See Also: Stool(medicine)
stool(dictionary)
stool(2)(dictionary)
stool(1)(dictionary)
Stool(health)
stool smear(medicine)
stool test(medicine)
stool culture(medicine)
joint-stool(dictionary)
fatty stool(medicine)

stool(2) (iou)



stool verb. [stu:l] M16.
[from STOOL noun.]
verb intrans. Evacuate the bowels; discharge faeces. rare. M16.
verb trans. Put or set (a person) on a stool; spec. (a) condemn (a person) to the stool of repentance; (b) in W. Africa: enthrone (a new chief). rare. L17.
a. verb intrans. (Of a plant) produce new shoots or stems from a stool or root; (of corn, grass, etc.) produce lateral shoots giving a cluster of stems or foliage. Also foll. by out. L18.
b. verb trans. Cut back (a plant) to or near ground level in order to induce new growth. E20.
verb trans. Work (a vein of ore in a mine). rare. E19.
a. verb trans. Entice (wildfowl) by means of a decoy-bird. M19.
b. verb intrans. Of a bird: come to or be enticed by a decoy. US. L19.
c. verb intrans. Act as a stool-pigeon; inform on (a person). colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.). E20.