STANCH
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stanch is worth 13 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, stanch
(n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
(n.) That which stanches or checks.
(v. i.) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
(v. t.) Close; secret; private.
(v. t.) Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
(v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
(v. t.) To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
(v. t.) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
(v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.