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stound

  [stound, stoond]
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–noun
1. Archaic. a short time; short while.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. Chiefly Scot. to pain; hurt.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME sto(u)nd, OE stund space of time; c. G Stunde, ON stund hour; (v.) ME stunden to stay, remain for a stound, deriv. of the n.; akin to stand
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ASTOUND in SF Bay Area
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stound   (stound)   
n.   Archaic
A short time; a while.

[Middle English, from Old English stund; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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