Stound

Quick meaning: Stound is a noun meaning (chronology, obsolete or dialectal) An hour.

Meaning

(chronology, obsolete or dialectal) An hour.

More Meanings

1. A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
2. A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging
3. A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
4. (obsolete) A tide, season.
5. (archaic or dialectal) A time, length of time, hour, while.
6. (archaic or dialectal) A brief span of time, moment, instant.
7. (dialectal) A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.

Example Sentences

Listen to me a little stound.

And in that same stound / All suddenly she swapt adown to ground.

He lay and slept, and swet a stound, / And became whole and sound.

What booth wilt thou have? our king reply'd / Now tell me in this stound

Word Forms

• stounds
• stoind
• stoond
• stoon
• stoun
• stounding
• stounded

Synonyms for stound

Depending on context, synonyms include span, duration, interval, period, tide, time.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stownd, stonishment, owre, astonishment, throw, stond.

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