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Stump Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/1/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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STUMP Origin: 1200–50; (noun) Middle English stompe, cognate with or < Middle Low German stump ( e ), Middle Dutch stomp (compare German Stumpf ); (v.) Middle English stumpen to stumble (as over a stump), derivative of the noun –noun 1. the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed. 2. the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off. 3. a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the gum. 4. a short remnant, as of a candle; stub. 5. any basal part remaining after the main or more important part has been removed. 6. an artificial leg. 7. Usually, stumps. Informal . legs: Stir your stumps and get out of here. 8. a short, stocky person. 9. a heavy step or gait, as of a wooden-legged or lame person. 10. the figurative place of political speechmaking: to go on the stump. 11. Furniture . a support for the front end of the arm of a chair, sofa, etc. Compare post1 ( def. 2 ) . 12. a short, thick roll of paper, soft leather, or some similar material, usually having a blunt point, for rubbing a pencil, charcoal, or crayon drawing in order to achieve subtle gradations of tone in representing light and shade. 13. Cricket . each of the three upright sticks that, with the two bails laid on top of them, form a wicket. –verb (used with object) 14. to reduce to a stump; truncate; lop. 15. to clear of stumps, as land. 16. Chiefly Southern U.S. to stub, as one's toe. 17. to nonplus, embarrass, or render completely at a loss: This riddle stumps me. 18. to challenge or dare to do something. 19. to make political campaign speeches to or in: to stump a state. 20. Cricket . (of the wicketkeeper) to put (a batsman) out by knocking down a stump or by dislodging a bail with the ball held in the hand at a moment when the batsman is off his ground. 21. to tone or modify (a crayon drawing, pencil rendering, etc.) by means of a stump. –verb (used without object) 22. to walk heavily or clumsily, as if with a wooden leg: The captain stumped across the deck. 23. to make political campaign speeches; electioneer. —Idiom 24. up a stump, Informal . at a loss; embarrassed; perplexed: Sociologists are up a stump over the sharp rise in juvenile delinquency and crime. Ref from Dictionary.Com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stump

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fubhyq abg arrq nal zber uryc

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)