stound
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
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a short while; instant
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a pang or pain
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
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O most noble of men in this time and stound, * Of whom none may boast he is equal-found!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"What boot wilt thou have?" the tanner replied, "Now tell me in this stound."
From A Bundle of Ballads by Henry Morley
Then kneeled our King down, in that stound, And all his men on every side: Every man made a cross and kissed the ground, And on their feet fast gan abide.
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
Yea, Kreznowitz carried, and Sokolnitz hemmed: The enemy's whole strength will stound you soon!
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
Just after I was put to my prenticeship, having made free p. 21choice of the tailoring trade, I had a terrible stound of calf-love.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by David Macbeth Moir
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