Stound

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Archaic A short time; a while.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An hour.
  • n. A tide, season.
  • n. A time, length of time, hour, while.
  • n. A brief span of time, moment, instant.
  • n. A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
  • n. A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.
  • n. A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
  • v. To hurt, pain, smart.
  • v. To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
  • v. To long or pine after, desire.
  • v. To stand still; stop.
  • v. To stop to listen; pause.
  • n. A stand; a stop.
  • n. A receptacle for holding small beer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To be in pain or sorrow.
  • adj. Stunned.
  • n. A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm.
  • n. Astonishment; amazement.
  • n. Hour; time; season.
  • n. A brief space of time; a moment.
  • n. A vessel for holding small beer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A time: a short time; a while; a moment; an instant.
  • To ache; smart.
  • To long; pine: as, the cows stound for grass.
  • n. Sorrow; grief; longing.
  • To stun as with strokes; beat heavily: as, to stound the ears with the strokes of a bell.
  • To astound; amaze.
  • n. A stunning blow or stroke; the force of a blow.
  • n. Astonishment; amazement; bewilderment.
  • n. An obsolete past participle of stun.
  • n. A vessel to contain small beer.
  • Word Usage
    "He lay and slept, and swet a stound, And became whole and sound."
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    stunned    peril    alarm    astonishment    amazement    hour    Time    season    moment   
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    mone    boding    organ-pipe    throe    dream