Word Meanings - STUD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc. In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size.

Additional info about word: STUD

A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc. In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size. Sir W. Temple. He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories. Macaulay. (more info) stute a mare, Icel. sto stud, Lith. stodas a herd, Russ. stado, and to E. stand. The sense is properly, a stand, an establishment. *163.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STUD)

• Set t Seat
• place
• locate
• situate
• settle
• fix
• build
• rest
• establish
• ground
• perpetuate
• stabilitate
• confirm
• strengthen
• determine
• appoint
• assign
• cast
• risk
• wager
• surround
• bedeck
• garnish
• stud

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  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• WAGERING
  Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. Wagering policy. See Wager policy, under Policy.
• GARNISHMENT
  1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. Sir H. Wotton. Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter. Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• PERPETUATE
  To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize. Addison. Burke.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
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  One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money. Note: The order by which warning is made is called a garnishee
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  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
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  One who, or that which, garnishes.
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  The quality of being assignable.
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  That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster , a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.
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• FOREGROUND
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