RE: Definition of stud (perhaps more than you want to know

["Ed & Wendy Hauser" <sisufarm@mmmpcc.org>]

From the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary:

stud /stVd/ n.2 & a.[OE stod corresp. to MLG stot, OHG stuot (G Stute mare),
ON stó<eth>, f. Gmc base also of STAND v. Cf. STEED.]A n.

1 A place where horses are kept for breeding; the horses kept in such a
place. OE.<unknown>
b A herd of horses, esp. mares, kept for breeding. ME-E17.<unknown>
c A breed or race of horses. ME-M16.<unknown>

2 Horses collectively. Only in ME.
3 <unknown>a = stud-mare below. Sc. rare. L15-L16.b = stud-horse
(a) below. N. Amer. E19.
c = stud poker below. Chiefly US. M20.4 Orig., the horses bred by and
belonging to one person. Later, a number of horses (esp. racehorses or
hunters) belonging to one owner. M17.
.
Phrases: at stud (of a stallion) available for breeding on payment of a fee.
stand at stud (of a stallion) be available for breeding.B attrib. or as adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a stud; spec. (colloq.) displaying a
masculine sexual character. Also (chiefly US slang), fine, excellent. OE.
Comb. & special collocations: stud-book a book giving the pedigree of
thoroughbred horses or other animals (esp. dogs) of pure stock; transf. &
fig. a catalogue of aristocratic pedigree; stud-farm a place where horses
are bred; stud-groom the head groom attached to a stud; stud-horse (a) a
stallion kept for breeding; (b) = stud poker below; stud-house (a) a
building for the accommodation of a stud; (b) (with cap. initials) the
official residence of the Master of the Horse at Hampton Court; stud-mare a
mare kept for breeding purposes, a brood-mare; stud poker a form of poker
with betting after the dealing of successive rounds of cards face up.

Ed and Wendy Hauser
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