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▪ I. stumping, vbl. n.1|ˈstʌmpɪŋ|
[f. stump v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb.
a. The action of treading heavily, as with a wooden leg.
1805Wordsw. Waggoner ii. 60 What thumping—stumping—overhead! 1862Borrow Wild Wales xi. (1901) 63 Both heard the stumping. 1905A. T. Sheppard Red Cravat iii. vi. 293 The tap of his cane, the stumping of his thick⁓soled boots.
b. Cricket.
1844W. Lillywhite Hand-bk. Cricket 15 No byes, overthrows, stumping, or catching out behind wicket allowed. 1849Laws of Cricket in ‘Bat’ Cricket Man. (1850) 57 The wicket-keeper shall not take the ball for the purpose of stumping until it has passed the wicket. 1895Westm. Gaz. 4 May 5/2 This total of 1,397 wickets is made up of 611 clean bowlings, 698 catches, 37 stumpings, 48 leg-befores, and 3 hit wickets.
c. The action of delivering stump speeches.
1865Sat. Rev. 18 Feb. 184/2 The babes and sucklings out of whose mouths political wisdom is to come seem to be commencing their ‘stumping’ in good time.
attrib. and Comb.1884Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 6 Sept., In Windham county, the special stumping-ground of the Springfield Republican, the total Independent vote will not reach one hundred. 1884Manch. Exam. 27 Aug. 5/2 The Leader of the Opposition would hardly go to Oban on a stumping expedition.
2. concr. (See quot.)
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-mining 245 Stumping, a kind of pillar and stall plan of getting coal.
3. Comb., as stumping machine N. Amer. = stump-machine s.v. stump n.1 19; stumping powder, an explosive used for clearing land of tree stumps.
1871G. Easton Trav. Amer. xiii. 129 Until time has so destroyed the roots that, with the aid of a pair of oxen and a ‘stumping machine’, the stumps can be removed with comparative ease. 1906Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 30 Jan. 5/5 An experiment in clearing Island lands by the aid of a steam stumping machine is shortly to be made in the vicinity of Duncan. 1973L. Russell Everyday Life Colonial Canada ii. 31 Later a ‘stumping machine’ was used. It consisted of a very heavy wooden tripod, with a stout, vertical iron screw mounted at the apex.
1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 6 Apr. 5/4 The regulations under which the Provincial Department of Agriculture will issue funds for the purchasing of cheap stumping powder to farmers have been approved. 1955R. P. Hobson Nothing too Good for Cowboy i. 11 The cattle company..has exploded like a can of stumping powder.
▪ II. ˈstumping, vbl. n.2
[-ing1.]
The action of stump v.2 Also attrib.
1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. II. 260 The crayon to be used for stumping is No. 2 or, for very dark shadows, No. 3. 1891Daily News 14 May 6/1 M. Carrière overdoes the stumping-brush effect.
▪ III. stumping, ppl. a.|ˈstʌmpɪŋ|
[f. stump v.1 + -ing2.]
1. Treading heavily or clumsily.
1842Borrow Bible in Spain xxvii. (Pelh. Libr.) 189 My reflections..were suddenly interrupted by a heavy stumping sound. 1862― Wild Wales xxxiv. (1901) 238, I heard the sound of stumping steps coming upstairs. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. iv. iii, The stumping approach of Wegg was soon heard.
2. Clumsily formed, stumpy. colloq. (Cf. lumping.)
1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. iv, And look at my great black stumpin' hands. |