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Stanch
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- 1 Archaic spelling of staunch. alt-of, archaic
"a stanch ship a stanch churchman"
- 1 Possibly strictly. obsolete
"But you vvill loſe your Labour, and vvhat is more, their Love and Reverence too, if they can receive from others, vvhat you deny them. This is to be kept very ſtanch, and carefully to be vvatched."
- 1 Alternative spelling of staunch (“that which stanches; act of stanching”). US, alt-of, alternative, especially
- 2 A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river. US, especially
- 1 To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid). US, especially, poetic, transitive
"I will couer the depe vpon him, I will ſtaunch his floudes, and the greate waters ſhalbe reſtrayned."
- 2 stop the flow of a liquid wordnet
- 3 To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).; To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding. US, especially, poetic, transitive
"A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary."
- 4 To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).; To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof. US, especially, poetic, transitive
"His gathered sticks to stanch the wall / Of the snow-tower, when snow should fall; […]"
- 5 To check or stop, or deter (an action). US, especially, transitive
"[W]hy ſhould a man refuſe the glad tydings of ſalutation, or ſtop his eares at the voyce of the skilfull charmer, becauſe the meſſenger that brings the tydings, is ouertaken vvith ſome knovvne ſinne? Or becauſe hee that charmeth, ſtancheth not the iſſue of his ovvne corruption?"
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- 6 To check or stop, or deter (an action).; To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain. US, especially, transitive
"It [squill] ſtancheth the ache of the ſtomack⸝ it helpeth digeſtion⸝ and maketh a man well colored."
- 7 To extinguish or put out (as a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (as desire, hunger, thirst, etc.). US, especially, obsolete, transitive
"[A]s an angry Cur / Snarles vvhile he feeds, ſo vvill I ſeize and ſtanch / The hunger of my love on this proud beauty, / And leave the ſcraps for Slaves."
- 8 Of bleeding: to stop. US, also, especially, intransitive, reflexive
"And a woman hauing an iſſue of blood twelue yeres, which had ſpent all her liuing vpon Phiſitions, neither could be healed of any, / Came behinde him [Jesus], and touched the border of his garment: and immediatly her iſſue of blood ſtanched."
- 9 Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently. US, also, especially, intransitive, obsolete, reflexive
Etymology
From Middle English stanch, a variant of staunch, staunche (“(adjective) in good condition or repair; solidly made, firm; watertight; of a person or wound: not bleeding; certain; intact; (adverb) firmly, soundly”) [and other forms]; see further at staunch.
From Middle English stanch, a variant of staunch, staunche (“(adjective) in good condition or repair; solidly made, firm; watertight; of a person or wound: not bleeding; certain; intact; (adverb) firmly, soundly”) [and other forms]; see further at staunch.
From Middle English stanch, stanche [and other forms], a variant of Middle English staunchen, staunche (“to stop the flow of blood, diarrhoea, or other bodily fluids; to alleviate, ease; to appease, assuage, satisfy; to cure; to overcome; to put an end to; to repress, suppress; of a river or stream: to stop flowing; of waters, wind, or weather: to become calm, subside; to extinguish or put out (a fire)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman estauncher, estaunchier, estanger, Old French estancher, estanchier (“to stop the flow of a liquid (blood, water, etc.); to make (something) watertight; to quench (thirst)”) (modern French étancher (“to stop the flow of a liquid; to make watertight; to quench (thirst); (figuratively) to assuage, quench, satiate”) [and other forms], possibly from one of the following: * From Vulgar Latin *stagnicāre, from Latin stāgnum (“piece of standing water, pond; fen, swamp”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to drip; to seep”). * From Vulgar Latin *stānticāre, from *stānticus (“tired”), from Latin stāns, stāntis (“standing; remaining, staying”). Stāns is the present active participle of stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”). Etymology 2 sense 1.2 (“to make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof”) is derived from French étancher (“to stop water from flowing, make watertight”), from Old French estanchier (verb): see above. Cognates * Catalan estancar (“to hold up, block, halt (something); to come to a standstill; to stagnate”) * Galician estancar (“to stop (the flow of blood, water, etc.)”) * Italian stancare (“to tire out”) * Occitan estancar * Portuguese estancar (“to stop (the flow of blood); to stop (an action); to come to a standstill; to exhaust, weary”) * Spanish estancar (“to stop (the flow of water, etc.); to stop (an action); to stagnate”)
See staunch (etymology 3).
From Old French estanche (“pond; tank”), from estanc (“pond”) (modern French étang (“pond; lagoon”)), from estanchier (verb): see further at etymology 2.
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