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stanch

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stanch 1  (stônch, stänch, stnch) also staunch (stônch, stänch)
tr.v. stanched also staunched, stanch·ing also staunch·ing, stanch·es also staunch·es
1. To stop or check the flow of (blood or tears, for example).
2. To stop the flow of blood from (a wound).
3. To stop, check, or allay: "My anxiety is stanched; I am at peace" (Scott Turow). See Usage Note at staunch1.
[Middle English stanchen, from Old French estanchier, from Vulgar Latin *stanticre, to stop, probably from Latin stns, stant-, present participle of stre, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]
stancher n.
stanch 2  (stônch, stänch, stnch)
adj.
Variant of staunch1. See Usage Note at staunch1.
stanch [stahnch]
Verb
same as staunch2 [Old French estanchier]
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Verb1.stanch - stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
staunch, stem, halt
check - arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve"
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Such charms were there in the voice, in the manner, and in the affable deportment of Sophia, that she ravished the landlady to the highest degree; and that good woman, concluding that she had attended Jenny Cameron, became in a moment a stanch Jacobite, and wished heartily well to the young Pretender's cause, from the great sweetness and affability with which she had been treated by his supposed mistress.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Though from his bulk, and rolling gait, he does not appear to run with much swiftness; yet, it takes a stanch horse to overtake him, when at full speed on level ground; and a buffalo cow is still fleeter in her motion.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
Little Jimmie was striving to stanch the flow of blood from his cut lips.
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