stound

[stound, stoond]

noun

1. Archaic.,  a short time; short while.

verb (used with or without object)

1. Chiefly Scot.,  to pain; hurt.

stound

/ staʊnd /

noun

1. a short while; instant

2. a pang or pain

Word History and Origins

Origin of stound¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stound¹

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

Example Sentences

She says 2T2 is infused with emotion; bereavement and illness informing tracks such as Stound, with its beats and spectral chanting.

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When Diccon the Bedlam had heard by report That good Gammer Gurton was robbed in this sort, He quietly persuaded with her in that stound Dame Chat, her dear gossip, this needle had found; Yet knew she no more of this matter, alas!

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Just after I was put to my apprenticeship, having made free choice of the tailoring trade, I had a terrible stound of calf-love.

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The routhie bield that gars the gear Is gane where glint the pawky een, And aye the stound is birkin lear Where sconnered yowies wheeped yestreen.

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My heart gave a stound, and I said to myself, "This is surely thy death-day, William Gordon!"

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