stanchstaunchn.1
/stɑːn(t)ʃ/, /stan(t)ʃ/, U.S. /stɑn(t)ʃ/, /stɔn(t)ʃ/, /stæn(t)ʃ/ Brit. /stɔːn(t)ʃ/, /stɑːn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /stɔn(t)ʃ/, /stɑn(t)ʃ/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] > causing cessation of action or operation > one who or that which > that which
stancha1400
supersedeas1555
stop-gamble1579
stopa1586
supra sedeas1615
stop-game1659
to put a stopper on1828
off-switch1897
shut-off1951
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > that which closes an aperture
stanch1557
stop-hole1562
stopple1562
stopping1585
stopper1591
stop1771
stopgap1872
a1400–50 Stockh. Med. MS 28 Staunch of lecherye.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. O.iv O frendship..O sacred bond of blisfull peace, the stalworth staunch of strife.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 110 It was rather done for the stanche of the mouthes of the peopill.
1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. x. §3 As it were, an ebbe or staunch in the affaires of the Kingdome of Israel.
1790 D. Morison Poems 18 E'er their cravings got a stench, His pulse fu' sair was beatin'.
2. Something used for stanching blood, a styptic.† a. (Application uncertain).
ΚΠ
1392 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 164 Johanni leche pro camfor et staunche.
b. dialect. Selenite or powdered gypsum. [Compare French pierre d'estanche, ‘the bloud-stone’ (Cotgrave).]
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > gypsum > selenite
selenite1668
selenites1681
stanch1712
marienglas1762
1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 178 Its Use in stopping excessive Bleeding has been try'd with very good Success at Kettering; on which Account it [sc. a variety of selenite] has there the Name of Stanch.
1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 129.
c. Anglo-Irish. The leguminous plant Anthyllis vulneraria.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants
peaseOE
vetchc1400
hatchet vetch1548
mock liquorice1548
scorpion's tail1548
ax-fitch1562
ax-seed1562
axwort1562
treacle clover1562
lady's finger1575
bird's-foot1578
goat's rue1578
horseshoe1578
caterpillar1597
kidney-vetch1597
horseshoe-vetch1640
goat rue1657
kidney-fetch1671
galega1685
stanch1726
scorpion senna1731
Dolichos1753
Sophora1753
partridge pea1787
bauhinia1790
coronilla1793
swamp pea-tree1796
Mysore thorn1814
devil's shoestring1817
pencil flower1817
rattlebox1817
Canavalia1828
milk plant1830
joint-vetch1836
milk pea1843
prairie clover1857
oxytrope1858
rattleweed1864
wart-herb1864
snail-flower1866
poison pea1884
masu1900
money bush1924
Townsville stylo1970
orange bird's-foot2007
1726 C. Threlkeld Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum A 6 b Anthyllis Leguminosa..is sold in our Markets by the Name of Stanch, being astringent, as most of the Pulse Kind are.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > quality or effect of
stanch1643
dryingness1840
1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. iii. 8 Sore by reason of the stretching of the skin, which is stretched and drawne together by the stanch of the fire.
4. A kind of after-damp in mines, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous exhalation > in mines or stagnant pools
dampa1592
stanch1693
suffocating damp1695
stythe1708
surfeit1708
choke-damp1766
afterdamp1813
white damp1817
marsh gas1848
stanch-air1883
the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > in mines > choke-damp
stanch1693
suffocating damp1695
stythe1708
surfeit1708
black damp1736
choke-damp1766
afterdamp1813
white damp1817
stanch-air1883
1693 G. Pooley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 674 In ancient Works,..Damps and Staunches sometimes arise.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Staunches, damps or offensive vapours arising in underground works, mines, &c.
