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