stamp

pos>v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stamped p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping. ] [ OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampfōn, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede. ] 1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small. Deut. ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. [ 1913 Webster ]

To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of stamping, as with the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is gold so pure
It can not bear the stamp without alloy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. [ 1913 Webster ]

That sacred name gives ornament and grace,
And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is marked; a thing stamped. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanging a golden stamp about their necks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ F. estampe, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t. ] A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An official 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Hence: A stamped or printed device, usually paper, 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 tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

A soldier of this season's stamp. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. 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 beating. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. A half-penny. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [ 1765 ] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null and void. --
Stamp collector, (a) an officer who receives or collects stamp duties. (b) one who collects postage or other stamps, as an avocation or for investment; a philatelist. --
Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. [ Eng. ] --
Stamp hammer, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill. --
Stamp head, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill. --
Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore. --
Stamp note, a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [ Eng. ] --
Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. estampida (in America) a stampede, estampido a crackling, akin to estampar to stamp, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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 stampede toward U. S. bonds in the credit markets. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To run away in a panic; -- said of droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who stamps. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument for pounding or stamping. [ 1913 Webster ]