Adjective

(en-adj)

Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.

* (William Shakespeare)

The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}

(mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

Adjective

(er)

large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.

(obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.

* Shakespeare

a stouter champion never handled sword

* Clarendon

He lost the character of a bold, stout , magnanimous man.

* Daniel

The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout .

(obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.

* Bible, Mal. iii. 13

Your words have been stout against me.

* Latimer

Commonly they that be rich are lofty and stout .

firm; resolute; dauntless.

materially strong, enduring.

Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.

* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=

, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}

obstinate.