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A shoot; a sprout. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Look about with yout eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England. Latimer.

Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top [it] bears a great stalky head. Mortimer.

ror or vice. We must labor so as to stand with godliness, according to his appointment. Latimer.

old, and my hair to stare. Shak. Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. Mortimer.

A person of high rank. [Obs.] Latimer.

Stallion. [Obs.] Mortimer.

A sort of tree. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone. Mortimer.

n stout against me. Mal. iii. 13. Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. Latimer.

f the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out. Mortimer.

the scythe or sickle. "After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble." Mortimer. Stubble goose (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. -- Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.

nder feet upon the stony ground. Spenser. Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet. Mortimer.

To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.

Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack. Mortimer.

reckless; heedless. -- Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly, adv. I spake against temerarious judgment. Latimer.

tand and crouch Under your testy humor Shak. I was displeased with myself; I was testy. Latimer.

To beat; to break, as flax or hemp. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Of that sort. [Obs.] "My audience is not thereafter." Latimer.

he had of gold a ring. Chaucer. Thumb band, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. Mortimer. -- Thumb blue, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like. -- Thumb latch, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. -- Thumb mark. (a) The mark left…