KJV Dictionary Definition: stanch

stanch

STANCH, v.t. In a general sense, to stop; to set or fix; but applied only to the blood; to stop the flowing of blood. Cold applications to the neck will often stanch the bleeding of the nose.

STANCH, v.i. To stop, as blood; to cease to flow.

Immediately the issue of her blood stanched. Luke 8.

STANCH, a. This is the same word as the foregoing, the primary sense of which is to set; hence the sense of firmness.

1. Sound; firm; strong and tight; as a stanch ship.

2. Firm in principle; steady; constant and zealous; hearty; as a stanch churchman; a stanch republican; a stanch friend or adherent.

In politics I hear youre stanch.

3. Strong; not to be broken.

4. Firm; close.

This is to be kept stanch.

A stanch hound, is one that follows the scent closely without error or remissness.

stanched

STANCHED, pp. Stopped or restrained from flowing.

stanching

STANCHING, ppr. Stopping the flowing of blood.

stanchness

STANCHNESS, n. Soundness; firmness in principle; closeness of adherence.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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