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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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
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
"Your father is nothing but an ache and a stound to you, lass," Sim would say in a whimper.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
The King smote angrily at Copland then, Angrily in that stound; And then Copland was a bold yeoman, And bore the King to the ground.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
Which put them all into another stound; and it is true, God forgive us!
From The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron
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