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verb(stool)to throw out shoots in the manner of a stool
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noun(stool)a seat usually without back or arms supported by three or four legs or by a central pedestal
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noun(stool)a low bench or portable support for the feet or knees : footstool
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noun(stool)a seat used as a symbol of office or authority; also : the rank, dignity, office, or rule of a chieftain
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noun(stool)a chair formerly used for punishing offenders (such as dishonest tradesmen) by public exposure or ducking in water
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noun(stool)a low stool
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noun(stool)a seat in a Scottish church where offenders formerly sat for public rebuke
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noun(stool)a seat attached to a plank and formerly used to plunge culprits tied to it into water
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verb(stool)to descend freely by the force of gravity
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verb(stool)to hang freely
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verb(stool)to drop oneself to a lower position
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noun(stool)a stool with one or two steps that often fold away beneath the seat