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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAMP, v.t. [G.] In a general sense, to strike; to beat; to press. Hence,
1. To strike or beat forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downwards; as, to stamp the ground.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. [In this sense, the popular pronunciation is stomp, with a broad.]
2. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
3. To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. [See Enstamp.]
4. To fix a mark by impressing it; as a notion of the Deity stamped on the mind.
God has stamped no original characters on our minds, wherein we may read his being.
5. To make by impressing a mark; as, to stamp pieces of silver.
6. To coin; to mint; to form.
STAMP, v.i. To strike the foot forcibly downwards.
But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies.
STAMP, n.
1. Any instrument for making impressions on other bodies.
Tis gold so pure, it cannot bear the stamp without alloy.
2. A mark imprinted; an impression.
That sacred name gives ornament and grace, and , like his stamp, makes basest metals pass.
3. That which is marked; a thing stamped.
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks.
4. A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence.
5. A mark set upon things chargeable with duty to government, as evidence that the duty is paid. We see such stamps on English newspapers.
6. A character of reputation, good or bad, fixed on any thing. These persons have the stamp of impiety. The Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
7. Authority; current value derived from suffrage or attestation.
Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone.
8. Make; cast; form; character; as a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
9. In metallurgy, a kind of pestle raised by a water wheel, for beating ores to powder; any thing like a pestle used for pounding or beating.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast, mold, mould, stamp]
2: a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"
3: a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" [syn: stamp, impression]
4: a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid [syn: postage, postage stamp, stamp]
5: something that can be used as an official medium of payment [syn: tender, legal tender, stamp]
6: a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid [syn: revenue stamp, stamp]
7: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp, pestle]
8: a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
9: a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents [syn: seal, stamp] v
1: walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" [syn: stomp, stamp, stump]
2: to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"
3: reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic"
4: affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?"
5: treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp]
6: destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
7: form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"
8: crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice"
9: raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss, boss, stamp]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German stampf?n to stamp and perhaps to Greek stembein to shake up Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument 2. a. (1) to strike or beat forcibly with the bottom of the foot (2) to bring down (the foot) forcibly b. to extinguish or destroy by or as if by stamping with the foot — usually used with out <stamp out cancer> 3. a. impress, imprint <stamp “paid” on the bill> b. to attach a stamp to 4. to cut out, bend, or form with a stamp or die 5. a. to provide with a distinctive character <stamped with a dreary, institutionalized look — Bernard Taper> b. characterize <stamped as honest women — W. M. Thackeray> intransitive verb 1. pound 1 2. to strike or thrust the foot forcibly or noisily downward II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a device or instrument for stamping 2. the impression or mark made by stamping or imprinting 3. a. a distinctive character, indication, or mark b. a lasting imprint 4. the act of stamping 5. a stamped or printed paper affixed in evidence that a tax has been paid; also postage stamp • stampless adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 a tr. bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground etc. b tr. crush, flatten, or bring into a specified state in this way (stamped down the earth round the plant). c intr. bring down one's foot heavily; walk with heavy steps. 2 tr. a impress (a pattern, mark, etc.) on metal, paper, butter, etc., with a die or similar instrument of metal, wood, rubber, etc. b impress (a surface) with a pattern etc. in this way. 3 tr. affix a postage or other stamp to (an envelope or document). 4 tr. assign a specific character to; characterize; mark out (stamps the story an invention). 5 tr. crush or pulverize (ore etc.). --n. 1 an instrument for stamping a pattern or mark. 2 a a mark or pattern made by this. b the impression of an official mark required to be made for revenue purposes on deeds, bills of exchange, etc., as evidence of payment of tax. 3 a small adhesive piece of paper indicating that a price, fee, or tax has been paid, esp. a postage stamp. 4 a mark impressed on or label etc. affixed to a commodity as evidence of quality etc. 5 a a heavy downward blow with the foot. b the sound of this. 6 a a characteristic mark or impress (bears the stamp of genius). b character, kind (avoid people of that stamp). 7 the block that crushes ore in a stamp-mill. Phrases and idioms: Stamp Act an act concerned with stamp-duty, esp. that imposing the duty on the American colonies in 1765 and repealed in 1766. stamp-collecting the collecting of postage stamps as objects of interest or value. stamp-collector a person engaged in stamp-collecting. stamp-duty a duty imposed on certain kinds of legal document. stamp-hinge see HINGE. stamping-ground a favourite haunt or place of action. stamp-machine a coin-operated machine for selling postage stamps. stamp-mill a mill for crushing ore etc. stamp-office an office for the issue of government stamps and the receipt of stamp-duty etc. stamp on 1 impress (an idea etc.) on (the memory etc.). 