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(1):

(n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.

(2):

(v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.

(3):

(n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot.

(4):

(v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.

(5):

(v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.

(6):

(v. i.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.

(7):

(v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.

(8):

(v. t.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.

(9):

(v. t.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.

(10):

(n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.

(11):

(v. t.) Money, esp. paper money.

(12):

(v. t.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.

(13):

(v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.

(14):

(v. t.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.

(15):

(v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.

(16):

(v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

(17):

(v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.

(18):

(v. t.) A half-penny.

(19):

(n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped.

(20):

(v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.

(21):

(v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.

(22):

(v. t.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stamp'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stamp.html. 1828.
 
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