Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.

Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.

To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.

To cease, as the flowing of blood.

stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"

To prop; to make stanch, or strong.

A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.

to begin

That which stanches or checks.

Close; secret; private.