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▪ I. † stance, n.1 Obs.
Also 5 stawnce, 6–7 staunce.
[Aphetic form of distance n.]
Dissension, dispute: = distance n. 1. withouten stance: without dispute, undoubtedly.
14..Merita Missæ 151 in Lay Folks Mass Bk. 152 Charlys wane All frawnce, And cristende spayne with-owtyn stawnce. 1566Gascoigne Supposes ii. iv, I will set such a staunce [It. tanta discordia] betweene him and Pasiphilo that all this towne shall not make them friendes. 1566J. Heywood Spider & F. xxxix. 11 Beginning of their comnicashin arose, Wherin they argde and fell at arging stance.
▪ II. stance, n.2|stɑːns, -æ-|
Also 6 stanse (sense 4), 7 staunce, 9 stanch (sense 1 c).
[a. F. stance (now only in the sense ‘stanza’: see 4), ad. It. stanza station, stopping place, room, etc.: see stanza.]
1. a. A standing-place, station, position.
1532Boner in St. Papers Hen. VIII, VII. 396 Beyng at a stance, where oon way turneth to the Popes lodging, and the other to the Emperours, the Pope departed from the Emperour. a1618Sylvester Panaretus 473 If in Earth shee yet have any Stance, 'Tis with the Cynois, Turks, or Scythians. 1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. 108 Yet now in our book it must change the place, and be brought to its owne old stance. 1816Scott Antiq. iv, From this stance it is probable..that Julius Agricola beheld what our Beaumont has so admirably described! 1822Galt Provost xxxiii, Getting out the fire-engine from its stance under the stair. 1862Beveridge Hist. India iv. iv. II. 143 One chapter is devoted to..stances for deities. 1891Atkinson Moorland Par. 319 One of my lads..shot fifteen of these depredators from one stance. 1895Crockett Sweetheart Trav. 259 An empty stone-breaker's stance cut deep into the edge of the wood.
†b. at a stance: at a standstill. So to put to a stance. Obs.
c1678in Kirkton's Hist. Ch. Scot. (1817) 388 note, It seems your French trade, sir, is at a stance. 1697W. Cleland Poems 11 (Jam.) But here my fancie's at a stance. 1722W. Hamilton Wallace 167 (Jam.) Their sad misfortunes, and unlucky chance,..Had put their measures to a stance.
c. A platform for a workman to stand on. Also spec. in Mountaineering, a ledge or foothold on which a climber can secure a belay.
1811Naval Chron. XXV. 219 With a stanch six feet wide on the top, for the workmen to stand upon. 1886J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 63 Stance, a platform on which the men stand when working the lever in mineral boring. 1920G. W. Young Mountain Craft v. 218 It is..vital for a leader to know what character of stance he requires in order to bring up his following safely. 1933G. D. Abraham Mod. Mountaineering viii. 154 The second man looped the rope behind him around the projection from a stance a few feet along the ledge. 1956[see intilted ppl. a.]. 1971C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xi. 127, I had to wait another hour while he safeguarded his stance with carefully placed pitons.
d. In Golf and other games: The position of the player's feet in playing a stroke. Also transf., the position of the player's body in readiness or in playing a stroke. Similarly gen., a standing attitude or way of positioning.
1897Outing XXX. 426/1 The stance, the grip, the swing, that together make up, what they call a good style. 1897Encycl. Sport I. 473/2 (Golf). 1913Blackw. Mag. Dec. 832/2 When Jessop does not come off in batting, the peculiarities of his style and stance are calculated to accentuate the failure. 1929M. Lief Hangover 234 At dinner Mogador's young bride was plainly worried about her fork-stance. 1936M. Allingham Flowers for Judge v. 84 No one who saw him could have dreamed for a moment that he regarded himself as anything else but the Head of the Firm. His poise and stance proclaimed it. 1965‘W. Trevor’ Boarding-House ii. 19 Gallelty and Mrs Slape stood close together..humble in their stance. 1970J. G. Farrell Troubles ii. 220 Driscoll instantly dropped into a boxing stance, right fist guarding his chin, left fist pumping exaggeratedly back and forth.
e. fig. An attitude adopted in relation to a particular object of contemplation; a policy, ‘posture’.
1960Amer. Speech XXXV. 215 An ‘unlinguistic’ stance is evidenced in the view that some variants embody language ‘corruption’. 1964Ann. Reg. 1963 216 In general those Parties in economically more advanced countries adopted a pro-Soviet stance, although several had dissident pro-Chinese minorities. 1972[see rhetoricize v.]. 1977J. I. M. Stewart Madonna of Astrolabe xx. 277 Moderate regret and underlying unconcern established itself as our public stance.
†2. A room, cell, cabinet. Also, a compartment in a shield. Obs. (Cf. stanza 2.)
1632Lithgow Trav. x. 462 The Corregidor came out of his adioyning stance. Ibid. 476 The young English Priest entered my melancholly staunce. Ibid. 502 The third ioynd Staunce denotes to me a Galley.
3. a. A site; esp. an area for building upon. Also building-stance.
1631Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 633/1 Molendinum..lie..wattir⁓gang et stance ejusdem. 1649Presbyt. Rec. in Campbell Ch. & Par. Kirkcaldy (1904) 161 The stance of the Kirk intendit to be built. 1793Statist. Acc. Scot. VIII. 253 Every man had a dry gravellish stance whereon to found his house. 1823Scott Peveril xi, The higher part of the level ground afforded a stance for an old house. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 972 A large oblong hay-stack should be built in this way:..The stance should be raised 1 foot above the ground. 1884North Brit. Daily Mail 5 Aug. 6/5 Paisley Race Meeting... A few stances of Ground for Tents are still to let.
b. Sc. The pitch of a showman or street-trader; a location for a fair or market. Cf. stand n.1 15.
1814Farmer's Mag. Nov. 466 If they are not in the market the night before, it is not often that a stance can be got after day-light in the morning. 1924Kelso Chron. 25 July 4 This old-established Border fair was held on the usual stance on St Boswells Green on Friday. 1933Cases Court of Session (Scotland) 65 A street trader shall not carry on business on any stance..unless he holds a permit from the chief constable for such stance. 1964M. Banton Policeman in Community ii. 31 He..can attend to less pressing matters such as an application for a news⁓vendor's stance.
c. Sc. A standing-place for (a row of) public vehicles; a bus-stop or taxi-rank. Cf. stand n.1 17.
1926Edinburgh Corp. (General Powers) Order Confirmation 25 in Bills Public I. 461 ‘Stance’ means a place where omnibuses may stop a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers. 1931A. A. Macgregor Last Voyage 24 The erection of stance poles [for tram-cars] along Princes St. 1978Dumfries Courier 13 Oct. 6/2 Travellers will find that early buses and taxis are temporarily sitting in different stances than is usual.
†4. = stanza 1. Obs. rare.
1596Harington Apol. Ajax Cc 6 b, They had quoted a stanse in Hary Osto beginning thus [etc.]. 1598Florio, Stanze,..a stance or staffe of verses or songs. 1613Chapman Mask Inns of Court D 3, The Phœbades sing the first Stance of the second song.
▪ III. stance, v. Sc.|stans|
[f. stance n.2]
trans. To place or station; to pen (cattle) for sale.
17..Sheriff-Muir in Ritson's Sc. Songs (1794) II. 66 He ne'er advanc'd From the place he was stanc'd. 1887Scott. Leader 19 Oct. 4 Three thousand head of cattle of all breeds were stanced at Dalkeith yesterday. a1893in R. Ford Harp Perthsh. 371 The fiddler loon..Was cannily stanced in his seat on a hill. |