5. [F. estampe, of german origin. See Stamp, v. t.] A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a
cut; a plate. [Obs.]
At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty
and magnificence.
Addison. 6. 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.
7. 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.
8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
9. 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.
Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the
loadstone.
Sir T. Browne. 10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
A soldier of this season's stamp.
Shak. 11. 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.
12. A half-penny. [Obs.] au. & Fl.
13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.]
Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment
used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null an void. —
Stamp collector, an officer who receives or collects stamp duties; one who collects postage or other
stamps. — Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings,
as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. [Eng.] —
Stamp hammer, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp
mill. — Stamp head, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted
and let fall, in a stamp mill. — Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also,
a machine for stamping ore. — Stamp note, a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which
allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [Eng.] — Stamp office, an office for
the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties.
Stampede
(Stam*pede") n. [Sp. estampida (in America) a stampede, estampido a crackling, akin to
estampar to stamp, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t.] A wild, headlong scamper, or running away,
of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or
an army in consequence of a panic.
She and her husband would join in the general stampede.
W. Black.
Stampede
(Stam*pede") v. i. To run away in a panic; — said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
Stampede
(Stam*pede"), v. t. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
Stamper
(Stamp"er) n.
