2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stamp \Stamp\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stamped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Stamping}.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG & D. stampen, G.
stampfen OHG. stanpf?n, Dan. stampe, Sw stampa, Icel.
stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See {Step}, v. i.,
and cf {Stampede}.]
1. To strike beat or press forcibly with the bottom of the
foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. --Shak.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--Dryden.
2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor;
as he stamped his foot with rage.
3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by
the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
I took your sin, the calf which ye had made and
burnt it with fire, and stamped it and ground it
very small --Deut. ix
21.
4. To impress with some mark or figure; as to stamp a plate
with arms or initials.
5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as to stamp
virtuous principles on the heart.
God . . . has stamped no original characters on our
minds wherein we may read his being --Locke.
6. To cut out bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc.,
into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure
with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
7. To put a stamp on as for postage; as to stamp a letter;
to stamp a legal document.
{To stamp out}, to put an end to by sudden and energetic
action to extinguish; as to stamp out a rebellion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stamping \Stamp"ing\,
a. & n. from {Stamp}, v.
{Stamping ground}, a place frequented, and much trodden, by
animals, wild or domesticated; hence (Colloq.), the scene
of one's labors or exploits; also one's favorite resort.
[U.S.]
{Stamping machine}, a machine for forming metallic articles
or impressions by stamping.
{Stamping mill} (Mining), a stamp mill.
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