Crossword clues for studding
studding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Studding \Stud"ding\, n. Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.
Stud \Stud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Studded; p. pr. & vb. n. Studding.]
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To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
Thy horses shall be trapped, Their harness studded all with gold and pearl.
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To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial, neat, and commodious dwellings of freemen.
--Bp. Hobart.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The timber framework for a lath and plaster wall 2 A batten of wood for this framework 3 Anything with which a surface is studded vb. (present participle of stud English)
WordNet
n. a man who is virile and sexually active [syn: he-man, macho-man]
ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) [syn: rivet]
an upright in house framing [syn: scantling]
adult male horse kept for breeding [syn: studhorse]
poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt [syn: stud poker]
v. scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" [syn: dot, constellate]
provide with or construct with studs; "stud the wall"
See stud
Usage examples of "studding".
Hump-shouldered knobs of granite were visible above the grasses, studding the slopes of a series of low hills.
His companion took a step backwards, a club of dark wood with more iron studding than the chest sloped casually over one shoulder.
Paul took his hammer out of the holster, turned, knelt beside the wall we were studding, and began to drive a nail into the next stud.
Various kinds of isis, clusters of pure tuft-coral, prickly fungi, and anemones formed a brilliant garden of flowers, decked with their collarettes of blue tentacles, sea-stars studding the sandy bottom.
They had sheathed the house inside the studdings with a wonder-material that would resist an ax and that, undoubtedly, would resist much more than a simple ax.