Compounds
stanch-air n. = sense 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous exhalation > in mines or stagnant pools
dampa1592
stanch1693
suffocating damp1695
stythe1708
surfeit1708
choke-damp1766
afterdamp1813
white damp1817
marsh gas1848
stanch-air1883
the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > in mines > choke-damp
stanch1693
suffocating damp1695
stythe1708
surfeit1708
black damp1736
choke-damp1766
afterdamp1813
white damp1817
stanch-air1883
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 237 Stanch-air.
stanch-grass n. Scottish yarrow Achillea Millefolium.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > yarrow
yarrowc725
millefoliumOE
milfoila1300
nosebleed?a1300
nose-bledels?a1425
nese-blood?c1450
carpenter's grass1526
stanch-blood1567
stanch-grass1768
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 9 A' her washing cud na stench the bleed, In haste then Nory for the stench-girss yeed.
1866 R. Buchanan London Poems 228 No stanchgrass ever heal'd a wound so deep.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
stanchstaunchn.2
/stɑːn(t)ʃ/, /stan(t)ʃ/, U.S. /stɑn(t)ʃ/, /stɔn(t)ʃ/, /stæn(t)ʃ/ Brit. /stɔːn(t)ʃ/, /stɑːn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /stɔn(t)ʃ/, /stɑn(t)ʃ/ A lock or dam in a river.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water
stopping1575
pen1585
stop1585
water stop1585
stank1604
headinga1641
stanch1767
stop-back1790
penhead1805
keep1847
stanking1883
1767 Hull Navig. Act 1054 Bridges, sluices, staunches, locks.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Stanch, a lock or stop for water, much used in the fen districts.
1879 Edinb. Rev. 150 447 Rude temporary stanches, or flush-weirs.
1890 Fishing Gaz. 8 Nov. 242/3 This rather fast-running and weedy river—the staunches were up.
1890 Fishing Gaz. 8 Nov. 242/3 The swims at the first and second staunch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
stanchstaunchv.
/stɑːn(t)ʃ/, /stan(t)ʃ/, U.S. /stɑn(t)ʃ/, /stɔn(t)ʃ/, /stæn(t)ʃ/ Brit. /stɔːn(t)ʃ/, /stɑːn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /stɔn(t)ʃ/, /stɑn(t)ʃ/ 1. † b. figurative. To dry up the springs of; to exhaust (one's credit). Obsolete.† c. intransitive for reflexive. To cease flowing. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To stop the flow of (water, etc.). Now only poetic (rare). Also, †to dam up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > cause to be or become still or without flow [verb (transitive)] > staunch
stint1398
constrainc1400
stanch1481
constaunch1485
stem1488
to take up1889
the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [verb (transitive)] > impound water > dam
stop1398
demc1400
stem?c1450
den1487
dam1563
bay1605
stanch1643
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xxv. 118 Thus groweth the rayne And whan it is alle fallen to therthe & the grete moisture is staunched the clowde hath lost his broun colour.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxxi. 15 I will staunch his floudes.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 26 Those thinges, which could staunche the streames of my teares.
1643 W. Bridge Wovnded Conscience Cvred ii. 19 That Justice..may run down like water which hath been stanched up.
1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 426 A living well of life nor stanched nor stained.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] > use up completely or exhaust
stanch1338
exhaust1541
soak1577
tire1589
to suck dry1592
to run away with1622
exantlate1660
to spin out1718
rack1778
overteem1818
deplete1850
to stream out1894
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 197 For to stanch his foysoun homward haf I ment.
1380 Lay Folks Catech. (L) 1390 Ydylnesse is..stoppynge and staunchyng grace and good thewys.
1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like E ij My credit also is now quite staunched.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > be still or cease flowing [verb (intransitive)]
standOE
stint1340
stanchc1400
restagnate1651
stagnate1669
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 90 Water ys ouer~comand in Planetys, and staunches noght but by doun~shedyng.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Catech. in Catholic Tractates (S.T.S.) 187 The raine staincheit the 40 day efter Noa entereit in the ark.
