Re: RC: Stud(horse)

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/16/00 2:49:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
guest@endurance.net writes:

<< If you look up stud in the Random House Dictionary you will
 find:
 
 "stud (stud),n. 1) a studhorse or stallion. 2) an
 establishment, as a farm, in which horses are kept for
 breeding....4) a male animal, as a bull or ram, kept for
 breeding."
 
 SO it would seem that a stud is first a horse...then a
 place. :) >>

Webster is not quite so forgiving of colloquial useage.  He lists the 
following:

1)  a: A group of animals and esp. horses kept for breeding;  b: a place (as 
a farm) where a stud is kept.  2)  STUDHORSE: <broadly>: a male animal kept 
for breeding.

Heidi