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  noun 1. the position or bearing of the body while standing: legs spread in a wide stance; the threatening stance of the bull. 2. a mental or emotional position adopted with respect to something: They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy. 3. Sports. the relative position of the feet, as in addressing […]

• Stanch

  verb (used with object) 1. to stop the flow of (a liquid, especially blood). 2. to stop the flow of blood or other liquid from (a wound, leak, etc.). 3. Archaic. to check, allay, or extinguish. verb (used without object) 4. to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched. noun 5. Also called flash-lock, navigation weir. […]

• Stancher

  adjective, stancher, stanchest. 1. staunch2 . verb 1. to stem the flow of (a liquid, esp blood) or (of a liquid) to stop flowing 2. to prevent the flow of a liquid, esp blood, from (a hole, wound, etc) 3. an archaic word for assuage noun 4. a primitive form of lock in which boats […]

• Stanchest

  adjective, stancher, stanchest. 1. staunch2 . verb 1. to stem the flow of (a liquid, esp blood) or (of a liquid) to stop flowing 2. to prevent the flow of a liquid, esp blood, from (a hole, wound, etc) 3. an archaic word for assuage noun 4. a primitive form of lock in which boats […]

• Stanchion

  noun 1. an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc. verb (used with object) 2. to furnish with stanchions. 3. to secure by or to a stanchion or stanchions. noun 1. any vertical pole, rod, etc, used as a support verb 2. (transitive) to provide or support with a […]

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