2. † b. To stop the bleeding or diarrhoea of (a person). Obsolete.
a. transitive. To stop the flow of (blood or other issue from the body); to stop the flow of blood from (a wound).In the first two quots. possibly intransitive for reflexive: see 1c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > stop haemorrhage [verb (transitive)]
stint1398
strainc1425
upstaunchc1440
stem1488
stanch1573
stop1573
a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 1136 For al that heuer he mighte do, His menesoun might nowt staunche tho.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2577 For alle þe barbours of Bretayne salle noghte thy blode stawnche!
14.. Sir Beues (MS M.) 534 To the freshe erth he laid hym flatt, For to staunche his woundus with that.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 47 Þe fluxe or þe rynnyng þer y-dried, or stopped, or staunched, þai dye sone after.
1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 214 Hir bleeding was throughly steinched.
1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 219 For you haue so clerkly steynched my bleeding.
1599 N. Breton Wil of Wit (1876) 39/1 First the blood must bee stinched.
1610 G. Fletcher Ode in Christs Victorie lix. Not all the skill his wounds can stench.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician ii. 379 The flux could be stenched by no other Remedies.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 229 Now seek some skilful Hand whose pow'rful Art May stanch th' Effusion and extract the Dart.
a1721 M. Prior Dialogues of Dead & Other Wks. 657 A Cobweb is good..to..stanch cut thumbs.
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 322 [To] staunch the bleedings of a broken heart.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. vii. 178 The bleeding was staunched, the wound was closed.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 174 Then came the hermit out and..stanch'd his wound.
1872 W. H. Dixon Switzers xxxi. 315 They learn to staunch the flow of blood.
1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems i. Elegy vii The branches..bleed from unseen wounds that no sun stanches.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment of specific diseases or conditions > treat specific diseases or conditions [verb (transitive)] > stop diarrhoea of
stanch1470
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > stop haemorrhage [verb (transitive)] > stop haemorrhage of (a person)
stanch1470
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvii. xi. 706 Two felawes..lyfte her vp and staunched her but she had bled soo moche that she myght not lyue.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 732/2 He fell a bledyng, but none coulde stanche hym tyll he was dede.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 35 But if the siege be by reason a man hath eaten ought that is unwholsom, then ought he not to be staunched so sone.
c. intransitive for reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > process of healing of an injury, etc. > of injury, etc.: heal [verb (intransitive)] > of blood, etc.: stop flowing
stanch1490
stem1844
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 57 Whiche corps neuer staunched of bledynge by the space of viii myles.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke viii. f. lxxxviijv Immediatly her issue off bloud staunched.
1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 214 The Lady..felt hir bleeding, began to steynch.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 317/1 Strewe of this pouldre theron, and keepe it alwayes on the wounde; if with the first time it will not stench, applye it theron the seconde time.
1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick iv. vii. 118 Presently the blood stanched.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1855) 2nd Ser. ix. 125 The heart will bleed, and stanch when it has bled enough.
a. transitive. To quench, allay, satisfy (thirst, hunger, desire, etc.); also, to repress, extinguish (appetite, hatred, anger, etc.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
shendOE
whelvec1000
allayOE
ofdrunkenc1175
quenchc1175
quashc1275
stanchc1315
quella1325
slockena1340
drenchc1374
vanquishc1380
stuffa1387
daunt?a1400
adauntc1400
to put downa1425
overwhelmc1425
overwhelvec1450
quatc1450
slockc1485
suppressa1500
suffocate1526
quealc1530
to trample under foot1530
repress1532
quail1533
suppress1537
infringe1543
revocate1547
whelm1553
queasom1561
knetcha1564
squench1577
restinguish1579
to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
accable1602
crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > check (in) a course of action
stanchc1315
arrestc1374
checka1400
stem?c1450
stay1525
to take up1530
rebate1532
suspend1565
nip1575
countercheck1590
to nip in the bud1590
to clip the wings ofa1593
to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)1594
trasha1616
to scotch the wheels of1648
spike1687
spoke1854
to pull up1861
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > a desire or appetite
stanchc1315
queema1325
slakec1325
fill1340
servea1393
feedc1400
exploita1425
assuagec1430
astaunchc1430
slocken?1507
eslakec1530
sate1534
saturate1538
appease1549
glut1549
answer1594
exsatiate1599
embaitc1620
palliate1631
recreate1643
still1657
jackal1803
c1315 Shoreham Poems ii. 96 Ine hys pyne hys stronge þerst Stanchede hy wyþ ȝalle.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. ii. 34 Þe couetyse of men þat may not be staunched [L. inexpleta cupiditas].
