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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Stanching (0.00773 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Stanching.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stanch
stanch
v : stop the flow of a liquid;
“staunch the blood flow”;
“them
the tide” [syn:
stem,
staunch,
halt]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stanching
Stanch
\Stanch\ (st[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Stanched
(st[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stanching.] [OF. estanchier,
F. ['e]tancher to stop a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr.,
Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare,
stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make stagnant.
See
Stagnate.]
1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop
the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. [Written
also
staunch.]
[1913 Webster]
Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the
bleeding of the nose. --Bacon.
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2. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
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