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Verb

stamping

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stamp \Stamp\ (st[a^]mp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stamped
(st[a^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping.] [OE. stampen;
akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampf[=o]n, Dan.
stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E.
step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede.]
1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the
foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. --Shak.
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He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--Dryden.
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2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor;
as, he stamped his foot with rage.
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3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by
the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
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I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and
burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it
very small. --Deut. ix.
21.
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4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate
with arms or initials.
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5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp
virtuous principles on the heart.
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God . . . has stamped no original characters on our
minds wherein we may read his being. --Locke.
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6. 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.
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7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter;
to stamp a legal document.
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To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic
action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stamping \Stamp"ing\,
a. & n. from Stamp, v.
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Stamping ground, a place frequented, and much trodden, by
animals, wild or domesticated; hence (Colloq.), the scene
of one's labors or exploits; also, one's favorite resort;
in this sense, often called stomping ground. [U.S.]

Stamping machine, a machine for forming metallic articles
or impressions by stamping.

Stamping mill (Mining), a stamp mill.
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Moby Dictionary
Smyth sewing , backing , bibliopegy , binder board , binding ,
book cloth , book cover , book jacket , bookbinding , bookcase , case ,
casemaking , casing-in , coinage , coining , collating , collating mark ,
counterfeiting , cover , dust cover , dust jacket , folding , footband ,
forgery , gathering , gluing-off , hard binding , headband , jacket ,
library binding , lining , lining-up , mechanical binding , mintage ,
niggerhead , perfect binding , plastic binding , rounding ,
saddle stitching , sewing , side sewing , signature , slipcase ,
slipcover , smashing , soft binding , spiral binding , stapling ,
striking , tailband , tipping , trimming , wire stitching , wrapper