— stoollike , adj.
/stoohl/ , n.
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. Hort. 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.
8. a privy.
9. the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels.
10. the sill of a window. See diag. under double-hung .
11. a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see.
12. the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship.
13. fall between two stools , to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives.
v.i.
14. to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool.
15. Slang. to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE stol; c. G Stuhl, ON stoll, Goth stols chair; all sto- ( -l- suffix; akin to OCS stolu throne ]