Meaning

• Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

Meaning

• A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)

• The posts and rungs composing a ladder.

• The stem of a plant.

• The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

Meaning

• A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.

• A stalemate; a stalemated game.

• An ambush.

• A band of armed men or hunters.

• The main force of an army.

Meaning

• (livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.

Meaning

• A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.

• Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.

• An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.

• A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.

• A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.

• A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.

• Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.