Staunch

5 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\, 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Staunch \Staunch\ (st[aum]nch), Staunchly \Staunch"ly\,
  Staunchness \Staunch"ness\, etc.
     See {Stanch}, {Stanchly}, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  staunch
       adj : firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast
             ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving
             devotion"; "unswerving allegiance" [syn: {steadfast}, {unswerving}]
       v : stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them
           the tide" [syn: {stem}, {stanch}, {halt}]

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

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "staunch":
     Sabbatarian, airtight, ardent, bigoted, calculable, close,
     committed, compact, consistent, constant, creedbound, dedicated,
     dependable, devoted, dogmatic, dustproof, dusttight, evangelical,
     faithful, faithworthy, fast, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fixed,
     flinty, fundamentalist, gasproof, gastight, hermetic,
     hermetically sealed, hidebound, hyperorthodox, immovable,
     inflexible, infrangible, invincible, liege, lightproof, lighttight,
     literalist, literalistic, long-lasting, loyal, made of iron,
     marble-constant, oilproof, oiltight, precisianist, precisianistic,
     predictable, purist, puristic, puritanical, rainproof, raintight,
     reliable, resolute, rigid, rugged, sealed, seaworthy, secure, set,
     settled, shut fast, smokeproof, smoketight, snug, solid, sot,
     sound, stable, steadfast, steady, steely, stormproof, stormtight,
     stout, straitlaced, strict, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure,
     surefire, tested, tight, tough, tried, tried and true, true,
     true-blue, trusted, trustworthy, trusty, unbending, unbreakable,
     undeflectable, undeviating, unfailing, unfaltering, unflappable,
     unflinching, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering,
     unyielding, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight, well-built,
     well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made,
     windproof, windtight