Stound Definition

stound

noun

A short time.

Webster's New World

A pain or pang; shock.

Webster's New World

(archaic or dialectal) A brief span of time, moment, instant.

Listen to me a little stound.

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A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.

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verb

To ache or pain.

Webster's New World

(obsolete or dialectal, intransitive) To hurt, pain, smart.

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(obsolete or dialectal, intransitive) To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.

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(obsolete or dialectal, intransitive) To long or pine after, desire.

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(intransitive, UK dialectal) To stop to listen; pause.

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Other Word Forms of Stound

Singular:

stound

Plural:

From Middle English stond, stounde, stound (“hour, time, season, moment"), from Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion"), from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour"), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop"), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand"). Cognate with Dutch stond (“hour, time, moment"), German Stunde (“hour"), Danish and Swedish stund (“time, while"). Compare Middle English stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while"), Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue"). Related to stand.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while"). Cognate with Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue"). More at stand.

From Wiktionary
Middle English stound, stonde, stoonde, ston, from Old English stond (“a stand"). Compare stand.

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Middle English from Old English stund stā- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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