Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stamina"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stamen \Sta"men\, n.; pl. E. {Stamens}(used only in the second
sense); L. {Stamina}(in the first sense). [L. stamen the
warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. ? the warp, fr. ? to
stand, akin to E. stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Stamin},
{Stamina}.]
1. A thread; especially, a warp thread.
2. (pl. {Stamens}, rarely {Stamina}.) (Bot.) The male organ
of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or
fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stamina \Stam"i*na\, n. pl.
See {Stamen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stamina \Stam"i*na\, n. pl.
1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives
it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of
animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina
which constitute their strength.
2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of
anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the
stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a
State.
He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the
whole stamina and resistance of the contest. --De
Quincey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stamina
n : enduring strength and energy [syn: {staying power}, {toughness}]
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