Definition of Staunches

1. Verb. (third-person singular of staunch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Staunches

1. staunch [v] - See also: staunch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Staunches

statutory-declaration
statutory-rape
statutory declaration
statutory declarations
statutory law
statutory offence
statutory offense
statutory rapes
stau
staumrel
staumrels
staunch
staunched
stauncher
staunches
staunchest
staunching
staunchly
staunchness
staunchnesses
staurikosaur
staurikosaurus
staurobaryte
staurolite
staurolites
staurolitic
stauroscope
stauroscopes
staurosporine

Literary usage of Staunches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, Called Bedford by Samuel Wells (1830)
"And the commissioners for drainage are to vary, alter regulate the said gages, staunches, pound locks or pen sit in such manner as shall, from time to time, ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1854)
"There are two kinds of staunches: one consisting of a sill put across the river, ... The boats are often plunged under water in thus passing the staunches, ..."

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