Studdery
(Stud"der*y) n. A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud. [Obs.]

King Henry the Eighth erected a noble studdery.
Holinshed.

Studding
(Stud"ding) n. Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.

Studding sail
(Stud"ding sail`) (Naut.) A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. Toten.

Student
(Stu"dent) n. [L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See Study, n.]

1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student.

Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book.
Shak.

2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.

Studentry
(Stu"dent*ry) n. A body of students. [R.]

Studentship
(Stu"dent*ship), n. The state of being a student.

Studfish
(Stud"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, as F. catenatus.

Stud-horse
(Stud"-horse`) n. [AS. stod- hors.] A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding.

Studied
(Stud"ied), a.

1. Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.

2. Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry.

I shrewdly suspect that he is little studied of a theory of moral proportions.
Burke.

3. Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult. "Studied magnificence." Hawthorne.

4. Intent; inclined. [Obs.] Shak.


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