† stancen.¹

Forms: Also Middle English stawnce, 1500s–1600s staunce.

Etymology: Aphetic form of distance n.

Obsolete.

Dissension, dispute: = distance n. 1 withouten stance: without dispute, undoubtedly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun]

pleac1275

distancec1325

stance14..

in controversyc1432

disceptation1447

disputation1489

disception1492

concertation1509

controversity1528

contending1561

fending and proving1583

digladiation?1591

bandying1599

contestation1602

controverting1610

wrangling1612

contesting1616

rixation1623

contestion1632

controversarya1635

contest1642

vitilitigation1647

ergoteering1687

sparring1755

hash1789

controversying1865

argle-bargle1872

wringle-wrangle1882

argy-bargy1887

polemicizing1948

va-et-vient1959

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase]

to iwissea1000

mid iwissea1000

in wisc1000

to wis(se)c1000

without(en (any) weenc1175

sans fail1297

thereof no strife1297

but werea1300

forouten werea1300

out of werea1300

without werea1300

without deceit1303

for certainc1320

it is to wittingc1320

withouten carec1320

without nayc1330

without noc1330

without (but out of) dread1340

no doubtc1380

without distancec1390

no fresea1400

out of doubta1400

without doubta1400

for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400

withouten stance14..

hazel woods shakea1413

of, on, in warrantisec1440

sure enough?1440

without question?1440

wythout diswerec1440

without any dispayrec1470

for (also of) a surety?a1475

in (also for) surenessa1475

of certainc1485

without any (also all) naya1500

out of question?1526

past question?1526

for sure1534

what else1540

beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542

to be a bidden by1549

out of (also without) all cry1565

with a witness1579

upon my word1591

no question1594

out of all suspicion1600

for a certain1608

without scruple1612

to be sure1615

that's pos1710

in course1722

beyond (all) question1817

(and) no mistake1818

no two ways about it (also that)1818

of course1823

bien entendu1844

yessiree1846

you bet you1857

make no mistake1876

acourse1883

sans doute1890

how are you?1918

you bet your bippy1968

14.. Merita Missæ 151 in Lay Folks Mass Bk. 152 Charlys wane All frawnce, And cristende spayne with-owtyn stawnce.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxix. 11 Beginning of their comnicashin arose, Wherin they argde and fell at arging stance.

1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes ii. iv, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 21 I will set such a staunce [It. tanta discordia] betweene him and Pasiphilo, that all this towne shall not make them frendes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

stancen.²

Brit.

/stɑːns/,

/stans/, U.S.

/stæns/

Forms: Also 1500s stanse (sense 4), 1600s staunce, 1800s stanch (sense 1c).

Etymology: < French stance (now only in the sense ‘stanza’: see 4), < Italian stanza station, stopping place, room, etc.: see stanza n.

a. A standing-place, station, position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > where one takes up a position, residence, etc.

space?a1400

standa1400

stance1532

settling1582

station1587

consistory1592

roosting place1643

pitch1699

standing place1736

terrain1832

1532 E. Boner in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) 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.

1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 20 in Parl. Vertues Royal If in Earth shee yet haue anie Stance, 'Tis with the Chinois, Turkes, or Scythians.

1640 R. Baillie Ladensium Αὐτοκατάκρισις vii. 108 Yet now in our book, it must change the place, and be brought to its owne old stance.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 77 From this stance it is probable..that Julius Agricola beheld what our Beaumont has so admirably described!

1822 J. Galt Provost xxxiii. 247 Getting out the fire engine from its stance under the stair.

1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India II. iv. iv. 143 One chapter is devoted to..stances for deities.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 319 One of my lads..shot fifteen of these depredators from one stance.

1895 S. R. Crockett 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. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > not moving [phrase] > at a standstill

at a stopa1626

at a stance?1678

?1678 Mitchell his Ghost in J. W. Ebsworth Roxburghe Ballads (1881) IV. x. 147 It seems your French trade, Sir, is at a stance.

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 11 But here my fancie's at a stance.

1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace vii. iv. 167 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.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > scaffolding > [noun]

scaffolding1347

scaffold1349

stagec1440

cather1568

stance1811

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > ledge or foothold

stance1920

jam1991

1811 Naval Chron. 25 219 With a stanch six feet wide on the top, for the workmen to stand upon.

1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 63 Stance, a platform on which the men stand when working the lever in mineral boring.

