1) Arrest 2) Damup 3) Stem
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1) Check 2) French word used in English 3) Halt 4) Staunch 5) Stem 6) Stem the flow 7) Stem the flow of 8) Stop the flow 9) Stop the flow of 10) Stop the flow of a liquid 11) To extinguish 12) To make stanch, or strong 13) To prop 14) To stop the flow of
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• (v. t.) Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. • (v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. • (v. t.) To prop; to make stanch, or strong. • (n.) That which stanches or checks. • (n.) A flood gate by which water is accum...
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1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. 'One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty.' (Evelyn) ... 2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. 'In politics I hear you 're stanch.' (Prior) ... 3. Close...
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Stanch adjective [
Compar. Stancher ;
superl. Stanchest .] [ From
Stanch ,
transitive verb , and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; confer Spanish
estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a sh...
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Stanch intransitive verb To cease, as the flowing of blood. « Immediately her issue of blood
stanched .»
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Stanch noun 1. That which stanches or checks. [ Obsolete]
2. A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
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Stanch transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Stanched ;
present participle & verbal noun Stanching .] [ Old French
estanchier , French
étancher to stpo a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr., Spanish , & Portuguese
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to stop the flow of a fluidÂ
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[Treasure Island] an old spelling of staunch: firm; steadfast; loyal. Silver is using the term in a figurative sense of the nautical meaning watertight and seaworthy.
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stop the flow of a liquid
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[Intelligent words] stop the flow of a liquid
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