stound

American  

[stound, 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

Example Sentences

Betty, it seemed, from a narrative that gave me a stound of anguish, had never managed to join her father in the boats going over to Cowal the day the MacDonalds attacked the town.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

No wonder that they cried unto the Lord, and felt a stound of despair shake their courage.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander

And aye the stound is birkin lear  Where sconnered yowies wheepen yestreen.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

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

From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Hardie, Charles Martin

Oh, but Mrs. Strathsay was in a stound.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various