c1375 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. I. 183 If he staunche þis love and seie to þis þing þat he wole not love it so myche.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 14 The wyne of Mercy staunchithe be nature The gredy thristis of cruelle hastynes.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. lxxxiii. 48 Fulfille it and saule it and staunche it [his desire] might not al the world.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 26 Ane vnfillable gredy appetite..[that] neuer may be stanchit.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vi. 9 O, stanch ȝour wraith for schame, or all is lorn!
1532 Psalter of Jesus ✠✠ j The desyre of my vnstable herte in tyme of prayer staunche I beseche the.
1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. 143 b This maist honest refusal could nather stench his lust nor ambition.
c1610–15 Life St. Frideswide in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 80 Stanching hir hunger with herbes and barlie bredd, and her thirst with onelie water.
1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus i. 6 So will I seize and stanch The hunger of my love on this proud beauty.
1755 R. Forbes Shop-bill in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 39 Perhaps I may their greening stench, 'ere I hae done.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] > satisfy (needs or desires)
sleckc1175
stanch1340
fulfilc1384
satiatec1450
satisfyc1475
slockc1480
expletea1500
supplya1513
satisfice?1531
suffice1533
stake1550
to fill up1600
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > satisfy or relieve hunger or thirst [verb (transitive)]
sleckc1175
aquenchc1300
stanch1340
beetc1390
repelc1425
sufficea1450
squench1598
1340 Alex. & Dind. 938 Þanne wol he..wexe wilde of his wil & wikke to staunche.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 11 For tastinge is defended me, And I can noght miselven stanche.
1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 7 The..kynge..noght stanchid of his unsacionable and gredi avarice, ordeynd that tallage..upon his people, gretter..then ever..afore.
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 273 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 307 Helpe to staunche hom of malice.
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking c j b Take hede the first day of to moch eetyng unto tyme that she be stawnchid.
4. To quench (a fire). archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)]
aquenchc1000
quenchc1175
sleckc1175
slockena1300
bleschea1325
sleckena1340
sleaka1400
asteyntea1450
stancha1450
mesec1480
slockc1480
extinct1483
redd1487
to put outa1500
out-quencha1522
squench1535
extinguish1551
out1629
smoor1721
douse1842
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail liii. l. 279 God with hym schal senden his grace, and In this diche stawnchen this feer.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxvii Whiche Fyre was scantly stenchyd in .viii. dayes after.
1860 M. Arnold St. Brandan in Fraser's Mag. July 134 I stanch with ice my burning breast.
5. To arrest the progress of (a disease); to allay (pain); to relieve (a person) of pain.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > arrest progress of disease
stancha1398
repress?a1425
adimate1657
jugulate1876
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > practise anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. [verb (transitive)] > allay pain
lissea1000
softc1225
appeasec1374
releasea1393
stancha1398
mortifya1400
unpain1540
resolve1573
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxxii. 1077 A grene grape hatte vua immatura... And haueþ vertue to bynde, and to staunche colerik brakynge and castynge.
c1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 190 Fro basylica..A branche veyn spryngeth..The cardiacle he wol stanche.
c1480 (a1400) St. Lucy 20 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 387 Na scho mycht get na medycine, þat cuth hire stanche of þat pyne.
