Stamp
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
(2): ( v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.
(3): ( n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot.
(4): ( v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
(5): ( v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
(6): ( v. i.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
(7): ( v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
(8): ( v. t.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
(9): ( v. t.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
(10): ( n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
(11): ( v. t.) Money, esp. paper money.
(12): ( v. t.) 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.
(13): ( v. t.) 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.
(14): ( v. t.) 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.
(15): ( v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
(16): ( v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
(17): ( v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
(18): ( v. t.) A half-penny.
(19): ( n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped.
(20): ( v. i.) 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.
(21): ( v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
(22): ( v. t.) 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.
King James Dictionary [2]
Stamp, G. In a general sense, to strike to beat to press. Hence,
1. To strike or beat forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downwards as, to stamp the ground.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. In this sense, the popular pronunciation is stomp, with a broad.
2. To impress with some mark or figure as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. 3. To impress to imprint to fix deeply as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. See Enstamp. 4. To fix a mark by impressing it as a notion of the Deity stamped on the mind.
God has stamped no original characters on our minds, wherein we may read his being.
5. To make by impressing a mark as, to stamp pieces of silver. 6. To coin to mint to form.
Stamp, To strike the foot forcibly downwards.
But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies.
Stamp, n.
1. Any instrument for making impressions on other bodies.
Tis gold so pure, it cannot bear the stamp without alloy.
2. A mark imprinted an impression.
That sacred name gives ornament and grace, and , like his stamp, makes basest metals pass.
3. That which is marked a thing stamped.
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks.
4. A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression a cut a plate.
At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence.
5. A mark set upon things chargeable with duty to government, as evidence that the duty is paid. We see such stamps on English newspapers. 6. A character of reputation, good or bad, fixed on any thing. These persons have the stamp of impiety. The Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin. 7. Authority current value derived from suffrage or attestation.
Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone.
8. Make cast form character as a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. 9. In metallurgy, a kind of pestle raised by a water wheel, for beating ores to powder any thing like a pestle used for pounding or beating.
