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ss by a blow, as on the head. One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. Dryden.

practice Bible reading and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship. -- Stun"dism (#), n.

imp. & p. p. of Sting.

imp. & p. p. of Stink.

One who, or that which, stuns.

Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. [Slang] C. Kingsley. -- Stun"ning*ly, adv. [Slang]

A contraction of Studding sail. With every rag set, stunsails, sky scrapers and all. Lowell.

er from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. Burke.

Dwarfed. -- Stunt"ed*ness, n.

Stuntedness; brevity. [R.] Earle.

To stun. [Obs.] "Breathless and astunned." Somerville.

To put out of tune. [Obs.]

To tune wrongly.

To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic] And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning.

To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. [Obs.] Enough, captain; you have astonished him. [Fluellen had struck Pistol]. Shak. The very cramp-fish [i. e., torpedo] . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland.

The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic] The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer.

Stunned; astounded; astonished. [Archaic] Spenser. Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W. Scott.

To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Donne.