A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
The buttocks (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
A mark to be shot at; a target.
A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
A thrust in fencing.
Body; self.
A used cigarette.
A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
To strike bluntly with the head.
A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
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.
A leg.
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 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.
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.