Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stemming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stem \Stem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stemming}.] [Either from stem, n., or akin to stammer; cf.
G. stemmen to press against.]
To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to
resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow
of, as a current. ``An argosy to stem the waves.'' --Shak.
[They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.
--Denham.
Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
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