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Stubble

noun

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw.

Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days.

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... after the wheat harvest, stubble fields would be much in evidence. But they are not, for the millet promptly appears. It is hardly noticeable when the wheat is standing. But it grows rapidly, and as soon as the wheat is out of the way, it covers great areas with its refreshing green, looking in its earlier stages like ...

— An Inevitable Awakening • ARTHUR JUDSON BROWN

... month, generally obtained, either by bargain or by custom, the right of the use of one of their master's horses and carts after harvest for a day to fetch coals from Cambridge. Another concession made by the farmer to the men was that each man was allowed after harvest a load of "haulm," or wheat stubble, left in the field from reaping time. This "haulm" was useful not only for lighting fires with, but, like the bean stubs, for heating those capacious brick ovens in the old chimney corners, in which most of the cottagers then baked their own bread. Sometimes the stage wagoners ...

— Fragments of Two Centuries - Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King • Alfred Kingston

... On the bridge of the trembling tug-boat, by Oscard's side, stood a keen-eyed Channel pilot, who knew the tracks of the steamers up and down Channel as a gamekeeper knows the hare-tracks across a stubble-field. Moreover, the tug-boat caught the big steamer pounding down into the grey of the Atlantic Ocean, and in due time Guy Oscard landed ...

— With Edged Tools • Henry Seton Merriman

... 15 For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily that Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the children of men; for the day soon cometh that all the proud and they who do wickedly shall be as stubble; and the day cometh ...

— The Book Of Mormon - An Account Written By The Hand Of Mormon Upon Plates Taken - From The Plates Of Nephi • Anonymous

... through his russet stubble, "remember that you are speaking of my wife. A man who would lift his hand to a lady except ...

— The Voice of the City • O. Henry

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