Definition of stool

• n. - A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
• v. i. - To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
• n. - A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
• n. - A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
• n. - A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
• n. - A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
• n. - A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.
• n. - A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
• n. - Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.