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. B vj Aloe..stancheth the heade ake.
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 212 The patriot's sword may cut off the Hydra's head; but he possesses no brand to stanch the active corruption of the body.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iii. i. 155 Unless the moral malady be stanched in us by the Blood and Grace of Christ..salvation is for us out of the question.
1863 D. G. Mitchell My Farm of Edgewood 52 I haue sometimes availed myself of a curious bit of old narrative to staunch the pain of a sting.
a. To put an end to (strife, enmity, rebellion, or any mischievous agency or condition). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to
astintc700
stathea1200
atstuntc1220
to put an end toa1300
to set end ofa1300
batec1300
stanch1338
stinta1350
to put awayc1350
arrestc1374
finisha1375
terminec1390
achievea1393
cease1393
removec1405
terminate?a1425
stop1426
surceasec1435
resta1450
discontinue1474
adetermine1483
blina1500
stay1525
abrogatea1529
suppressa1538
to set in or at stay1538
to make stay of1572
depart1579
check1581
intercept1581
to give a stop toa1586
dirempt1587
date1589
period1595
astayc1600
nip1600
to break off1607
snape1631
sist1635
to make (a) stop of1638
supersede1643
assopiatea1649
periodizea1657
unbusya1657
to put a stop to1679
to give the holla to1681
to run down1697
cessate1701
end1737
to choke off1818
stopper1821
punctuate1825
to put a stopper on1828
to take off ——1845
still1850
to put the lid on1873
on the fritz1900
to close down1903
to put the fritz on something1910
to put the bee on1918
switch1921
to blow the whistle on1934
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
undoc950
shendOE
forfarea1000
endc1000
to do awayOE
aquenchc1175
slayc1175
slayc1175
stathea1200
tinea1300
to-spilla1300
batec1300
bleschea1325
honisha1325
leesea1325
wastec1325
stanch1338
corrumpa1340
destroy1340
to put awayc1350
dissolvec1374
supplanta1382
to-shend1382
aneantizec1384
avoidc1384
to put outa1398
beshenda1400
swelta1400
amortizec1405
distract1413
consumec1425
shelfc1425
abroge1427
downthringc1430
kill1435
poisonc1450
defeat1474
perish1509
to blow away1523
abrogatea1529
to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
put in the pot1531
wipea1538
extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
braina1616
stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 253 If..holy kirke wild stanche sibred bituex þam tuo.
c1400 26 Pol. Poems iv. 17 Men may not staunche a comoun noys.
1409 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1880) IV. p. ccx Gif thar happynnis ony discorde..[thai] sal lelily do thair power on aythir part to ger it be stanchit in lufely manere.
c1430 Life St. Kath. (Roxb.) 5 He staunged soo by hys manly and vertuouse gouernaunce þat rebellioun.
1473–4 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 51 Lettres..to stanche thare gadering for the court of Forfare.
c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 329 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 490 Sic were to gere stanchit be, þe emperoure send princes thre.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome II. 164 The Ire of goddis mon be first mesit to stanche þe said pest.
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 40 [He] cam downe himself..to stenche this strife.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 24 Their feud would be stanched by the death of one, or probably both, of the villains.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down
nithereOE
adweschOE
overtreadOE
quellOE
to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175
adauntc1325
to bear downc1330
oppressc1380
repressc1391
overyoke?a1425
quencha1425
to bear overc1425
supprisec1440
overquell?c1450
farec1460
supprime1490
downbeara1500
stanch1513
undertread1525
downtread1536
suppress1537
to set one's foot on the neck of1557
depress?a1562
overbear1565
surpress1573
trample1583
repose1663
spiflicate1749
sort1815
to trample down1853
to sit on ——1915
to clamp down1924
crack down1940
tamp1959
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. ii. 21 The hie fadir Gaif thame [sc. the winds] ane kyng, quhilk as thar lord and juge, At certane tyme thame stanching and withhald.
