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lo⋅cal

  [loh-kuhl]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.
2. pertaining to, characteristic of, or restricted to a particular place or particular places: a local custom.
3. pertaining to a city, town, or small district rather than an entire state or country: local transportation.
4. stopping at most or all stations: a local train.
5. pertaining to or affecting a particular part or particular parts, as of a physical system or organism: a local disease.
6. Medicine/Medical. (of anesthesia or an anesthetic) affecting only a particular part or area of the body, without concomitant loss of consciousness, as distinguished from general anesthesia.
–noun
7. a local train, bus, etc.
8. a newspaper item of local interest.
9. a local branch of a union, fraternity, etc.
10. a local anesthetic.
11. Often, locals.
a. a local person or resident: primarily of interest to locals.
b. a local athletic team: the locals versus the state champions.
12. stamp (def. 22).
13. British Informal. a neighborhood pub.
–verb (used without object)
14. Informal. to travel by or take a local train or the like.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL locālis. See locus, -al 1

Related forms:
lo⋅cal⋅ness, noun
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stamp

  [stamp] ,
–verb (used with object)
1. to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
2. to bring (the foot) down forcibly or smartly on the ground, floor, etc.
3. to extinguish, crush, etc., by striking with a forcible downward thrust of the foot (fol. by out): to stamp out a fire.
4. to suppress or quell (a rebellion, uprising, etc.) quickly through the use of overwhelming force (usually fol. by out).
5. to crush or pound with or as with a pestle.
6. to impress with a particular mark or device, as to indicate genuineness, approval, or ownership: to stamp a document with a seal.
7. to mark or impress with a design, word, mark, etc.: Age stamped his face with lines.
8. to impress (a design, word, mark, etc.) on: to stamp one's initials on a document.
9. to affix a postage stamp to (a letter, envelope, etc.).
10. to characterize, distinguish, or reveal: His ingenuity with words stamped him as a potential poet.
–verb (used without object)
11. to bring the foot down forcibly or smartly, as in crushing something, expressing rage, etc.
12. to walk with forcible or heavy, resounding steps: He stamped out of the room in anger.
–noun
13. postage stamp.
14. an act or instance of stamping.
15. a die or block for impressing or imprinting.
16. a design or legend made with such a die or block.
17. an official mark indicating genuineness, validity, etc., or payment of a duty or charge.
18. a peculiar or distinctive impression or mark: a great man who left his stamp on legal procedure.
19. character, kind, or type: a woman of serious stamp.
20. an official seal or device appearing on a business or legal document to show that a tax has been paid.
21. Also called local, local stamp. such a device, often similar to a postage stamp, issued by a private organization to show that the charges for mail carrying have been paid.
22. trading stamp.
23. food stamp.
24. an instrument for stamping, crushing, or pounding.
25. a heavy piece of iron or the like, as in a stamp mill, for crushing ore or other material.
Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) early ME stampen to pound, crush, prob. continuing OE *stampian (c. MD, MLG stampen, OHG stampfōn, ON stappa); sense development appar. influenced by OF estamper to stamp < Gmc; (n.) late ME: instrument for stamping an impression; partly deriv. of the v., partly < OF estampe, deriv. of estamper

Related forms:
stamp⋅a⋅ble, adjective
stampless, adjective

Synonyms:
4. eliminate, quash. See abolish.
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lo·cal   (lō'kəl)   
adj.  

    1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular place: a local custom; the local slang.

    2. Of or relating to a city, town, or district rather than a larger area: state and local government.

  2. Not broad or general; not widespread: local outbreaks of flu.

  3. Of or affecting a specific part of the body: a local infection.

  4. Making all possible or scheduled stops on a route; not express: a local train.

n.  

  1. A public conveyance that makes several intermediate stops before the final destination is reached: changed trains to a local.

  2. A local chapter or branch of an organization, especially of a labor union.

  3. A local anesthetic.

  4. Informal A person from a particular locality.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin locālis, from Latin locus, place.]
lo'cal·ly adv., lo'cal·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

stamp  (n.)
1465, "stamping tool," from stamp (v.). Sense of "official mark or imprint" (to certify that duty has been paid on what has been printed or written) dates from 1542; transferred 1837 to adhesive labels issued by governments to serve the same purpose as impressed stamps. Stamp-collecting is from 1862.

local  (adj.)
1392, "pertaining to position," from O.Fr. local, from L.L. localis "pertaining to a place," from L. locus "place" (see locus). The meaning "limited to a particular place" is from 1615. The noun meaning "a local train" is from 1879; "local branch of a trade union" is from 1888; "neighborhood pub" is from 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: lo·cal
Function: noun
: LOCAL UNION

Main Entry: stamp
Function: noun
: an official mark or seal set on something (as a deed) chargeable with a government or state duty or tax or on papers requiring execution under certain conditions to signify that the duty or tax has been paid or the condition fulfilled; especially : REVENUE STAMP
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2local
Function: noun
: LOCAL ANESTHETIC; also : LOCAL ANESTHESIA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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local lo·cal (lō'kəl)
adj.
Affecting or confined to a limited part; not general or systemic.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

locals
The users on one's local network (as opposed, say, to people one reaches via public Internet or UUCP connections). The marked thing about this usage is how little it has to do with real-space distance. "I have to do some tweaking on this mail utility before releasing it to the locals."
(1994-11-29)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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