1. (n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

2. (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.

3. (n.) A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.

4. (n.) A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.

5. (n.) A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.

6. (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.

7. (n.) A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.

8. (n.) A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.

9. (n.) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.