1920 G. 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.

1933 G. 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 M. Stewart Wildfire at Midnight x. 87 He climbed..easily, making for the next stance, which was an in-tilted ledge some fifteen feet above him.

1971 C. 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 transferred, the position of the player's body in readiness or in playing a stroke. Similarly gen., a standing attitude or way of positioning.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > postures

guard1601

stance1897

pike1928

tuck position1931

lay-back1948

tuck1951

tucked position1964

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [noun] > standing posture

station1526

stand1883

stance1897

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > position

stance1897

1897 Outing 30 426/1 The stance, the grip, the swing, that together make up, what they call a good style.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 473/2 (Golf).

1913 Blackwood's 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.

1929 M. Lief Hangover 234 At dinner Mogador's young bride was plainly worried about her fork-stance.

1936 M. 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.

1970 J. 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. figurative. An attitude adopted in relation to a particular object of contemplation; a policy, ‘posture’.

ΚΠ

1960 Amer. Speech 35 215 An ‘unlinguistic’ stance is evidenced in the view that some variants embody language ‘corruption’.

1964 Ann. 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 G. S. Fraser in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind. II. xi. 395 The moral stance is strong just because, unlike Lawrence's changing and always dramatized or rhetoricized moral stances, it is not assertive.

1977 J. 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. Obsolete. (Cf. stanza n. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > [noun]

clevec825

chamber?c1225

loftc1385

clochera1400

room1438

roomth1567

receipt1593

stance1632

receptacle1634

stanza1648

apartment1715

slum1819

space1921

shovel and broom1928

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > division of shield

partition1486

compartment1590

copartiment1590

stance1632

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 462 The Corregidor came out of his adioyning stance.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 476 The young English Priest entered my melancholly staunce.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 502 The third ioynd Staunce denotes to me a Galley.

a. A site; esp. an area for building upon. Also building-stance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied > on the ground > a site or plot of land

soil1430

stance1631

stand1893

1631 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 633/1 Molendinum..lie..wattir~gang et stance ejusdem.

1649 Presbytery Rec. in J. Campbell Church & Parish Kirkcaldy (1904) 161 The stance of the Kirk intendit to be built.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 253 Every man had a dry gravellish stance whereon to found his house.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. x. 264 The higher part of the level ground afforded a stance for an old house.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 972 A large oblong hay-stack should be built in this way:..The stance should be raised 1 foot above the ground.

1884 N. Brit. Daily Mail 5 Aug. 6/5 Paisley Race Meeting... A few stances of Ground for Tents are still to let.

b. Scottish. The pitch of a showman or street-trader; a location for a fair or market. Cf. stand n.¹ 17.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > stall or booth > [noun] > pitch

standinga1387

standage1600

pitch1699

stance1814

pitching stand1847

1814 Farmer'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.

1924 Kelso Chron. 25 July 4 This old-established Border fair was held on the usual stance on St Boswells Green on Friday.

1933 Session Cases 65 A street trader shall not carry on business on any stance..unless he holds a permit from the chief constable for such stance.

1964 M. Banton Policeman in Community ii. 31 He..can attend to less pressing matters such as an application for a news~vendor's stance.

c. Scottish. A standing-place for (a row of) public vehicles; a bus-stop or taxi-rank. Cf. stand n.¹ 21.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > standing-place for public vehicles

stance1926

1926 Edinburgh 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.

1931 A. A. Macgregor Last Voy. St Kilda 24 The erection of stance poles [for tram-cars] along Princes St.

1978 Dumfries Courier 13 Oct. 6/2 Travellers will find that early buses and taxis are temporarily sitting in different stances than is usual.

†4. = stanza n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza

versec1308

baston?c1335

staff1533

stanza1589

couplement1594

stance1596

stave1659

strophe1895

st.-

1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. Cc6^v They had quoted a stanse in Hary Osto beginning thus [etc.].

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Stanze,..a stance or staffe of verses or songs.

