From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stanch \Stanch\, v. i.
To cease, as the flowing of blood.
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Immediately her issue of blood stanched. --Luke viii.
44.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stanch \Stanch\, n.
1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.]
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2. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a
boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
--Knight.
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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]:
Stanch \Stanch\, v. t.
To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
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His gathered sticks to stanch the wall
Of the snow tower when snow should fall. --Emerson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stanch
v 1: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem
the tide" [syn: {stem}, {stanch}, {staunch}, {halt}]
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