<B>stamping ground,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a person's or animal's habitual place of resort. <BR> <I>Ex. He is back on his old stamping ground doing the thing he loves best (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>stamping mill,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an apparatus used to crush ores by means of a pestle (stamp) or series of pestles operated by machinery. </DL>
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<B>stamp machine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine from which to obtain postage stamps by dropping in a coin. </DL>
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<B>stamp mill,</B> =stamping mill.</DL>
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<B>stamp tax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) any tax or duty paid to the government through the purchase of the official stamps that must be affixed to certain products and documents; stamp duty. </DL>
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<B>stamp weed,</B> <B>=Indian mallow </B>(formerly used to stamp designs on butter).</DL>
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<B>stance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the position of the feet of a player when making a swing or a stroke in golf or other games. <BR> <I>Ex. He has changed his stance a bit and I think it has helped (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>manner of standing; posture. <BR> <I>Ex. an erect stance.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. to adopt the stance of the Tammany politician to whom nothing matters but victory (Saturday Review).</I> (SYN) attitude, point of view. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Scottish.) <DD><B> a. </B>a standing place, station, or position. <DD><B> b. </B>a site. </DL>
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<B>stanch</B> (1), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to stop or check the flow of (blood or other fluid). <DD><B> 2. </B>to stop or check the flow of blood from (a wound). <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to satisfy (thirst or hunger). <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to put an end to (strife, rebellion, or other commotion); quell. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to cease flowing. Also, <B>staunch.</B> noun <B>stancher.</B> adj. <B>stanchless.</B> </DL>
<B>stanchion, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an upright bar, post, or pillar used as a support, as for a window, a roof, or the deck of a ship. <DD><B> 2. </B>a framework of two vertical bars which fasten loosely around the neck of a cow to hold her in place while in a stall. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to fasten (cattle) by stanchions. <DD><B> 2. </B>to strengthen or support with stanchions. </DL>