Vocabulary : Stammerer to Stanched

Stammerer : One who stammers.
Stammering : of Stammer ;; Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. ;; A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
Stamp : To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. ;; To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. ;; To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. ;; To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. ;; Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. ;; 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. ;; To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. ;; To strike; to beat; to crush. ;; To strike the foot forcibly downward. ;; The act of stamping, as with the foot. ;; The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. ;; The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. ;; that which is marked; a
Stamped : of Stamp
Stampede : Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse; as, a stampede to the gold regions; a stampede in a convention. ;; A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. ;; To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. ;; To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
Stamper : One who stamps. ;; An instrument for pounding or stamping.
Stamping : of Stamp ;; a. & n. from Stamp, v.
Stance : The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke. ;; A stanza. ;; A station; a position; a site.
Stanch : To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. ;; To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. ;; To cease, as the flowing of blood. ;; That which stanches or checks. ;; A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. ;; Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. ;; Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. ;; Close; secret; private. ;; To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
Stanched : of Stanch
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