Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stanchest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stanch \Stanch\, a. [Compar. {Stancher}; superl. {Stanchest}.]
[From {Stanch}, v. t., and hence literally signifying,
stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped, tight, not leaky,
as a ship. See {Stanch}, v. t.] [Written also {staunch}.]
1. Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set
in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. --Evelyn.
2. Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty;
steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend
or adherent. --V. Knox.
In politics I hear you 're stanch. --Prior.
3. Close; secret; private. [Obs.]
This to be kept stanch. --Locke.
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