'Stamp Act' definitions:

Definition of 'Stamp Act'

noun

An act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766

Definition of 'Stamp act'

From: GCIDE

Stamp \Stamp\, n.
1. The act of stamping, as with the foot. [1913 Webster]
2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. [1913 Webster]
'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. [1913 Webster]
That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
4. That which is marked; a thing stamped. [1913 Webster]
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
5. [F. estampe, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t.] A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
6. An official 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. [1913 Webster]
7. Hence: A stamped or printed device, usually paper, 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 tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc. [1913 Webster]
8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. [1913 Webster]
9. 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. [1913 Webster]
Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. [1913 Webster]
A soldier of this season's stamp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
11. 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 beating. [1913 Webster]
12. A half-penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null and void.
Stamp collector, (a) an officer who receives or collects stamp duties. (b) one who collects postage or other stamps, as an avocation or for investment; a philatelist.
Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. [Eng.]
Stamp hammer, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill.
Stamp head, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill.
Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore.
Stamp note, a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [Eng.]
Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties. [1913 Webster]