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plural stonds
(obsolete) stop; halt; hindrance quotations
Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Studies”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret
(obsolete) A stand; a post; a station. quotations
when he saw the Damsell passe away, He left his stond, and her pursewd apace
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie