stound /staʊnd/noun 11verb 5forms 3 noun11 •A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.[…] and run away with him, almost whether he will or not, in a stound of unbearable love! — 1895 •(dialect) A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.No wonder that they cried unto the Lord, and felt a stound of despair shake their courage — 1857 •Astonishment; amazement.Lightly he started up out of that stound. — 1596 •A receptacle for holding small beer.Will Ardnamurchan never end? We're four stounds in a metal box [...] — 1987 •A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourgingHow many pipes, as many sounds Do still impart To your Sonne's hart / As many deadly wounds : How many strokes, as many stounds, Each stroke a dart, Each stound a smart, Poore captive me confounds. — 1807 •A moment or instance of urgency; exigence. •(dialect, UK) A stand; a stop. •(dialect, no longer used) An hour.What booth wilt thou have? our king reply'd / Now tell me in this stound — 1765 •(no longer used) A tide, season. •(dialect, no longer used) A time, length of time, hour, while.He lay and slept, and swet a stound, / And became whole and sound. — 1801 •(dialect, no longer used) A brief span of time, moment, instant.Listen to me a little stound. verb5 •(dialect, UK) To stop to listen; pause. •(no longer used) To stand still; stop. •(dialect, no longer used) To hurt, pain, smart.Your wrath, weak boy ? Tremble at mine unless Retraction follow close upon the heels Of that late stounding insult […] — 1819 •(dialect, no longer used) To be in pain or sorrow, mourn. •(dialect, no longer used) To long or pine after, desire.Recently weaned children "stound after the breast." — 1823 formsstounded · stounding · stounds
