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Definition stound

Etymology 1

From Middle English stond, stounde, stound (“hour, time, season, moment”), from Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), from Proto-Germanic *stund? (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand”). Cognate with Dutch stond (“hour, time, moment”), German Stunde (“hour”), Danish and Swedish stund (“time, while”). Compare Middle English stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while”), Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue”). Related to stand.

Noun

stound (plural stounds)

1. (chronology, obsolete or dialectal) An hour.
2. (obsolete) A tide, season.
3. (archaic or dialectal) A time, length of time, hour, while.
4. (archaic or dialectal) A brief span of time, moment, instant.
5. A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
6. (dialectal) A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.
7. A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging
8. A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
9. Astonishment; amazement.

Verb

stound (third-person singular simple present stounds, present participle stounding, simple past and past participle stounded)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, intransitive) To hurt, pain, smart.
2. (obsolete or dialectal, intransitive) To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
3. (obsolete or dialectal, intransitive) To long or pine after, desire.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while”). Cognate with Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue”). More at stand.

Verb

stound (third-person singular simple present stounds, present participle stounding, simple past and past participle stounded)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand still; stop.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To stop to listen; pause.

Noun

stound (plural stounds)

1. (Britain dialectal) A stand; a stop.

Etymology 3

Middle English stound, stonde, stoonde, ston, from Old English stond (“a stand”). Compare stand.

Noun

stound (plural stounds)

1. A receptacle for holding small beer.

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