stanch

Archaic spelling of staunch.alt-ofarchaic

• a stanch ship a stanch churchman

Possibly strictly.obsolete

• But you vvill loſe your Labour, and vvhat is more, their Love and Reverence too, if they can receive from others, vvhat you deny them. This is to be kept very ſtanch, and carefully to be vvatched.

To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).USespeciallypoetic

• I will couer the depe vpon him, I will ſtaunch his floudes, and the greate waters ſhalbe reſtrayned.

To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).; To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.USespeciallypoetic

• A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary.

To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).; To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.USespeciallypoetic

• His gathered sticks to stanch the wall / Of the snow-tower, when snow should fall; […]

To check or stop, or deter (an action).USespeciallytransitive

• [T]heir feud would be stanched by the death of one, or probably both, of the villains, […]
• Beijing devotes immense resources to restricting access for and stanching scrutiny from international groups and reporters.

To check or stop, or deter (an action).; To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.USespeciallytransitive

• It [squill] ſtancheth the ache of the ſtomack⸝ it helpeth digeſtion⸝ and maketh a man well colored.
• The water of the ſame [angelica root], in a colde cauſe, is good to be layd on places diſeaſed with the Goute and Sciatica. For it ſtancheth the pain, and melteth a waye the tough humours that are gathered togither.

To extinguish or put out (as a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (as desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).USespeciallyobsolete

• [A]s an angry Cur / Snarles vvhile he feeds, ſo vvill I ſeize and ſtanch / The hunger of my love on this proud beauty, / And leave the ſcraps for Slaves.

Of bleeding: to stop.USalsoespecially

• [G]iving a dram and a half of Lapis Prunellæ in cold VVater, preſently the blood ſtanched vvhen the ſame and other Medicines could not formerly do it.

Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.USalsoespecially

Alternative spelling of staunch (“that which stanches; act of stanching”).USalt-ofalternative

A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.USespecially