STOOL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stōl; akin to Old High German stuol chair, Old Church Slavic stolŭ seat, throne Date: before 12th century 1. a seat usually without back or arms supported by three or four legs or by a central pedestal, a low bench or portable support for the feet or knees ; foot~ , a seat used as a symbol of office or authority, 3. a seat used while defecating or urinating, a discharge of fecal matter, 4. a stump or group of stumps of a tree especially when producing suckers, a plant crown from which shoots grow out, a shoot or growth from a ~, ~ pigeon 1, II. intransitive verb Date: 1770 to throw out shoots in the manner of a ~