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stound
/staʊnd/
noun 7verb 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
little, whole
VERB + STOUND
weaned
STOUND + NOUN
breast
PREP.
after, in
ADV.
recently
Definitions
noun
1
An hour.
What booth wilt thou have? our king reply'd / Now tell me in this stound
2
A tide, season.
3
A time, length of time, hour, while.
He lay and slept, and swet a stound, / And became whole and sound.
4
A brief span of time, moment, instant.
Listen to me a little stound.
And in that same stound / All suddenly she swapt adown to ground.
5
A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
verb
1
To hurt, pain, smart.
Your wrath, weak boy ? Tremble at mine unless Retraction follow close upon the heels Of that late stounding insult […]
2
To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
3
To long or pine after, desire.
Recently weaned children "stound after the breast."
verb
1
To stand still; stop.
2
To stop to listen; pause.
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What booth wilt thou have? our king reply'd / Now tell me in this stound
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He lay and slept, and swet a stound, / And became whole and sound.
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Listen to me a little stound.
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Your wrath, weak boy ? Tremble at mine unless Retraction follow close upon the heels Of that late stounding insult […]
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Recently weaned children "stound after the breast."
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Will Ardnamurchan never end? We're four stounds in a metal box [...]
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