Staunch

Definitions

1. That which stanches or checks a flow.
   obsolete
2. Alternative spelling of stanch (“a floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river”).
   alt-of, alternative
3. A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
   archaic, obsolete, specifically
4. An act of stanching or stopping.
   obsolete
5. Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”).

Equivalents

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