Definition of Stud

n.1.A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.
1.A stem; a trunk.
Seest not this same hawthorn stud?
- Spenser.
2.(Arch.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
3.A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
4.An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
5.(Mach.) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
6.An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
Stud bolt
a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; - called also standing bolt.
v. t.1.To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
[imp. & p. p. Studded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Studding.]
2.To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.


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