Stamina

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·pl of Stamen.

II. Stamina ·noun ·pl ·see Stamen.

III. Stamina ·noun ·pl 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.

IV. Stamina ·noun ·pl 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.