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Stub [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The stump of a tree; that part of the stem of a tree which remains fixed int he earth when the tree is cut down. [Stub, in the United States, I believe is never used for the stump of an herbaceous plant.]

2. A log; a block. [Not in use.]

Stub [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.

2. To strike the toes against a stump, stone or other fixed object.

Stub [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.

2. A log; a block; a blockhead.

3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.

4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.

5. A pen with a short, blunt nib.

6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.

Stub [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.

2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.

3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.

Stub-nail [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A nail broken off; a short thick nail.

Stubbed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Short and thick like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.

2. Hardy; not nice or delicate.

Stubbed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.

2. Abounding in stubs; stubby.

3. Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged.

Stubbed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stubbedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Bluntness; obtuseness.

Stubbedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being stubbed.

Stubbiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being stubby.

Stubbing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stubble [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the sythe or sickle.

2. After the first crop is off, they plow in the stubble

Stubble [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.

Stubble-goose [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A goose fed among stubble.

Stubble-rake [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A rake with long teeth for raking together stubble.

Stubbled [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Covered with stubble.

2. Stubbed; as, stubbled legs.

Stubbly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Covered with stubble; stubbled.

Stubborn [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. [This word is doubtless formed on the root of stub or stiff, and denotes fixed, firm. But the origin of the latter syllable is not obvious.

2. Unreasonably obstinate; inflexibly fixed in opinion; not to be moved or persuaded by reasons; inflexible; as a stubborn son; a stubborn mind or soul.

3. The queen is obstinate--stubborn to justice.

4. Persevering; persisting; steady; constant; as stubborn attention.

5. Stiff; not flexible; as a stubborn bow.

6. Take a plant of stubborn oak.

7. Hardy; firm; enduring without complaint; as stubborn Stoics.

8. Harsh; rough; rugged. [Little used.]

9. Refractory; not easily melted or worked; as a stubborn ore or metal.

10. Refractory; obstinately resisting command, the goad or the whip; as a stubborn ass or horse.

Stubborn [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.

Stubbornly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Obstinately; inflexibly; contumaciously.

Stubbornness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Perverse and unreasonable obstinacy; inflexibility; contumacy.

2. STUBBORNNESS and obstinate disobedience must be mastered with blows.

3. Stiffness; want of pliancy.

4. Refractoriness, as of ores.

Stubby [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Abounding with stubs.

2. Short and thick; short and strong; as stubby bristles.

Stubby [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Abounding with stubs.

2. Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles.

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31 KJV and 36 BSB verses contain “stub” — showing the first 20. Show all 53 verses (searchable)

Exodus 5:12

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Exodus 13:15

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

Exodus 15:7

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Leviticus 26:19

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

Deuteronomy 9:27

Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

Deuteronomy 21:20

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

Deuteronomy 29:19

And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

Judges 2:19

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

Nehemiah 9:29

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

Job 13:25

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

Job 21:18

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

Job 41:28

The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

Job 41:29

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.

Psalms 78:8

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Psalms 81:12

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Psalms 83:13

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

Proverbs 7:11

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.