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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Stanch
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(1):
(v. t.) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
(2):
(v. i.) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
(3):
(n.) That which stanches or checks.
(4):
(n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
(5):
(v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
(6):
(v. t.) Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
(7):
(v. t.) Close; secret; private.
(8):
(v. t.) To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
(9):
(v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stanch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stanch.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stanch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stanch.html. 1828.