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Webster 1913 Edition

Stanch

Stanch

(stȧnch)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stanched
(stȧncht)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stanching
.]
[OF.
estanchier
, F.
étancher
to stop a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg.
estancar
, It.
stancare
to weary, LL.
stancare
,
stagnare
, to stanch, fr. L.
stagnare
to be or make stagnant. See
Stagnate
.]
1.
To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from;
as, to
stanch
a wound
.
[Written also
staunch
.]
Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth
stanch
the bleeding of the nose.
Bacon.
2.
To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
[Obs.]

Stanch

,
Verb.
I.
To cease, as the flowing of blood.
Immediately her issue of blood
stanched
.
Luke viii. 44.

Stanch

,
Noun.
1.
That which stanches or checks.
[Obs.]
2.
A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
Knight.

Stanch

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Stancher
(-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Stanchest
.]
[From
Stanch
,
Verb.
T.
, and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp.
estanco
stopped, tight, not leaky, as a ship. See
Stanch
,
Verb.
T.
]
[Written also
staunch
.]
1.
Strong and tight; sound; firm;
as, a
stanch
ship
.
One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding
stanch
and pretty.
Evelyn.
2.
Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast;
as, a
stanch
churchman; a
stanch
friend or adherent
.
V. Knox.
In politics I hear you ’re
stanch
.
Prior.
3.
Close; secret; private.
[Obs.]
This is to be kept
stanch
.
Locke.

Stanch

,
Verb.
T.
To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
His gathered sticks to
stanch
the wall
Of the snow tower when snow should fall.
Emerson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stanch

STANCH

,
Verb.
T.
In a general sense, to stop; to set or fix; but applied only to the blood; to stop the flowing of blood. Cold applications to the neck will often stanch the bleeding of the nose.

STANCH

,
Verb.
I.
To stop, as blood; to cease to flow.
Immediately the issue of her blood stanched. Luke 8.

STANCH

,
Adj.
[This is the same word as the foregoing, the primary sense of which is to set; hence the sense of firmness.]
1.
Sound; firm; strong and tight; as a stanch ship.
2.
Firm in principle; steady; constant and zealous; hearty; as a stanch churchman; a stanch republican; a stanch friend or adherent.
In politics I hear youre stanch.
3.
Strong; not to be broken.
4.
Firm; close.
This is to be kept stanch.
A stanch hound, is one that follows the scent closely without error or remissness.

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