A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
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.