Stamp

stamp, v.t. to strike with the sole of the foot, by thrusting it down: to impre with some mark or figure: to imprint: to fix deeply: to coin: to form: to pound, bray, crush, bruise.— v.i. to step or plant the foot firmly down.— n. the act of stamping: the mark made by pre ing something on a soft body: an instrument for making impre ions on other bodies: that which is stamped: an official mark put on things chargeable with duty, as proof that the duty is paid: an instrument for cutting materials into a certain shape by a downward pre ure: cast, form, character: distinguishing mark, imprint, sign, evidence: a species of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing and pulverising ores: ( pl. ) stamp-duties: ( slang ) money, esp. paper money.— ns. Stamp′-act , an act for regulating stamp-duties; Stamp′-collect′or , an officer who collects stamp-duties: one who makes a collection of postage or other stamps; Stamp′-dū′ty , a tax imposed on the paper on which legal documents are written; Stamp′er ; Stamp′ing ; Stamp′ing-machine′ , a machine used for stamping coins, in the stamping of bra -work, or in crushing metallic ores; Stamp′- , Stamp′ing-mill , a crushing-mill for ores; Stamp′-note , a certificate from a custom-house officer for goods to be loaded as freight of a ship; Stamp′-off′ice , an office where stamp-duties are received and stamps i ued.— Stamp out , to extinguish, extirpate. [A.S. stempan ; Ger. stampfen .]