stend

American  

[stend] / stɛnd /

noun

1. a jump, leap, or long and vigorous stride.

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verb (used without object)

1. to jump, leap, or walk with long and vigorous strides.

2. (of an animal, especially a horse) to rear up on the hind legs.

3. to stretch.

Etymology

Origin of stend

First recorded in 1400–50; of uncertain origin; perhaps shortened from extend ( def. )

Example Sentences

There gaed a cauld stend o' fear into Tam's heart.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Naow, lidy: hoonawted we stend: deevawdid we fall.

From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Shaw, Bernard

There gaed a cauld stend o’ fear into Tam’s heart.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis