Stanch

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stanch \Stanch\ (st[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stanched}
     (st[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stanching}.] [OF. estanchier,
     F. ['e]tancher 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}.]
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              Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the
              bleeding of the nose.                 --Bacon.
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     2. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stanch \Stanch\, v. t.
     To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
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           His gathered sticks to stanch the wall
           Of the snow tower when snow should fall. --Emerson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stanch \Stanch\, v. i.
     To cease, as the flowing of blood.
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           Immediately her issue of blood stanched. --Luke viii.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stanch \Stanch\, n.
     1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.]
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     2. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a
        boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
        --Knight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stanch \Stanch\, a. [Compar. {Stancher} (-[~e]r); superl.
     {Stanchest}.] [From {Stanch}, v. t., and hence literally
     signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped,
     tight, not leaky, as a ship. See {Stanch}, v. t.] [Written
     also {staunch}.]
     1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
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              One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set
              in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. --Evelyn.
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     2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty;
        steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend
        or adherent. --V. Knox.
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              In politics I hear you 're stanch.    --Prior.
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     3. Close; secret; private. [Obs.]
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              This is to be kept stanch.            --Locke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stanch
       v : stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them
           the tide" [syn: {stem}, {staunch}, {halt}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "stanch":
     arrest, asphyxiate, bar, bind, block, block up, blockade,
     bottle up, bung, caulk, cease, censor, check, chink, choke,
     choke off, choke up, clamp down on, clog, clog up, congest,
     constipate, cork, cork up, cover, crack down on, crush, dam,
     dam up, damp down, drown, end, extinguish, fill, fill up, foul,
     gag, halt, hold down, jam, jump on, keep down, keep under, kill,
     muzzle, obstipate, obstruct, pack, plug, plug up, pour water on,
     prevent, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, shut down on,
     silence, sit down on, sit on, smash, smother, spile, squash,
     squelch, staunch, stay, stem, stench, stifle, stop, stop up,
     stopper, stopple, strangle, stuff, stuff up, stultify, subdue,
     suffocate, suppress, throttle