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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stanch  \Stanch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stanched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Stanching}.]  [OF.  estanchier  F.  ['e]tancher  to  stpo  a 
  liquid  from  flowing;  akin  to  Pr.,  Sp.,  &  Pg  estancar  It 
  stancare  to  weary,  LL  stancare  stagnare,  to  stanch,  fr  L. 
  stagnare  to  be  or  make  stagnant.  See  {Stagnate}.] 
  1.  To  stop  the  flowing  of  as  blood;  to  check;  also  to  stop 
  the  flowing  of  blood  from  as  to  stanch  a  wound.  [Written 
  also  {staunch}.] 
 
  Iron  or  a  stone  laid  to  the  neck  doth  stanch  the 
  bleeding  of  the  nose.  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  To  extinguish;  to  quench,  as  fire  or  thirst.  [Obs.] 




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