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umstound | stound | Derived terms |

Umstound is a derived term of stound.


As a noun stound is

(chronology|obsolete) an hour or stound can be a stand; a stop or stound can be a receptacle for holding small beer.

As a verb stound is

(obsolete|or|dialectal|intransitive) to hurt, pain, smart or stound can be (obsolete) to stand still; stop.

umstound

Not English

Umstound has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'umstound':

uncowed, unscathed, unwashed, unweighed, unhoused, unsettled, unmixed, unmossed, unhooked, unsuited, unasked, uncited, uncoded, unexcited, unguided, unstated, unseated, unyoked, unstopped, unstained, unmasked, unstirred, unacted, unstudied, unswayed, unsaddled, unseeded, unjudged, uncoated, unhusked, unquoted, unwaged, unswathed, unshaded, unjaded, unwaxed, unstacked, unmissed, unstyled, ungodded, unmiked, unstaged, unwasted, unsated, unstapled, unkeyed, unstamped, unstuffed, unstocked, unscythed, unwigged, unstoried, unshouted, unqueued, unwicked, unnested, unmocked, unstaffed, uniquid, unchewed, unissued, unstilted, ungated, unhugged, unsutured, unstarted, unskewed, unstabled, unstoned, unstoked, unstewed, unhazed, uncuddled, unhashed, unhushed, unstaid, uncheated, unoaked, unshoed, unwaisted, unwished, uncatered, unsteeped, unstriped, uuencoded, unstinted, unstarred, unstepped, unstemmed, unsedated, unmussed, unmasted, unsewed, umstrid, unsheeted, unessayed, unseduced, unstayed, unquieted, unmashed, unhosed, unmeshed, unstowed, unstinged, unsweated, uncitied, unstroked, unnestled, unsteeled, unstubbed, unstinked, unstalled, unsteamed, unmassed, unshotted, unassayed, uncoddled, unstumped, unyeasted, unstudded, unchided, unsoothed, unskied, unstored, unmugged, unstalked, unhosted, ungoaded, unstooped, unhiked, unstabbed, unousted, unhexed, unnagged, uneased

stound

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) stond, stounde, . Related to (l).

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(s)
  • (chronology, obsolete) An hour.
  • * 1765 , Percy's Reliques, The King and the Tanner of Tamworth (original license: 1564):
    • What booth wilt thou have? our king reply'd / Now tell me in this stound
  • (obsolete) A tide, season.
    • (Chaucer)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) A time, length of time, hour, while.
  • * 1801 , Walter Scott, The Talisman :
    • He lay and slept, and swet a stound , / And became whole and sound.
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) A brief span of time, moment, instant.
    • Listen to me a little stound .
    (Chaucer)
  • A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
  • (dialectal) A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.
  • * 1857 , Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture :
    • No wonder that they cried unto the Lord, and felt a stound of despair shake their courage''
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
    • ere the point arriued, where it ought, / That seuen-fold shield, which he from Guyon brought / He cast betwene to ward the bitter stound [...].
  • A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
  • * 1895 , Mansie Wauch, The Life of Mansie Wauch: tailor in Dalkeith :
    • [...] and run away with him, almost whether he will or not, in a stound of unbearable love!
  • astonishment; amazement
    • (Spenser)
    (Gay)
    Derived terms
    * ill stound * in a stound * stoundmeal * umbestound * umstound * upon a stound

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal, intransitive) To hurt, pain, smart.
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act IV, Scene II, verses 93-95
    • Your wrath, weak boy ? Tremble at mine unless
    Retraction follow close upon the heels
    Of that late stounding insult […]
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal, intransitive) To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal, intransitive) To long or pine after, desire.
  • * 1823 , Edward Moor, Suffolk words and phrases: or, An attempt to collect the lingual localisms of that county :
    • Recently weaned children "stound after the breast."

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To stand still; stop.
  • To stop to listen; pause.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stand; a stop.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) stound, stonde, stoonde, ston, from (etyl) . Compare stand .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A receptacle for holding small beer.

    • Anagrams

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