stampedadj.
/stampt/ 1.
a. Crushed by stamping; pounded with pestle and mortar; crushed or pounded in a stamp-mill; trodden hard with the feet.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > [adjective] > ground
poundedOE
bruiseda1382
brayed1382
groundenc1386
ystampeda1425
ybraidc1430
brayded1561
stamped1600
grinded1613
contrited1640
well grinded1651
beaten1666
comminuted1725
contunding1739
ground1765
beat1793
kibbled1826
machine-ground1862
ground-up1897
mortarized1929
micronized1940
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > ground or crushed
crumbleda1475
contunded1599
stamped1600
powdered1646
rough-ground1754
pulverized1762
ground1765
crushed1855
plough-ground1896
profile-ground1941
1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. Cv Rose... No doue was euer halfe so milde as he. Sibil. Milde? yea, as a bushel of stampt crabs [sc. apples].
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §768 Putting it into great Jars of Stone, and Stirring it about with a few Stamped Almonds.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 238 Halvans stamped small, and then washed..is termed Stampt Ore.
1888 E. Gerard Land beyond Forest lv. 356 A heap of grey wood-ashes in the centre of the stamped earth floor.
b. stamped mealies n. = stamp n.3 9b. South African.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > prepared grains
polentaOE
groats?a1100
tisanea1425
oat groatsa1475
grist?1567
polent1577
French barley1596
pearl barley1639
shelled corn1676
pot barley1761
burghul1764
semolina1784
yokeag1824
burgoo1825
Scotch barley1825
pearl sago1828
semoletta1844
semola1853
manna croup1864
manna groats1864
corn chip1868
rolled oats1870
flake-manna1886
flake-tapioca1886
grape-nuts1898
kibble1902
stamped mealies1911
stamp1923
bulgur1934
freekeh1940
stamp mealies1952
1911 A. B. Lamont Rural Reader for S. Afr. 189 ‘Stamped mealies’—that is mealies from which the outer husk has been removed—are made by stamping the grain with a heavy wooden stick in a large bowl.
1937 C. R. Prance Tante Rebella's Saga 82 Oom Fanie and his family had just asked a blessing on their supper of pumpkin and stamped mealies.
2. Marked with a stamp or device.
a. Of coin.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > marked with device
printc1475
stamped1581
1581 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 254 Stampit penneis and plakis being exceptit.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 725 They often giue vs (Souldiers) the Lye, but wee pay them for it with stamped Coyne, not stabbing Steele. View more context for this quotation
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxii. 705 Nor did all the newly stamped silver pass into circulation.
b. Of paper: Furnished with a government revenue stamp; spec. in slang stamped paper = promissory notes. Of a National Health Insurance card: Having the required stamps affixed.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adjective] > marked with stamp
stamped1710
society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun]
credit1662
paper1704
commercial paper1836
stamped paper1847
near money1936
near-cash1937
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [adjective] > insurance policy types
tontine1790
whole-life1832
term1834
floating1839
all risks1885
third party1901
non-profit1905
knock for knock1906
stamped1913
warehouse to warehouse1922
without-profit(s)1924
with-profit(s)1924
loaded1928
unit-linked1966
no-fault1967
new-for-old1984
critical illness1986
1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 3 Oct. (1948) I. 40 He is discovered to have counterfeited stampt paper, in which he was a commissioner.
1765 Universal Mag. 37 Suppl. 375/2 A gallows was erected; on one end of which was suspended the effigy..; in his right hand he held a stamped bill of lading.
1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 5 Bills of Exchange..must be written on stamped paper.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxx. 259 But since I'm married..I've not touched a bit of stamped paper.
1855 Lit. Gaz. 6 Jan. 1 (heading) Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, Fivepence.
1864 Once a Week 25 June 5/1 The money was paid, and the stamped warranty was given.
1913 Times 7 Aug. 3/3 They had become mere agents of the State for the receipt of stamped contribution cards.
c. Of an envelope or other postal wrapper: Having a postage stamp embossed or printed upon it or (in later use) attached to it. Also stamped (and) addressed envelope: a self-addressed envelope with a postage stamp affixed, enclosed with a letter so that the recipient may reply at the sender's expense. Frequently required by an organization of a private enquirer and often abbreviated S.A.E. n. at S n.1 Initialisms 1.In the latter sense the word may now be considered from stamp n.3 + -ed suffix2.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [adjective] > stamped
stamped1837
postage-stamped1843
society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope > types of
postage envelope1840
mourning envelope1856
return envelope1856
stamped (and) addressed envelope1873
entire1897
window envelope1910
Mulready1912
flown cover1930
S.A.E.1939
Jiffy bag1956
1837 R. Hill in G. B. Hill Life (1880) I. 270 Let stamped covers and sheets of paper be supplied to the public from the Stamp Office or Post Office..and sold at such a price as to include the postage.
