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, 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 The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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
O most noble of men in this time and stound, iv.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Everyman pilgrim, my special friend, Blessed be thou without end; For thee is prepared the eternal glory: Ye have me made whole and sound, Therefore I will bide by thee in every stound.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
"I'd be nothing but an ache and a stound to the lass, as I've olas been—nothing but an ache and a stound to them all."
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
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