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stanchest |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stanch \Stanch\, a. [Compar. {Stancher}; superl. {Stanchest}.] [From {Stanch}, v. t., and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf Sp estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a ship. See {Stanch}, v. t.] [Written also {staunch}.] 1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as a stanch ship. One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. --Evelyn. 2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent. --V. Knox. In politics I hear you 're stanch. --Prior. 3. Close secret; private. [Obs.] This to be kept stanch. --Locke.
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