See also:root to which the word is referred is sla-, to stand. A stud meant, therefore, an establishment. (2) A word which is used of many different See also:objects, the See also:primary meaning being a " prop " or support. The Old English word is sludu, and cognates are found in Danish, See also:Swedish and Icelandic. The ultimate origin is also the root sta-, to stand. The See also:chief applications of the See also:term are as follows: in See also:architecture, to a See also:post; See also:quarter or upright in wooden partitions; to the transverse pieces of See also:iron which strengthen the links of a See also:chain; to a See also:boss or knob inserted on a See also:belt, See also:collar, or piece of See also:armour, often decorated and forming an ornamentation; and, particularly, to a See also:species of See also:button, consisting of a rounded head, See also:neck and See also:flat See also:base, used for fastening a collar, See also:shirt, &c.

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