'Stamping' definitions:

Definition of 'Stamping'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. [1913 Webster]
  • God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. [1913 Webster]
  • To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stamping'

From: GCIDE
  • Stamping \Stamp"ing\, a. & n. from Stamp, v. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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