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Meanings of stump by in English

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Usage of stump by in English
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The custom is to sear the stump by plunging it into boiling oil.
Tales from the Arabic — Complete
2
She beat Perry's waft outside the off- stump by a centimetre.
The Guardian
3
The ball missed the leg stump by an inch.
The Head of Kay's
4
Tendulkar reviewed and the television replay had the ball missing leg stump by a whisker.
The Guardian
5
Ryder seated himself on a stump by the side of the young man, and Jim continued:
In the Roaring Fifties
6
Two masked men emerged from behind a stump by the roadside, and Charley Chu drew his revolver.
Forty-one Thieves: A Tale of California
7
Do you see that flower-pot on the top of the stump by the little hill over there?
A Bicycle of Cathay
8
He had a strap round his waist, and was fastened to the stump by a piece of clothes line.
The Book of the Bush / Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the ...
9
Now ye know there's a big stump by the side of the road, half-way up to the old school-house.
Sevenoaks: A Story of Today
10
Mrs. Shimerda, sitting on the stump by the stove, kept looking over her shoulder toward the door while the neighbours were arriving.
My Antonia
11
Dick had been dragged down from the stump by Warner, but the two stood erect with Pennington, their eyes turned toward the ridge.
The Rock of Chickamauga: A Story of the Western Crisis
12
All finalists except Ondra were completely stumped by the hand jam sequence.
Rock and Ice Magazine
13
Recently, though, I've been stumped by a black fish that won't die.
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
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Executives and bankers are stumped by certain questions in such a breakup analysis.
Reuters
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And these newbies have often been stumped by the operating system's unusual interface.
Wired
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But even he was stumped by the scale of the world champions' victory.
The Irish Times