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stud(2) (iou)



stud noun2 & adjective.
[Old English stod corresp. to Middle Low German stot, Old High German stuot (German Stute mare), Old Norse stoe, from Germanic base also of STAND verb. Cf. STEED.]
A. noun.
A place where horses are kept for breeding; the horses kept in such a place. OE.
b. A herd of horses, esp. mares, kept for breeding. ME-E17.
c. A breed or race of horses. ME-M16.
Horses collectively. Only in ME.
a. = stud-mare below. Scot. rare. L15-L16.
b. = stud-horse (a) below. N. Amer. E19.
c. = stud poker below. Chiefly US. M20.
L. Alther Caroline..won at seven-card stud.
Orig., the horses bred by and belonging to one person. Later, a number of horses (esp. racehorses or hunters) belonging to one owner. M17.
b. A collection of animals of a particular kind, esp. dogs, belonging to one person. L18.
transf.: R. Kipling A Frenchman..road racing..and running a stud of six cars.
a. A man noted for his sexual prowess. colloq. L19.
S. Rushdie A notorious seducer; a ladies'-man;..in short, a stud.
b. A man, a fellow, esp. a well-informed one; a youth. US Black slang. E20.
Phrases: at stud (of a stallion) available for breeding on payment of a fee. stand at stud (of a stallion) be available for breeding.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a stud; spec. (colloq.) displaying a masculine sexual character. Also (chiefly US slang), fine, excellent. OE.
Comb. & special collocations: stud-book a book giving the pedigree of thoroughbred horses or other animals (esp. dogs) of pure stock; transf. & fig. a catalogue of aristocratic pedigree; stud-farm a place where horses are bred; stud-groom the head groom attached to a stud; stud-horse (a) a stallion kept for breeding; (b) = stud poker below; stud-house (a) a building for the accommodation of a stud; (b) (with cap. initials) the official residence of the Master of the Horse at Hampton Court; stud-mare a mare kept for breeding purposes, a brood-mare; stud poker a form of poker with betting after the dealing of successive rounds of cards face up.
studded adjective (US) (of a room) having a great or small vertical dimension (as 2nd elem. of comb., as
high-studded,
low-studded): L18.