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

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

From BBC

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!

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, without warning, he let his piece off with a bang that waked all the birds in that silent place, and went to our hearts also with a stound like pain.

From Project Gutenberg