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Meaning of STOUND

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Stound\, v. i. [Cf. {Astound}, {Stun}.]
    To be in pain or sorrow. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
    
  2. \Stound\, a. [See {Stound}, v. i.]
    Stunned. [Obs.]
    
  3. \Stound\, n.
    1. A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm. [Obs.]
       --Spenser.
    2. Astonishment; amazement. [Obs.] --Spenser. Gay.
    
  4. \Stound\, n. [AS. stund; akin to D. stond, G. stunde,
    Icel. stund.]
    1. Hour; time; season. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    2. A brief space of time; a moment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    {In a stound}, suddenly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    
  5. \Stound\, n. [Cf. {Stand}.]
    A vessel for holding small beer. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
    
 
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