1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. D3 (stage direct.) The Phœbades sing the first Stance of the second song.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stance
释义	† stancen.¹ Forms: Also Middle English stawnce, 1500s–1600s staunce. Etymology: Aphetic form of distance n. Obsolete. Dissension, dispute: = distance n. 1 withouten stance: without dispute, undoubtedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] pleac1275 distancec1325 stance14.. in controversyc1432 disceptation1447 disputation1489 disception1492 concertation1509 controversity1528 contending1561 fending and proving1583 digladiation?1591 bandying1599 contestation1602 controverting1610 wrangling1612 contesting1616 rixation1623 contestion1632 controversarya1635 contest1642 vitilitigation1647 ergoteering1687 sparring1755 hash1789 controversying1865 argle-bargle1872 wringle-wrangle1882 argy-bargy1887 polemicizing1948 va-et-vient1959 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase] to iwissea1000 mid iwissea1000 in wisc1000 to wis(se)c1000 without(en (any) weenc1175 sans fail1297 thereof no strife1297 but werea1300 forouten werea1300 out of werea1300 without werea1300 without deceit1303 for certainc1320 it is to wittingc1320 withouten carec1320 without nayc1330 without noc1330 without (but out of) dread1340 no doubtc1380 without distancec1390 no fresea1400 out of doubta1400 without doubta1400 for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400 withouten stance14.. hazel woods shakea1413 of, on, in warrantisec1440 sure enough?1440 without question?1440 wythout diswerec1440 without any dispayrec1470 for (also of) a surety?a1475 in (also for) surenessa1475 of certainc1485 without any (also all) naya1500 out of question?1526 past question?1526 for sure1534 what else1540 beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542 to be a bidden by1549 out of (also without) all cry1565 with a witness1579 upon my word1591 no question1594 out of all suspicion1600 for a certain1608 without scruple1612 to be sure1615 that's pos1710 in course1722 beyond (all) question1817 (and) no mistake1818 no two ways about it (also that)1818 of course1823 bien entendu1844 yessiree1846 you bet you1857 make no mistake1876 acourse1883 sans doute1890 how are you?1918 you bet your bippy1968 14.. Merita Missæ 151 in Lay Folks Mass Bk. 152 Charlys wane All frawnce, And cristende spayne with-owtyn stawnce. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxix. 11 Beginning of their comnicashin arose, Wherin they argde and fell at arging stance. 1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes ii. iv, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 21 I will set such a staunce [It. tanta discordia] betweene him and Pasiphilo, that all this towne shall not make them frendes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). stancen.² Brit. /stɑːns/, /stans/, U.S. /stæns/ Forms: Also 1500s stanse (sense 4), 1600s staunce, 1800s stanch (sense 1c). Etymology: < French stance (now only in the sense ‘stanza’: see 4), < Italian stanza station, stopping place, room, etc.: see stanza n. 1. a. A standing-place, station, position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > where one takes up a position, residence, etc. space?a1400 standa1400 stance1532 settling1582 station1587 consistory1592 roosting place1643 pitch1699 standing place1736 terrain1832 1532 E. Boner in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) 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. 1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 20 in Parl. Vertues Royal If in Earth shee yet haue anie Stance, 'Tis with the Chinois, Turkes, or Scythians. 1640 R. Baillie Ladensium Αὐτοκατάκρισις vii. 108 Yet now in our book, it must change the place, and be brought to its owne old stance. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 77 From this stance it is probable..that Julius Agricola beheld what our Beaumont has so admirably described! 1822 J. Galt Provost xxxiii. 247 Getting out the fire engine from its stance under the stair. 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India II. iv. iv. 143 One chapter is devoted to..stances for deities. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 319 One of my lads..shot fifteen of these depredators from one stance. 1895 S. R. Crockett 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. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > not moving [phrase] > at a standstill at a stopa1626 at a stance?1678 ?1678 Mitchell his Ghost in J. W. Ebsworth Roxburghe Ballads (1881) IV. x. 147 It seems your French trade, Sir, is at a stance. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 11 But here my fancie's at a stance. 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace vii. iv. 167 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. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > scaffolding > [noun] scaffolding1347 scaffold1349 stagec1440 cather1568 stance1811 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > ledge or foothold stance1920 jam1991 1811 Naval Chron. 25 219 With a stanch six feet wide on the top, for the workmen to stand upon. 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 63 Stance, a platform on which the men stand when working the lever in mineral boring. 1920 G. 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. 1933 G. 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 M. Stewart Wildfire at Midnight x. 87 He climbed..easily, making for the next stance, which was an in-tilted ledge some fifteen feet above him. 1971 C. 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 transferred, the position of the player's body in readiness or in playing a stroke. Similarly gen., a standing attitude or way of positioning. