Stound, stownd, n. (Spens.) a stunning influence, a blow, amazement: a shooting pain: a noise: sorrow, grief, mishap: effort.—v.t. to stun, astound. [A contr. of astound.]
Stound, stownd, n. (Spens.) a moment of time: time, season, hour. [A.S. stund.]
Stound, stownd (Spens.). Same as Stunned.
Stoup, stowp, n. (Spens.). Same as Stoop (2).
Stour, stowr, n. a tumult, battle, assault: a paroxysm. [O. Fr. estour, tumult.]
Stout, stowt, adj. strong: robust: corpulent: resolute: proud: (B.) stubborn.—n. extra strong porter.—adj. Stout′-heart′ed, having a brave heart.—adv. Stout′-heart′edly.—n. Stout′-heart′edness.—adv. Stout′ly.—n. Stout′ness (B.), stubbornness. [O. Fr. estout, bold—Old Dut. stolt, stout; Ger. stolz, bold.]
Stouthrief, stowth′rēf, n. (Scots law) theft attended with violence—also Stouth′rie.—n. Stouth′-and-routh (Scot.), plenty, abundance.
Stove, stōv, n. an apparatus with a fire for warming a room, cooking, &c.: a pottery-kiln: an oven for heating the blast of a blast-furnace: a drying-room.—v.t. to heat or keep warm.—ns. Stove′-pipe, a metal pipe for carrying smoke from a stove to a chimney-flue; Stove′pipe-hat, a high silk hat; Stove′-plant, a plant cultivated in a stove; Stove′-plate, a lid or plate covering one of the holes in a cooking-stove. [A.S. stofa; Ger. stube.]
Stove, stōv, pa.t. and pa.p. of stave.
Stover, stōv′ėr, n. (Shak.) fodder for cattle. [O. Fr. estover, necessity—estover, estoveir, to fit.]