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Webster 1913 Edition

Stun

Stun

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stunned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stunning
.]
[OE.
stonien
,
stownien
; either fr. AS.
stunian
to resound (cf. D.
stenen
to groan, G.
stöhnen
, Icel.
stynja
, Gr. [GREEK], Skr.
stan
to thunder, and E.
thunder
), or from the same source as E.
astonish
. √168.]
1.
To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.
One hung a poleax at his saddlebow,
And one a heavy mace to
stun
the foe.
Dryden.
2.
To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one’s sense of hearing.
And
stunned
him with the music of the spheres.
Pope.
3.
To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
William was quite
stunned
at my discourse.
De Foe.

Stun

,
Noun.
The condition of being stunned.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stun

STUN

,
Verb.
T.
[The primary sense is to strike or to stop, to blunt, to stupefy.]
1.
To make senseless or dizzy with a blow on the head; as, to be stunned by a fall, or by a falling timber.
One hung a pole-ax at his saddle bow, and one a heavy mace to stun the foe.
2.
To overpower the sense of hearing; to blunt or stupefy the organs of hearing. To prevent being stunned, cannoneers sometimes fill their ears with wool.
3.
To confound or make dizzy by loud and mingled sound.
--An universal hubbub wild of stunning sounds and voices all confusd.

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