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Webster 1913 Edition

(stăm′ĭ-nȧ)

Noun.

pl.

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Noun.

pl.

The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity;

as, the bones are the

stamina

of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the

stamina

which constitute their strength

Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; backbone; vigor;

as, the

stamina

of a constitution or of life; the

stamina

of a State

He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole

stamina

and resistance of the contest.

De Quincey.