Noun

(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force per unit area (pressure) within a body reacting to applied forces which causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by

(countable, physics) externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.

(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.

(uncountable, phonetics) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.

Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.

(uncountable) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.

(uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).

(Spenser)

(Scotland, legal) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

Noun

(en noun)

conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something

A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)

* 1818 , , Volume 1, Chapter V:

Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.

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(legal, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.