The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stanch \Stanch\ (st[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stanched (st[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Stanching.] [OF. estanchier, F. ['e]tancher to stop a liquid from flowing; akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make stagnant. See Stagnate.]
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To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. [Written also staunch.]
Iron or a stone laid to the neck doth stanch the bleeding of the nose.
--Bacon. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of stanch English)
Usage examples of "stanching".
Lichen was also good for stanching wounds, but they had plenty of that.
Finally, with a last wrench of her will, she clenched her hands together, entwining her fingers, stanching the flow.
Buck wrestled him into the shelter and tried stanching the blood flow again, but Tsion reached for him with weak, fluttery hands.
The thick rope cut into her stomach, stanching her ability to breathe.
He held his arm beneath the surface in hopes of stanching the bleeding and hiding the smell from the dogs.