stub \stub\, v. t. imp.  p. p. stubbed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   stubbing.
   1. to grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up
      edible roots.
      1913 webster

            what stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to
            a piece of land.                      --berkley.
      1913 webster

   2. to remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
      1913 webster

   3. to strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other
      fixed object. u. s.
      1913 webster
see also:
stubbed stubbing 

stub
     n 1: a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is
          lost
     2: a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" syn: nub
     3: a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
        syn: ticket stub
     4: the part of a check that is retained as a record syn: check
        stub, counterfoil
     5: the small unused part of something especially the end of a
        cigarette that is left after smoking syn: butt
     v : strike against an object; "she stubbed her one's toe in the
         dark and now it's broken" syn: scrape, skin, abrade
     also: stubbing, stubbed
see also:
nub ticket stub check stub counterfoil butt scrape 
skin abrade stubbing stubbed 

stubbing
     see stub
see also:
stub