Found 2 items, similar to Stancher.
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: Stancher Stanch \Stanch\, a. [Compar. Stancher (-[~e]r); superl. Stanchest.] [From Stanch, v. t., and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a ship. See Stanch, v. t.] [Written also staunch.] 1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. [1913 Webster] One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster] In politics I hear you 're stanch. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 3. Close; secret; private. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This is to be kept stanch. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Stancher \Stanch"er\ (st[.a]nch"[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood. [1913 Webster]