Stamp
Definition of Stamp
Pronunciation: stămp | v. t. | 1. | To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. | | 2. | To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. | | 3. | (Metal.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. | | 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. | | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To strike; to beat; to crush. | | 2. | To strike the foot forcibly downward. | | n. | 1. | The act of stamping, as with the foot. | | 2. | The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. | | 3. | The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. | | 4. | That which is marked; a thing stamped. | | 5. | A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. | | 6. | An official 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. | | 7. | A stamped or printed device, usually paper, 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 tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc. | | 8. | An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. | | 9. | 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. | | 10. | Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. | | 11. | 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 beating. | | 12. | A half-penny. | | 13. | Money, esp. paper money. |
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