King James Bible Dictionary

STUD, noun [G., a stay or prop; to butt at, to gore. The sense of the root is to set, to thrust. G. It coincides with stead, place.]

1. In building, a small piece of timber or joist inserted in the sills and beams, between the posts, to support he beams or other main timbers. The boards on the outside and the laths on the inside of a building, are also nailed to the studs.

2. A nail with a large head, inserted in work chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob.

A belt of straw, and ivy buds, with coral clasps and amber studs.

Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossd with gems and studs of pearl.

3. A collection of breeding horses and mares; or the place where they are kept.

In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor and fire.

4. A button for a shirt sleeve.

STUD, verb transitive

1. To adorn with shining studs or knobs.

Their horses shall be trappd, their harness studded all with gold and pearl.

2. To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects.

STUDDED, participle passive

1. Adorned with studs.

2. Set with detached ornaments.

The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial, neat and commodious dwelling of freemen.

STUDDING, participle present tense Setting or adorning with studs or shining knobs.

STUDDING-SAIL, noun In navigation, a sail that is set beyond the skirts of the principal sails. The studding-sails are set only when the wind is light. They appear like wings upon the yard-arms.

STUDENT, noun [Latin See Study.]

1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning, either in a seminary or in private; a scholar; as the students of an academy, of a college or university; a medical student; a law student

2. A man devoted to books; a bookish man; as a hard student; a close student

Keep a gamester from dice, and a good student from his books.

3. One who studies or examines; as a student of natures works.

Poverty of
2 Kings 4:1

In state school
2 Kings 27:1

In schools of the prophets
1 Samuel 19:20; 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:2-3; 2 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 2:7; 2 Kings 2:15; 2 Kings 4:1
Instruction; School

STUD-HORSE, noun [Latin] A breeding horse; a horse kept for propagating his kind.

STUDIED, participle passive [from study.]

1. Read; closely examined; read with diligence and attention; well considered. The book has been studied The subject has been well studied

2. adjective Learned; well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; as a man well studied in geometry, or in law or medical science.

3. Having a particular inclination. [Not in use.]

STUDIER, noun [from study.] One who studies; a student.

Lipsius was a great studier in the stoical philosophy.

STUDIOUS, adjective [Latin]

1. Given to books or to learning; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as a studious scholar.

2. Contemplative; given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation.

3. Diligent; eager to discover something, or to effect some object; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.

4. Attentive to; careful; with of.

Divines must become studious of pious and venerable antiquity.

5. Planned with study; deliberate.

For the frigid villany of studious lewdness, for the calm malignity of labored impiety, what apology can be invented?

6. Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as the studious shade.

et my due feet never fail, To walk the studious cloister pale. [The latter signification is forced and not much used.]

STUDIOUSLY, adverb

1. With study; with close attention to books.

2. With diligent contemplation.

3. Diligently; with zeal and earnestness.

4. Carefully; attentively.

STUDIOUSNESS, noun The habit or practice of study; addictedness to books. Men of sprightly imagination are not generally the most remarkable for studiousness

STUDY, noun [Latin , to study that is, to set the thought or mind. See Assiduous.]

1. Literally, a setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind of books, to arts or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of learning what is not before known.

Hammond generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study

STUDY gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace.

2. Attention; meditation; contrivance.

Just men they seemd, and all their study bent to worship God aright and know his works.

3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied. Let your studies be directed by some learned and judicious friend.

4. Subject of attention.

The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study

5. A building or an apartment devoted to study or to literary employment.

6. Deep cogitation; perplexity. [Little used.]

STUDY, verb intransitive [Latin]

1. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to muse; to dwell upon in thought.

I found a moral first, and then studied for a fable.

2. To apply the mind to books. He studies eight hours in the day.

3. To endeavor diligently.

That ye study to be quiet and do your own business. 1 Thessalonians 4:11.

STUDY, verb transitive

1. To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.

2. To consider attentively; to examine closely. study the works of nature.

STUDY, thyself; what rank or what degree thy wise Creator has ordaind for thee.

3. To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over; or to commit to memory; as, to study a speech.