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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the
foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. |
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To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor;
as, he stamped his foot with rage. |
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To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush
by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. |
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To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate
with arms or initials. |
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Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp
virtuous principles on the heart. |
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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. |
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To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter;
to stamp a legal document. |
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To strike; to beat; to crush. |
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To strike the foot forcibly downward. |
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The act of stamping, as with the foot. |
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The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on
other bodies, as a die. |
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The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. |
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that which is marked; a thing stamped. |
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A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a
cut; a plate. |
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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. |
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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. |
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An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as
paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. |
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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. |
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Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp,
or of a different stamp. |
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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. |
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A half-penny. |
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Money, esp. paper money. |