1839 R. Hill On Collection of Postage by Stamps in G. B. Hill Life (1880) I. 346 Small stamped detached labels—say about an inch square—which, if prepared with a glutinous wash on the back, may be attached without a wafer.
1852 U.S. Stat. X. 141 (margin) Stamped letter envelopes to be printed.
1852 U.S. Stat. X. 256 Stamped envelope,..stamped or printed envelopes..stamped letter envelope.
1854 Poultry Chron. 2 242 All letters requiring a reply, must contain a stamped envelope.
1873 Young Englishwoman Apr. 208/1 We..will return your edging if you will send a stamped addressed envelope.
1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate i. xiii. 131 The fella says here to enclose a stamped and addressed envelope but I don't think I shall pander to him.
a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 39 Here's a letter for you with stamped and addressed envelope enclosed.
1977 Graduate 9 Dec. 14/2 (advt.) Enquiries and applications, with stamped addressed envelope, to Mr P Austin, DoE Archaeological Services, Carlisle Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria.
1981 M. Spark Loitering with Intent ii. 52 An unpublished poem..which..had been rejected eight times, returning to roost in my own stamped addressed envelope.
d. Of notepaper: Having a device printed or embossed upon it.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > other types of paper
sinking1575
whitey-brown1786
metallic1799
gilt-edge1807
legal1815
tindery1886
squared1887
Silurian1892
stamped1907
1907 J. Galsworthy Country House i. i. 1 A half-sheet of stamped and crested notepaper.
3. Ornamented with an embossed pattern or design. stamped leather: an expensive kind of wall-hanging used in the 16th–17th centuries consisting of leather covered with silver leaf, varnished with a yellow lacquer to represent gold, and embossed with figures, a pattern, etc., and painted.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [adjective] > executed or ornamented in relief
emailled1480
bossed1536
embossed1541
protuberant1676
stamped1756
empaestic1838
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > tapestry > for hanging
painted cloth1389
halling1418
parlouring1496
scene1638
painting cloth1668
stamped leather1819
hanger-
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) xiii. 325 The curtain..is made of a red stamped English stuff.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 300 The inferior landholders and clergy, who usually garnished their state apartments with hangings of a sort of stamped leather, manufactured in the Netherlands, garnished with trees and animals executed in copper foil.
1865 A. Way in Promptorium Parvulorum Pref. p. li This MS. is in the original stamped binding with boards, probably of oak.
1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Objects Indian Art S. Kensington Mus. 150 Sword, iron hilted, with stamped leather scabbard.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 459/2 Stamped Velvet is employed for the making of dress bodices and trimmings.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 459/2 Stamped velvet work, a modern Embroidery that is both effective and easy.
4. Of a device, name, etc.: Impressed by means of a stamp.
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [adjective] > impressed by means of stamp (of a device, etc.)
stamped1865
1865 A. Thomas On Guard III. xxxv Thinking the seal or stamped monogram would tell from whom it came.
1881–6 Grosart in Greene's Wks. V. Note to title of Planetomachia Our text of ‘Planetomachia’ is from that in the Bodleian, which bears the well-known stamped name of ‘George Steevens’.
5. Of metal-ware: Pressed into shape by means of a stamping machine.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > other states or forms
well-attempereda1460
sheet1582
unstamped1622
unplanished1683
shotten1766
calciform1782
spongy1807
cored1865
glazed1874
stamped1879
unwelded1885
solid-drawn1888
siliconized1920
inoculated1923
deep-drawn1925
stress-relieved1925
projection-welded1933
roll-formed1935
over-aged1953
scalped1958
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 263/1 The introduction of stamped brass-foundry created a new era in the trade.
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