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