stout

Definitions

1. 1.Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic] Your words have been stout against me. Mal. iii.
2. 2.Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. Latimer.
3. 3.Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
4. 4.Large; bulky; corpulent. Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size." In America, stout is still commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole.
5. 5.A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic] Your words have been stout against me. Mal. iii called?
• What is commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. Latimer called?
• What is firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth called?
• What is a strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift called?