Stout

6 definitions found

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

  Stout \Stout\ (stout), a. [Compar. {Stouter} (stout"[~e]r);
     superl. {Stoutest}.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold,
     proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and
     perh. to E. stilt.]
     1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence,
        firm; resolute; dauntless.


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              With hearts stern and stout.          --Chaucer.
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              A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
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              He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous
              man.                                  --Clarendon.
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              The lords all stand
              To clear their cause, most resolutely stout.
                                                    --Daniel.
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     2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
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              Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii.
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              Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and
              stout.                                --Latimer.
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     3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout
        vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
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     4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
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     Syn: {Stout}, {Corpulent}, {Portly}.
  
     Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or
            excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or
            corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing
            appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the
            English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the
            sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout
            heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it
            was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently,
            especially in England, the idea has been carried still
            further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The
            stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is
            corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size."
            In America, stout is still commonly used in the
            original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout
            pole.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  stout \stout\, n.
     A strong, dark malt brew having a higher percentage of hops
     than porter; strong porter; a popular variety sold in the U.
     S. is {Guinness' stout}. --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stout
       adj 1: dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a
              stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn: {stalwart}]
       2: euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"
          [syn: {portly}]
       3: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or
          hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of
          her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young
          athletes" [syn: {hardy}, {stalwart}, {sturdy}]
       n 1: a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and
            roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with
            hops
       2: a garment size for a large or heavy person

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

  151 Moby Thesaurus words for "stout":
     adamantine, adipose, athletic, beefy, big, big-bellied, bloated,
     blowzy, bold, bold-spirited, bosomy, bouncing, brave, brawny,
     bulky, burly, buxom, chivalric, chivalrous, chubby, chunky,
     corpulent, courageous, dauntless, dense, distended, doughty, dumpy,
     durable, enduring, fat, fattish, fearless, firm, firm as Gibraltar,
     fleshy, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full-blooded,
     full-strength, gallant, greathearted, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale,
     hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty,
     heavy, heavyset, hefty, heroic, herolike, hippy, hulking, husky,
     imposing, indomitable, infrangible, intrepid, invincible,
     iron-hard, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly, lasting, lionhearted,
     lusty, made of iron, manful, manly, massive, meaty, mighty, nervy,
     obese, obstinate, overweight, paunchy, plenitudinous, plucky,
     plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy,
     puissant, pursy, red-blooded, resolute, rigid, robust, robustious,
     robustuous, roly-poly, rotund, rude, rugged, soldierlike,
     soldierly, solid, sound, square, squat, squatty, stable, stalwart,
     staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stocky, stouthearted,
     strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong,
     strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, tenacious,
     thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tough, tubby, unbreakable,
     undaunted, unyielding, valiant, valorous, vigorous, vital, weighty,
     well-built, well-constructed, well-fed, well-founded,
     well-grounded, well-made
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Stout, IA (city, FIPS 75720)
    Location: 42.52715 N, 92.71119 W
    Population (1990): 192 (72 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Stout, OH
    Zip code(s): 45684

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Stout, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    217
     Housing Units (2000): 77
     Land area (2000):     0.311199 sq. miles (0.806001 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.311199 sq. miles (0.806001 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            75720
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             42.527131 N, 92.711383 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Stout, IA
      Stout