Stump

1. The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.
2. To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out.
3. To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.
4. A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.
5. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.
6. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
7. To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n.
8. To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket.
9. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
10. The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.
11. To challenge; also, to nonplus.
12. One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
13. A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.