The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. ?.]
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The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Stubs sharp and hideous to behold.
--Chaucer.And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
--Dryden. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.]
--Milton.The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
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A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
Stub end (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened.
Stub iron, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels.
Stub mortise (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed.
Stub nail, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail.
Stub short, or Stub shot (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off.
Stub twist, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.
Wiktionary
n. The enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened.
Usage examples of "stub end".
The stub end of the strap-on pressed against my slippery clit, making me come even before Julia had climaxed.
He could almost forget the stub end of a cindin stick his wayward fingers had found in the corner of his jacket pocket.
It reared its head some ten feet above the ground and from its charred surface protruded the stub end of several broken limbs.
And then he scratched at his furrowed forehead with the stub end of his pencil, meeting the staring eyes of the man sitting next to him.
Opening the blade of a small sharp knife he cut through the twisted cloth so that only about two inches protruded, and to prevent this stub end slipping back through the hole, drove a small nail through the cloth with the butt of his knife.
He squatted, gingerly to open the doors of the stove and stir the ashes with the stub end of a poker.