From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stamina \Stam"i*na\ (st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]), n. pl.
See {Stamen}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stamina \Stam"i*na\, n. pl.
1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives
it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of
animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina
which constitute their strength.
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2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of
anything; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a
constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
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He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the
whole stamina and resistance of the contest. --De
Quincey.
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3. Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand
fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stamen \Sta"men\ (st[=a]"m[e^]n), n.; pl. E. {Stamens}
(-m[e^]nz) (used only in the second sense); L. {Stamina}
(st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]) (in the first sense). [L. stamen the
warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. sth`mwn the warp, fr.
'ista`nai to stand, akin to E. stand. See {Stand}, and cf.
{Stamin}, {Stamina}.]
1. A thread; especially, a warp thread.
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2. (pl. {Stamens}, rarely {Stamina}.) (Bot.) The male organ
of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or
fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stamina
n 1: enduring strength and energy [syn: {stamina}, {staying
power}, {toughness}]
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