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > postures guard1601 stance1897 pike1928 tuck position1931 lay-back1948 tuck1951 tucked position1964 the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [noun] > standing posture station1526 stand1883 stance1897 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > position stance1897 1897 Outing 30 426/1 The stance, the grip, the swing, that together make up, what they call a good style. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 473/2 (Golf). 1913 Blackwood's 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. 1929 M. Lief Hangover 234 At dinner Mogador's young bride was plainly worried about her fork-stance. 1936 M. 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. 1970 J. 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. figurative. An attitude adopted in relation to a particular object of contemplation; a policy, ‘posture’. ΚΠ 1960 Amer. Speech 35 215 An ‘unlinguistic’ stance is evidenced in the view that some variants embody language ‘corruption’. 1964 Ann. 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 G. S. Fraser in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind. II. xi. 395 The moral stance is strong just because, unlike Lawrence's changing and always dramatized or rhetoricized moral stances, it is not assertive. 1977 J. 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. Obsolete. (Cf. stanza n. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > [noun] clevec825 chamber?c1225 loftc1385 clochera1400 room1438 roomth1567 receipt1593 stance1632 receptacle1634 stanza1648 apartment1715 slum1819 space1921 shovel and broom1928 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > division of shield partition1486 compartment1590 copartiment1590 stance1632 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 462 The Corregidor came out of his adioyning stance. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 476 The young English Priest entered my melancholly staunce. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 502 The third ioynd Staunce denotes to me a Galley. 3. a. A site; esp. an area for building upon. Also building-stance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied > on the ground > a site or plot of land soil1430 stance1631 stand1893 1631 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 633/1 Molendinum..lie..wattir~gang et stance ejusdem. 1649 Presbytery Rec. in J. Campbell Church & Parish Kirkcaldy (1904) 161 The stance of the Kirk intendit to be built. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 253 Every man had a dry gravellish stance whereon to found his house. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. x. 264 The higher part of the level ground afforded a stance for an old house. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 972 A large oblong hay-stack should be built in this way:..The stance should be raised 1 foot above the ground. 1884 N. Brit. Daily Mail 5 Aug. 6/5 Paisley Race Meeting... A few stances of Ground for Tents are still to let. b. Scottish. The pitch of a showman or street-trader; a location for a fair or market. Cf. stand n.¹ 17. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > stall or booth > [noun] > pitch standinga1387 standage1600 pitch1699 stance1814 pitching stand1847 1814 Farmer'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. 1924 Kelso Chron. 25 July 4 This old-established Border fair was held on the usual stance on St Boswells Green on Friday. 1933 Session Cases 65 A street trader shall not carry on business on any stance..unless he holds a permit from the chief constable for such stance. 1964 M. Banton Policeman in Community ii. 31 He..can attend to less pressing matters such as an application for a news~vendor's stance. c. Scottish. A standing-place for (a row of) public vehicles; a bus-stop or taxi-rank. Cf. stand n.¹ 21. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > standing-place for public vehicles stance1926 1926 Edinburgh 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. 1931 A. A. Macgregor Last Voy. St Kilda 24 The erection of stance poles [for tram-cars] along Princes St. 1978 Dumfries Courier 13 Oct. 6/2 Travellers will find that early buses and taxis are temporarily sitting in different stances than is usual. †4. = stanza n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza versec1308 baston?c1335 staff1533 stanza1589 couplement1594 stance1596 stave1659 strophe1895 st.- 1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. Cc6^v They had quoted a stanse in Hary Osto beginning thus [etc.]. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Stanze,..a stance or staffe of verses or songs. 1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. D3 (stage direct.) The Phœbades sing the first Stance of the second song. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stancev. Brit. /stɑːns/, /stans/, U.S. /stæns/, Scottish English /stans/ Etymology: < stance n.² Scottish. transitive. To place or station; to pen (cattle) for sale. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > place in assigned position set971 stall1415 stell1488 fix1569 statea1590 stationize1598 post1609 station1685 plant1693 stance17.. possie1918 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > pen cattle for sale stance17.. 17.. Sheriff-Muir in Ritson's Sc. Songs (1794) II. 66 He ne'er advanc'd From the place he was stanc'd. 1887 Sc. Leader 19 Oct. 4 Three thousand head of cattle of all breeds were stanced at Dalkeith yesterday. a1893 in R. Ford Harp Perthshire 371 The fiddler loon..Was cannily stanced in his seat on a hill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹14..n.²1532v.17..
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