stool
noun
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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The wheat had stooled well, and a couple of showers early in May had relieved the drought that threatens before the thunder-storms of June and July set in.
From The Bail Jumper by Robert J. C. Stead