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‖n. [ F. ] A café, or room in a café, in which smoking is allowed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. See Enstamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Stamens used only in the second sense); L. Stamina in the first sense). [ L. stamen the warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. sth`mwn the warp, fr. 'ista`nai to stand, akin to E. stand. See Stand, and cf. Stamin, Stamina. ] 1. A thread; especially, a warp thread. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (pl. Stamens, rarely Stamina.) (Bot.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. estamine, F. étamine, LL. staminea, stamineum, fr. L. stamineus consisting of threads, fr. stamen a thread. See Stamen, and cf. Stamineous, 2d Stammel, Tamine. ] A kind of woolen cloth. [ Written also stamine. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Stamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State. [ 1913 Webster ]

He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. staminal. ] Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. staminatus consisting of threads, fr. stamen thread: cf. F. staminé. ] (Bot.) (a) Furnished with stamens; producing stamens. (b) Having stamens, but lacking pistils. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To indue with stamina. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. stamineus, from stamen thread. ] 1. Consisting of stamens or threads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Stamen + -ferous. ] Bearing or having stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A staminodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Staminodia [ NL. See Stamen, and -oid. ] (Bot.) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large, clumsy horse. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. estamel; cf. OF. estamet a coarse woolen cloth, LL. stameta a kind of cloth, the same as staminea, and OF. estame a woolen stuff. See Stamin. ] 1. A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Stammered p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering. ] [ OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammalōn, stammēn, Dan. stamme, Sw. stamma, Icel. stama, stamma, OHG. & Dan. stam stammering, Icel. stamr, Goth. stamms, and to G. stemmen to bear against, stumm dumb, D. stom. Cf. Stem to resist, Stumble. ] To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and difficulty; to stutter. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this concealed man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who stammers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Physiol.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is prevented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stamped p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping. ] [ OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampfōn, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede. ] 1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small. Deut. ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. [ 1913 Webster ]

To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To strike; to beat; to crush. [ 1913 Webster ]

These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike the foot forcibly downward. [ 1913 Webster ]

But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies. Dennis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of stamping, as with the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is gold so pure
It can not bear the stamp without alloy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. [ 1913 Webster ]

That sacred name gives ornament and grace,
And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is marked; a thing stamped. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanging a golden stamp about their necks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ F. estampe, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t. ] A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An official mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Hence: A stamped or printed device, usually paper, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

A soldier of this season's stamp. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or beating. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. A half-penny. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [ 1765 ] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null and void. --
Stamp collector, (a) an officer who receives or collects stamp duties. (b) one who collects postage or other stamps, as an avocation or for investment; a philatelist. --
Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. [ Eng. ] --
Stamp hammer, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill. --
Stamp head, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill. --
Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore. --
Stamp note, a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [ Eng. ] --
Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. estampida (in America) a stampede, estampido a crackling, akin to estampar to stamp, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t. ] 1. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse; as, a stampede to the gold regions; a stampede in a convention; a stampede toward U. S. bonds in the credit markets. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To run away in a panic; -- said of droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who stamps. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument for pounding or stamping. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Stamp, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stamping ground, a place frequented, and much trodden, by animals, wild or domesticated; hence (Colloq.), the scene of one's labors or exploits; also, one's favorite resort; in this sense, often called stomping ground. [ U.S. ] --
Stamping machine, a machine for forming metallic articles or impressions by stamping. --
Stamping mill (Mining), a stamp mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. testamentum, fr. testari to be a witness, to make one's last will, akin to testis a witness. Cf. Intestate, Testify. ] 1. (Law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must be made by a person of sound mind; and it must be executed and published in due form of law. A man, in certain cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only. See Nuncupative will, under Nuncupative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament. Heb. ix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Holographic testament, a testament written wholly by the testator himself. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. testamentalis. ] Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy testamental cup I take,
And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. testamentarius: cf. F. testamentaire. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bequeathed by will; given by testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

How many testamentary charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors! Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or power of giving by testament, or will. [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a will. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]