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stool
noun(stool)
a seat usually without back or arms supported by three or four legs or by a central pedestal
stool
noun(stool)
a low bench or portable support for the feet or knees : footstool
stool
noun(stool)
a seat used as a symbol of office or authority; also : the rank, dignity, office, or rule of a chieftain
stool
verb(stool)
to throw out shoots in the manner of a stool
stool
noun(stool)
a person acting as a decoy or informer; especially : a spy sent into a group to report (as to the police) on its activities
stool
noun(stool)
a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net
stool
noun(stool)
a chair formerly used for punishing offenders (such as dishonest tradesmen) by public exposure or ducking in water
stool
noun(stool)
a low stool
stool
noun(stool)
a seat in a Scottish church where offenders formerly sat for public rebuke
stool
noun(stool)
a seat attached to a plank and formerly used to plunge culprits tied to it into water
stool
noun(stool)
a stool with one or two steps that often fold away beneath the seat

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