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Definition of Stound

1. v. i. To be in pain or sorrow.

2. a. Stunned.

3. n. A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm.

4. n. Hour; time; season.

5. n. A vessel for holding small beer.

Definition of Stound

1. Noun. (context: chronology obsolete) An hour. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A tide, season. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic or dialectal) A time, length of time, hour, while. ¹

4. Noun. (archaic or dialectal) A brief span of time, moment, instant. ¹

5. Noun. A moment or instance of urgency; exigence. ¹

6. Noun. (dialectal) A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack. ¹

7. Noun. A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush. ¹

8. Verb. (obsolete or dialectal intransitive) To hurt, pain, smart. ¹

9. Verb. (obsolete or dialectal intransitive) To be in pain or sorrow, mourn. ¹

10. Verb. (obsolete or dialectal intransitive) To long or pine after, desire. ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To stand still; stop. ¹

12. Verb. (intransitive UK dialectal) To stop to listen; pause. ¹

13. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) A stand; a stop. ¹

14. Noun. A receptacle for holding small beer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stound

1. to ache [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: ache

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stound

Literary usage of Stound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"stound, *. Time, moment, occasion, exigence. A Chaucerian word, in which author it bears this sense. Stund, Saxon. ..."

2. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"Beasts, &c. tired of turnips in spring, are said to " stound after grass food. ... J. Nares thus explains and illustrates the word— stound. ..."

3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"Recently weaned children "stound after the breast." The word has also a meaning of time—but is, ... J. Nares thus explains and illustrates the word— stound. ..."

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