01 n. pl. See Stamen.
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See Stamen. See: Stamen
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4 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Stamina
02 n. pl. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the li…
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The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
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Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.“He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest.” — De Quincey.
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The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working.