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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stamp \Stamp\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stamped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stamping}.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G.
stampfen, OHG. stanpf?n, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel.
stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See {Step}, v. i.,
and cf. {Stampede}.]
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 (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor;
as, he stamped his foot with rage.
3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), 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.
Stamp \Stamp\, 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.
'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without
alloy. --Dryden.
3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an
impression.
That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like
his stamp, makes basest metals pass. --Dryden.
4. that which is marked; a thing stamped.
hanging a golden stamp about their necks. --Shak.
5. [F. estampe, of german origin. See {Stamp}, v. t.] A
picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a
cut; a plate. [Obs.]
At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the
several edifices which are most famous for their
beauty and magnificence. --Addison.
6. 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.
7. 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.
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.
Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us,
that an adamant suspends the attraction of the
loadstone. --Sir T.
Browne.
10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp,
or of a different stamp.
A soldier of this season's stamp. --Shak.
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 bathing.
12. A half-penny. [Obs.] --au. & Fl.
13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.]
{Stamp act}, an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing
a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the
American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped
materials to be null an void.
{Stamp collector}, an officer who receives or collects stamp
duties; one who collects postage or other stamps.
{Stamp duty}, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment
used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc.,
the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a
stamp. [Eng.]
{Stamp hammer}, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and
falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill.
{Stamp head}, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or
lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a
stamp mill.
{Stamp mill} (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with
stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore.
{Stamp note}, a stamped certificate from a customhouse
officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain
of a ship as freight. [Eng.]
{Stamp office}, an office for the issue of stamps and the
reception of stamp duties.
Stamp \Stamp\, v. i.
1. To strike; to beat; to crush.
These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind.
--Chaucer.
2. To strike the foot forcibly downward.
But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and
dies. --dennis.
資料來源 : WordNet®
stamp
v 1: walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their
heavy boots" [syn: {stomp}, {stump}]
2: to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man
whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"
3: reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing
stamps him as a Romantic"
4: affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?"
5: treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was
stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: {pigeonhole},
{stereotype}]
6: destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot;
"Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
7: form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"
8: crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract
the juice"
9: raise in a relief; "embossed stationary" [syn: {emboss}, {boss}]
stamp
n 1: a token that postal fees have been paid [syn: {postage}, {postage
stamp}]
2: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of
this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: {cast}, {mold}]
3: a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"
4: a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp
on the envelope" [syn: {impression}]
5: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for
pounding or crushing ores [syn: {pestle}]
6: a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
7: a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a
closing or to authenticate documents [syn: {seal}]