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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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 Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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 Alexander Maclaren
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 Charles Martin Hardie
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?" our king replied; "Now tell me in this stound."
From A Bundle of Ballads by Henry Morley
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