Definition of "stubbed"

stubbed

verb
1. simple past and past participle of stub
adjective
comparative more stubbed, superlative most stubbed
1. Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
2. Abounding in stubs; stubby.
  Quotations
  Then came a bit of stubbed ground, once a wood, / Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; [...]
  1855, Robert Browning, “‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.’”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], stanza 25, page 145
3. Not delicate; hardy, rugged.
  Quotations
  Stubbed, vulgar constitutions.
  1744, George Berkeley, Siris: A Chain Of Philosophical Reflexions And Inquiries Concerning The Virtues Of Tar Water

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