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Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. 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

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Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. 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 forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. 3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically , 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.

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    See WORM
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    Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • CLASSIFIC
    Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
  • BRAND IRON
    1. A branding iron. 2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet. 3. The horizontal bar of an andiron.
  • CHARACTERISTIC
    Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
  • CLASSIFICATORY
    Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
  • MISJUDGE
    To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
  • CLASSICISM
    A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
  • CATEGORY
    One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament. The categories or predicaments -- the former a Greek
  • DECORATE
    To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • CHARACTER
    1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting;
  • SIGNALIZE
    1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
  • SECTIONALITY
    The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism.
  • PRINTLESS
    Making no imprint. Milton.
  • CLASSIS
    An ecclesiastical body or judicat (more info) 1. A class or order; sort; kind. His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.
  • IMPRINT
    to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. Prior. 2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates,
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    An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • ENSTAMP
    To stamp; to mark as It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character. Gogan.
  • CONTRADISTINGUISH
    To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.
  • INDISTINGUISHABLE
    Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form
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    The state of being moldy.
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    A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred
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    One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically , one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.
  • HOOD MOLDING; HOOD MOULDING
    A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.

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