The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stud \Stud\, n. [AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. st["o]d a prop, Icel. sto? a post, sty?ja to prop, and probably ultimately to E. stand; cf. D. stut a prop, G. st["u]tze. See Stand.]
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A stem; a trunk. [Obs.]
Seest not this same hawthorn stud?
--Spenser. (Arch.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
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A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs.
--Marlowe.Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems And studs of pearl.
--Milton. An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
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(Mach.)
A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
A stud bolt.
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An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
Stud bolt, a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; -- called also standing bolt.
Usage examples of "standing bolt".
Swiveller put his stool close against the wall by the side of the door, and mounting on the top and standing bolt upright, so that if the lodger did make a rush, he would most probably pass him in its onward fury, began a violent battery with the ruler upon the upper panels of the door.
A moment later she realized that it wasn't a pillar of flame-it was a man, standing bolt upright, transfixed in agony, burning like a pitch-covered torch.
He was standing bolt upright and curiously rigid,his jaw set, the mouth shut in a hard straight line.
Fairfax by now had her hands folded in front of her and was standing bolt upright, prepared to talk all day, as Sophie had often seen her do before.
Number Two shreiked, standing bolt upright and wiping away tea spittle.
Bold watched him out of the corner of his eye, and then noticed that Kyu was standing bolt upright staring at him too, work forgotten, eyes fixed like a hawk's on a mouse.
Pertelope was standing bolt upright, his face contorted into an expression of terminal sheepishness.
I found myself with my two companions, whom I had selfishly forgotten, standing bolt upright in the gathering dawn.