Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STOUND
STOUND, n.
- Sorrow; grief. [Not in use.] – Spenser.
- A shooting pain. [Not in use.] – Spenser.
- Noise. [Not in use.] Spenser.
- Astonishment; amazement. [Not in use.] – Gay.
- Hour; time; season. [Dan. stund.] [Not in use.] – Gay.
- A vessel to put small beer in. [Local.]
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