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Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship..

Stanch :: Stanching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stanc.

Stanchness :: Stanchly (adv.) In a stanch manner.

Stanch :: Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release..

Flake :: Flake (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things..

Stanchly :: Stanchless (a.) Unquenchable; insatiable.

Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc..

Crotch :: Crotch (n.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch..

Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) Close; secret; private.

Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst..

Stanch :: Stanch (n.) That which stanches or checks.

Stanching :: Stanched (imp. & p. p.) of Stanc.

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound..

Stanchless :: Stanchless (a.) Incapable of being stanched, or stopped..

Stanchion :: Stancher (n.) One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood..

Stancher :: Stanchel (n.) A stanchion.

Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound..

Stanch :: Stanch (v. i.) To cease, as the flowing of blood..

Stood :: Stanchness (n.) The quality or state of being stanch.

Stanchless :: Stanchion (n.) A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.

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