a seat usu without back or arms supported by three or four legs or a central pedestal
a low bench or portable support for the feet or for kneeling on; a footstool
esp in medicine, a discharge of faecal matter
a tree stump or plant crown from which shoots grow out
a growth of shoots from such a base
NAmer a decoy bird used by hunters
fall between two stools
to belong clearly to neither of two categories
to fail through indecision to exploit either of two possibilities
[Old English stōl]