stout

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
stout
    adj 1: dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a
           stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn:
           {stalwart}, {stout}]
    2: euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"
       [syn: {portly}, {stout}]
    3: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or
       hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of
       her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young
       athletes" [syn: {hardy}, {stalwart}, {stout}, {sturdy}]
    n 1: a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and
         roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
    2: a garment size for a large or heavy person
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stout \Stout\ (stout), a. [Compar. {Stouter} (stout"[~e]r);
   superl. {Stoutest}.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold,
   proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and
   perh. to E. stilt.]
   1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence,
      firm; resolute; dauntless.
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            With hearts stern and stout.          --Chaucer.
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            A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
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            He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous
            man.                                  --Clarendon.
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            The lords all stand
            To clear their cause, most resolutely stout.
                                                  --Daniel.
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   2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
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            Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii.
                                                  13.
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            Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and
            stout.                                --Latimer.
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   3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout
      vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
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   4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
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   Syn: {Stout}, {Corpulent}, {Portly}.

   Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or
          excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or
          corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing
          appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the
          English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the
          sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout
          heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it
          was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently,
          especially in England, the idea has been carried still
          further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The
          stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is
          corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size."
          In America, stout is still commonly used in the
          original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout
          pole.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stout \stout\, n.
   A strong, dark malt brew having a higher percentage of hops
   than porter; strong porter; a popular variety sold in the U.
   S. is {Guinness' stout}. --Swift.
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from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Stout, IA (city, FIPS 75720)
  Location: 42.52715 N, 92.71119 W
  Population (1990): 192 (72 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Stout, OH
  Zip code(s): 45684
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Stout, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    217
   Housing Units (2000): 77
   Land area (2000):     0.311199 sq. miles (0.806001 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.311199 sq. miles (0.806001 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            75720
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             42.527131 N, 92.711383 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Stout, IA
    Stout
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "stout":
      adamantine, adipose, athletic, beefy, big, big-bellied, bloated,
      blowzy, bold, bold-spirited, bosomy, bouncing, brave, brawny,
      bulky, burly, buxom, chivalric, chivalrous, chubby, chunky,
      corpulent, courageous, dauntless, dense, distended, doughty, dumpy,
      durable, enduring, fat, fattish, fearless, firm, firm as Gibraltar,
      fleshy, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full-blooded,
      full-strength, gallant, greathearted, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale,
      hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty,
      heavy, heavyset, hefty, heroic, herolike, hippy, hulking, husky,
      imposing, indomitable, infrangible, intrepid, invincible,
      iron-hard, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly, lasting, lionhearted,
      lusty, made of iron, manful, manly, massive, meaty, mighty, nervy,
      obese, obstinate, overweight, paunchy, plenitudinous, plucky,
      plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy,
      puissant, pursy, red-blooded, resolute, rigid, robust, robustious,
      robustuous, roly-poly, rotund, rude, rugged, soldierlike,
      soldierly, solid, sound, square, squat, squatty, stable, stalwart,
      staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stocky, stouthearted,
      strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong,
      strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, tenacious,
      thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tough, tubby, unbreakable,
      undaunted, unyielding, valiant, valorous, vigorous, vital, weighty,
      well-built, well-constructed, well-fed, well-founded,
      well-grounded, well-made

    

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