Stancher

2 definitions found

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

  Stancher \Stanch"er\ (st[.a]nch"[~e]r), n.
     One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as
     of blood.
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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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