stubbingn.
/ˈstʌbɪŋ/ a. The action of stub v.1 in various senses.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > formation after tree has been cut down
stubbing1445
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land
ridding1347
grubbingc1440
stubbing1445
stockingc1460
assart1534
clotting1601
extirpation1607
shrubbing1611
moling1617
averruncation1656
twitching1799
underbrushing1838
clearance1851
screefing1919
reslashing1934
underscrubbing1935
swidden1955
the world > space > shape > bluntness > [noun] > making or becoming blunt
stubbing1577
blunting1611
the world > movement > impact > [noun] > against an obstacle > specifically of the foot > of the toe
stubbing1861
1445 tr. Claudianus in Anglia XXVIII. 277 Loondys which were vntilied..daies right many beforne [he] after his stubbyng staryth [? read storyth: L. restituit].
1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 455 He schal haue fore the stobenge of them..xxvi. viii d.
1574 in J. J. Cartwright Chapters Hist. Yorks. (1872) 75 The fencyng, stubbyng and dressyng of the ground.
1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis Ep. Ded. sig. Aiijv It seemeth the nebbe of my penne is long, and that I lesse do feare the stubbing therof.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 6 In woody..grounds, where a horse can neither conuenientlie make foorth his way, nor can tread without danger of stubing.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. ii. 9 The mind of Man may be fitly compared to a piece of Land. What stubbing, plowing, digging and harrowing is to the one, that thinking..is to the other.
1804 L. Majendie in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) VI. xxviii. 457 The tree itself possesses a peculiar faculty of branching, provincially called stubbing.
1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 312 An unlucky stubbing of my naked toes.
1887 J. A. Phillips Elem. Metall. (ed. 2) 604 A few buckets of water are thrown into the hearth, in order..to cool it previous to the clearing or stubbing-out necessary before commencing another shift.
b. attributive.
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1567 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 211 In the stubbing close one stake of hay.
1832 Min. Evid. Comm. Factories Bill 24 The cording and stubbing machinery.
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