\Stam"i*na\, n. pl.
See {Stamen}.

\Stam"i*na\, n. pl.
1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives
   it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of
   animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina
   which constitute their strength.
2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of
   anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the
   stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a
   State.
         He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the
         whole stamina and resistance of the contest. --De
                                               Quincey.