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Stool Definition–noun | 1. | a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back. | | 2. | a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting. | | 3. | Horticulture. the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering. | | 4. | the base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots. | | 5. | a cluster of shoots or stems springing up from such a base or from any root, or a single shoot or layer. | | 6. | a bird fastened to a pole or perch and used as a decoy. | | 7. | an artificial duck or other bird, usually made from wood, used as a decoy by hunters. | | 9. | the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels. | | 10. | the sill of a window. | | 11. | a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see. | | 12. | the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship. | –verb (used without object) | 13. | to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool. | | 14. | Slang. to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon. | —Idiom | 15. | fall between two stools, to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives. | |
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Telegraph and Argus - Found 4 hours ago
A cafe owner who attacked a man with a bar stool has been banned from a pub for two years.
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A 47-year-old man has been seriously injured after falling off a bar stool.
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JustArticles.net - Found Sep. 4, 2008
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Halifax Evening Courier - Found Oct. 3, 2008
A man who fell off a bar stool and fractured his skull discharged himself from hospital.
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Brisbane Courier-Mail - Found Aug. 6, 2008
A CAFE owner bashed a scissor-wielding bandit with a bar stool to foil an attempted hold-up. The owner then picked up a bar stool and smashed it...
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SEE Magazine - Found 3 hours ago
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The only other customer in the bar was a guy sitting in the corner pounding ... Grab a stool and have a drink!' I walked over as he flung a coaster
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