1547 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. (1911) IX. 75 With charges to the Maister of Maxwell..to remane in Moffet ane moneth for stancheing of thevis.
1559 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 50 All actis [etc.]..set furth for stanching of sturdy beggeris.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 92 This wickit man that cuild na wayis be stenchit fra reffe and oppressioun.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 196 The king wschit out..to stenche thir twa lordis of thair combat and tuilzie.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 10 Quha nathir in peace or weire can be stainchet from takeng the pray.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 172 He stanchet all seditious persounes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes
restOE
leathc1275
stintc1275
slakea1300
ceasec1374
slocka1400
batec1400
lissec1400
stanchc1420
surcease1439
remain1480
stopa1529
break1530
decease1538
falla1555
to shut up1609
subside1654
drop1697
low1790
to go out1850
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)]
allayc1275
softc1300
assuage1330
swagec1330
slakea1352
stanchc1420
overslakec1425
appeasec1440
to swage ofc1440
to sit downa1555
soften1565
slack1580
mitigate1633
moderate1737
gentle1912
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire
to run outeOE
endOE
stintc1275
slakea1300
overpassc1350
determinec1374
overruna1393
dispend1393
failc1399
missa1400
to wear out, forth1412
stanchc1420
to come outa1450
terminea1450
expire?c1450
finish1490
conclude1593
upclose1603
terminate1608
to shut up1609
to wind off1650
stop1733
to fall in1771
close1821
to blaze out1884
outgive1893
to play out1964
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 4549 And þe wynde stonchede & blew nomore.
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 218 Sterand the potis of hell and newir stanchis.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. v. 110 The cruell tyme sone thereftir sall ceis, And weris stanch, all sal be rest and pece.
1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 96 The first to spend he neuer stanches.
7. To stop up, to render watertight or weatherproof. [After French étancher.]
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close an aperture or orifice > so as to render watertight
caulk?a1500
stoaka1625
stanch1776
1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 34 We got our Dam staunched as before mentioned.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 191 The gathered sticks to staunch the wall Of the snow-tower, when snow should fall.
a1862 E. O'Curry On Manners & Customs Anc. Irish (1873) III. 32 I cannot say how they staunched the walls.., whether with clay, moss, or skins.
1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens xiv. 112 We'll go put the other board in now. I think we're stanched one.
Compounds
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > yarrow
yarrowc725
millefoliumOE
milfoila1300
nosebleed?a1300
nose-bledels?a1425
nese-blood?c1450
carpenter's grass1526
stanch-blood1567
stanch-grass1768
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > jasper > blood-stone
heliotropea1393
sawsykyllec1425
sanguinary1465
bloodstone1504
elutropia1567
stanch-blood1567
heliotropian1638
sanguine stone1728
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chalcedony > blood-stone
heliotropea1393
sawsykyllec1425
sanguinary1465
stanch-blood1567
sanguine stone1728
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 7v Ematites..is called of some stench bloud.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvi. xxi. 263 (margin) Stanch-bloud, a kind of Yarrow.
Derivatives
stanched adj. in quot. 1682 = ? cured of passion: see sense 3b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > dried (up) > of fluid
stanched1865
1682 H. More Annot. Lux Orientalis 147 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. It is unbeseeming either a sober and stanched man or a good Christian.
1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 318 When the stanched rain-clouds were burning into a sullen red at sunset.
ˈstanching adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > waterproof or watertight
waterthight1387
staunch1412
watertight1489
thight1501
waterfast1518
waterproof1725
drop-dry1844
stanching1852
moisture-proof1867
damp-proof1870
damp-proofed1962
1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 19 Peat or bog is also a good material for a sea-bank, not only by reason of its staunching but also its adhesive qualities when packed.
1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 22 Such a material may also be..very hard and staunching when dry.
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