What does "stound" mean?
Stound: A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm. [Obs.] Spenser.
Additional senses
- 2.Astonishment; amazement. [Obs.] Spenser. Gay.
- 3.Hour; time; season. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 4.A brief space of time; a moment. [Obs.] Chaucer. In a stound, suddenly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 5.A vessel for holding small beer. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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