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Stamp Act
- noun - an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
- an act passed by the British parliment in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 17
Stamp Out
- verb - end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
Stamp Pad
- noun - a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
Stamp Tax
- noun - a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications)
Stampeded
- verb - act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"
- cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"
- cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"
- run away in a stampede
Stampedes
- noun - a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"
- a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
- act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"
- cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"
- cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"
- run away in a stampede
Stanching
- verb - stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
Stanchion
- noun - any vertical post or rod used as a support
Stand For
- verb - denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
- denote or connote; "`maison'' means `house'' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an ''h'' in Greek stands for an ''s'' in Latin"
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"
- tolerate or bear; "I won''t stand for this kind of behavior!"
- tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"
Stand Off
- unknown - A position in the backs in the game of rugby