Stamina

Stamina
Stamina Stam"i*na, n. pl. 1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength. [1913 Webster]

2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State. [1913 Webster]

He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

3. Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working. [1913 Webster +PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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