stond
nounEtymology For stand.
1
Obsolete An impediment, obstacle or hindrance
- Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Studies”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
2
Obsolete A stand (post, station).
- when he saw the Damsell passe away, He left his stond, and her pursewd apace1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC: