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  • 61staunch´less — staunch1 «stnch, stahnch», transitive verb, intransitive verb. = stanch1. (Cf. ↑stanch) –staunch´less, adjective. staunch2 «stnch, stahnch», adjective. 1. able to resist or repel attack; firm; strong: »staunch walls, a staunch defense …

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  • 62Stanchly — Stanch ly, adv. In a stanch manner. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 63Stanchness — Stanch ness, n. The quality or state of being stanch. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 64stank — I. past of stink II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French estank, stanc, from estancher to dam up, stanch more at stanch Date: 14th century 1. dialect British a. pond, pool b. a ditch contai …

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  • 65tank — I. noun Etymology: Portuguese tanque, alteration of estanque, from estancar to stanch, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *stanticare more at stanch Date: 1609 1. dialect pond, pool; especially one built as a water supply 2. a usually large receptacle for …

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  • 66List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… …

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  • 67United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 68Barrow, John — • Priest, descended from a family of stanch Catholic yeomen (1735 1811) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Barrow, John     John Barrow …

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  • 69stop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. close; obstruct; stanch; arrest, halt, impede; inhibit; delay, hold up, detain; discontinue, suspend; end, terminate, conclude; cease, desist. Ant., go, continue, encourage. n. halt, standstill,… …

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  • 70River — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Water in motion. < N PARAG:River >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 running water running water GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 jet jet spirt spurt squirt spout spray splash rush gush …

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