beak vs stump

beak

noun
  • A toe clip. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads. 

  • A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton). 

  • The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed. 

  • That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee. 

  • A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. 

  • A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. 

  • A justice of the peace; a magistrate. 

  • The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. 

  • The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. 

  • The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. 

  • A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead. 

  • cocaine. 

  • Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant. 

  • Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land. 

  • A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off. 

verb
  • To play truant. 

  • Seize with the beak. 

  • Strike with the beak. 

stump

noun
  • A leg. 

  • One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball. 

  • The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. 

  • An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media. 

  • A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house. 

  • The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting. 

  • A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration. 

  • A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key. 

  • A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece. 

verb
  • To stop, confuse, or puzzle. 

  • To get a batsman out stumped. 

  • To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket). 

  • To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge. 

  • To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of. 

  • To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed. 

  • To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes. 

  • To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem. 

  • To campaign. 

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