2 suppress. stamp out 1 produce by cutting out with a die etc. 2 put an end to, crush, destroy. stamp-paper 1 paper with the government revenue stamp. 2 the gummed marginal paper of a sheet of postage stamps. Derivatives: stamper n. Etymology: prob. f. OE stampian (v.) (unrecorded) f. Gmc: infl. by OF estamper (v.) and F estampe (n.) also f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stamp Stampv. t. [imp. & p. p. Stamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stanpf?n, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede.] 1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. --Shak. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. 2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. 3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small. --Deut. ix. 21. 4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. 5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. --Locke. 6. To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin. 7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stamp Stamp, n. 1. The act of stamping, as with the foot. 2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. 'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy. --Dryden. 3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. --Dryden. 4. that which is marked; a thing stamped. hanging a golden stamp about their necks. --Shak. 5. [F. estampe, of german origin. See Stamp, v. t.] A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. [Obs.] At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. --Addison. 6. An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange. 7. Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc. 8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. 9. A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin. Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. --Sir T. Browne. 10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. A soldier of this season's stamp. --Shak. 11. A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing. 12. A half-penny. [Obs.] --au. & Fl. 13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.] Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null an void. Stamp collector, an officer who receives or collects stamp duties; one who collects postage or other stamps. Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. [Eng.] Stamp hammer, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill. Stamp head, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill. Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore. Stamp note, a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [Eng.] Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stamp Stamp, v. i. 1. To strike; to beat; to crush. These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind. --Chaucer. 2. To strike the foot forcibly downward. But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies. --dennis.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stamps, stamping, stamped) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A stamp or a postage stamp is a small piece of paper which you lick and stick on an envelope or package before you post it to pay for the cost of the postage. ...a book of stamps... ...two first class stamps. N-COUNT see also food stamp 2. A stamp is a small block of wood or metal which has a pattern or a group of letters on one side. You press it onto an pad of ink and then onto a piece of paper in order to produce a mark on the paper. The mark that you produce is also called a stamp. ...a date stamp and an ink pad... You may live only where the stamp in your passport says you may. N-COUNT 3. If you stamp a mark or word on an object, you press the mark or word onto the object using a stamp or other device. Car manufacturers stamp a vehicle identification number at several places on new cars to help track down stolen vehicles... 'Eat before JULY 14' was stamped on the label. VERB: V n prep, V n prep 4. If you stamp or stamp your foot, you lift your foot and put it down very hard on the ground, for example because you are angry or because your feet are cold. Often he teased me till my temper went and I stamped and screamed, feeling furiously helpless... His foot stamped down on the accelerator... She stamped her feet on the pavement to keep out the cold. VERB: V, V adv/prep, V n prep/adv, also V n • Stamp is also a noun. ...hearing the creak of a door and the stamp of cold feet. N-COUNT: usu sing 5. If you stamp somewhere, you walk there putting your feet down very hard on the ground because you are angry. 'I'm going before things get any worse!' he shouted as he stamped out of the bedroom... = stomp VERB: V prep/adv 6. If you stamp on something, you put your foot down on it very hard. He received the original ban last week after stamping on the referee's foot during the supercup final. VERB: V on n 7. If something bears the stamp of a particular quality or person, it clearly has that quality or was done by that person. Most of us want to make our home a familiar place and put the stamp of our personality on its walls. = mark N-SING: usu the N of n 8. see also rubber stamp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Beat (with the foot or a pestle). 2. Impress, imprint, print, mark, brand, put a stamp on. 3. Impress, imprint, fix deeply. 4. Coin, mint, form. II. n. 1. Mark, impress, print, impression, brand. 2. Make, cast, mould, form, fashion, cut, character, complexion, description, kind, type, sort.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A particular manner of throwing the dice out of the box, by striking it with violence against the table.

Moby Thesaurus

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