<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back</li><li>a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting</li><li>Horticulture: the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering</li><li>the base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots</li><li>a cluster of shoots or stems springing up from such a base or from any root, or a single shoot or layer</li><li>a bird fastened to a pole or perch and used as a decoy</li><li>an artificial duck or other bird, usually made from wood, used as a decoy by hunters</li><li>a privy</li><li>the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels</li><li>the sill of a window</li><li>a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see</li><li>the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool</li><li>Slang: to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>