stound

[ stound, stoond ]

/ staʊnd, stund /

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noun

Archaic. a short time; short while.

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly Scot. to pain; hurt.

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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

Words nearby stound

stotious, stotter, stottie, St.-Ouen, Stoughton, stound, stoup, stour, Stourbridge, Stourhead, stoush

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How to use stound in a sentence

Just after I was put to my prenticeship, having made free choice of the tailoring trade, I had a terrible stound of calf-love.
The Life of Mansie Wauch|D. M. Moir
Stound; a stroke that suddenly over-powers and produces faintness.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford|Samuel Rutherford
It cannot be presumption to take that as your own, when you find that your wounds stound you.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford|Samuel Rutherford
Suddenly there was a shock and stound all over the vessel, her progress was stopped, and a rocking vibration was felt everywhere.
A Dark Night's Work|Elizabeth Gaskell

I felt a stound of anguish at the words that might in other circumstances have been true but now were so remote from it.
The Shoes of Fortune|Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for stound

stound

/ (staʊnd) /

noun British dialect

a short while; instant

a pang or pain

Word Origin for stound

Old English stund; related to Old High German stunta period of time, hour

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