| 1. postage stamp; imprint, seal; tool for stamping out words or symbols, die; mark, characteristic; type, kind; act of striking the ground or floor with one's foot. strike the floor or ground forcefully with one's foot; trample, crush; extinguish, put out; put down, suppress; attach stamps to a postal parcel; mark, imprint; characterize. stampstamp v. t. [imp. & p. p. stamped ; p. pr. & vb. n. stamping.] [oe. stampen; akin to lg. & d. stampen, g. stampfen, ohg. stanpf n, dan. stampe, sw. stampa, icel. stappa, g. stampf a pestle and e. step. see: step, v. i., and cf. stampede.] |
