stound

American  

[staund, stoond] / staʊnd, stund /

noun

1. Archaic. a short time; short while.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. Chiefly Scot. to pain; hurt.

stound British  

/ staʊnd /

noun

1. a short while; instant

2. a pang or pain

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Etymology

Origin of stound

before 1000; (noun) Middle English sto ( u ) nd, Old English stund space of time; cognate with German Stunde, Old Norse stund hour; (v.) Middle English stunden to stay, remain for a stound, derivative of the noun; akin to stand

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Example Sentences

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stound

"Your father is nothing but an ache and a stound to you, lass," Sim would say in a whimper.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Sir Hall Caine

Everyman pilgrim, my special friend, Blessed be thou without end; For thee is prepared the eternal glory: Ye have me made whole and sound, Therefore I will bide by thee in every stound.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by William Carew Hazlitt

They chosen all the best archers That in England might be found, And all was to fight with the King of France, Within a little stound.

From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Frank Sidgwick

She talk’d, she smil’d, my heart she wyl’d; She charm’d my soul—I wist na how: And ay the stound, the deadly wound, Cam frae her een sae bonnie blue.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

Yea, Kreznowitz carried, and Sokolnitz hemmed: The enemy's whole strength will stound you soon!

From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy

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