·vt A half-penny.
II. Stamp ·vt Money, ·esp. paper money.
III. Stamp ·noun The act of stamping, as with the foot.
IV. Stamp ·noun that which is marked; a thing stamped.
V. Stamp ·vi To strike the foot forcibly downward.
VI. Stamp ·vt A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
VII. Stamp ·noun The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an Impression.
VIII. Stamp ·noun The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
IX. Stamp ·vi To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
X. Stamp ·vt Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
XI. Stamp ·vi To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
XII. Stamp ·vi To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
XIII. Stamp ·vi To Strike; to Beat; to Crush.
XIV. Stamp ·vi To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
XV. Stamp ·vt An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, ·etc., by a downward pressure.
XVI. Stamp ·vi Fig.: To impress; to Imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
XVII. Stamp ·vi To Crush; to Pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
XVIII. Stamp ·vt A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
XIX. Stamp ·vt An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
XX. Stamp ·vi To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, ·etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, ·etc.; to Mint; to Coin.
XXI. Stamp ·vt A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
XXII. Stamp ·vt Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, ·etc.