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stubbly, a.|ˈstʌblɪ|
[f. stubble n. + -y.]
1. Covered with stubble, stubbled.
1600Surflet Country Farm v. xviii. 692 Fasels grow in stubbly grounds. 1611Cotgr., Chaumin..Stubblie; made of, or, couered with, stubble. 1789D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 130 An', o'er the stibbly plain, the nibbling rooks, In numbers spread. 1854Surtees Handley Cr. xxxix. (1901) II. 29 ‘Chi-e-l-dren,’ continued our master, dry-shaving his stubbly chin, ‘are certain cares’ [etc.]. 1879Stevenson Trav. Cevennes 146 It led into a valley between fading hills, stubbly with rocks like a reaped field of corn.
2. Resembling stubble; esp. of hair, bristly.
1849Alb. Smith Pottleton Legacy xxx. 332 Two little stubbly tufts rising from his crown. 1864Realm 25 May 3 The stubbly staple of Lord Russell's arguments is the material we have managed to convince Europe that the British Lion is stuffed with. 1885Rider Haggard K. Solomon's Mines xix, My stubbly hair came out of the treasure cave about three shades greyer than it went in.
Comb.1891Daily News 1 Sept. 3/1 Stubbly-chinned. |