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stancing

stancing is the present participle and gerund of stance.

Meaning of stance

Verb

stance (third-person singular simple present stances, present participle stancing, simple past and past participle stanced)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
    • Rob Roy ſtood watch / On a hill for to catch / The booty for ought that I ſa', man, / For he ne'er advanced, / From the place he was ſtanc'd, / 'Till no more to do there at a' man, […]1776, “Sheriff-Muir”, in [David Herd], editor, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc. […] In Two Volumes, 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed by John Wotherspoon, for James...

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Questions about stancing

What is stancing the present participle and gerund of?
Stancing is the present participle and gerund of stance.

Words near stancing in the dictionary

  1. stanchless
  2. stanchly
  3. stanchness
  4. Stancil
  5. Stancils
  6. stancing
  7. stancite
  8. Stanciu
  9. Stancius
  10. Stancliff
  11. Stancliffs

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