A short, thick piece or end of something that remains after the main part has been removed; also spelled 'stub.'
From Middle English stub, possibly from Old Norse stubbr (stump). The word described the remaining portion of something cut short or worn down.
The word 'stubb' is an older or variant spelling that shows up in historical documents and some dialects, and it reminds us that spelling wasn't standardized until about 200 years ago—people just wrote how it sounded.
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