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stamped, ppl. a.|stæmpt| [f. stamp v. + -ed1.] 1. a. Crushed by stamping; pounded with pestle and mortar; crushed or pounded in a stamp-mill; trodden hard with the feet.
1600Dekker Shoomakers Holy-day (1610) C j b, Rose... No doue was euer halfe so mild as he. Sibil. Mild? yea as a bushel of stampt crabs [sc. apples]. 1626Bacon Sylva §768 Putting it into great Jars of Stone, and Stirring it about with a few Stamped Almonds. 1778Pryce Min. Cornub. 238 Halvans stamped small, and then washed..is termed Stampt Ore. 1888Gerard Land beyond Forest lv. 356 A heap of grey wood-ashes in the centre of the stamped earth floor. b. stamped mealies = stamp n.3 9 b. S. Afr.
1911A. B. Lamont Rural Reader for S. Afr. 189 ‘Stamped mealies’—that is mealies from which the outer husk has been removed—are made by stamping the grain with a heavy wooden stick in a large bowl. 1937C. R. Prance Tante Rebella's Saga 82 Oom Fanie and his family had just asked a blessing on their supper of pumpkin and stamped mealies. 2. Marked with a stamp or device. a. Of coin.
1581Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 254 Stampit penneis and plakis being exceptit. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. iv. iv. 747 They often giue vs (Souldiers) the Lye, but wee pay them for it with stamped Coyne, not stabbing Steele. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxii. IV. 705 Nor did all the newly stamped silver pass into circulation. b. Of paper: Furnished with a government revenue stamp; spec. in slang stamped paper = promissory notes. Of a National Health Insurance card: Having the required stamps affixed.
1710Swift Jrnl. Stella 3 Oct., He is discovered to have counterfeited stampt paper, in which he was a commissioner. 1765Universal Mag. XXXVII. Suppl. 375/2 A gallows was erected; on one end of which was suspended the effigy..; in his right hand he held a stamped bill of lading. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 5 Bills of Exchange..must be written on stamped paper. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxx, But since I'm married..I've not touched a bit of stamped paper. 1855Literary Gaz. 6 Jan. 1 heading, Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, Fivepence. 1864Once a Week 25 June 5/1 The money was paid, and the stamped warranty was given. 1913Times 7 Aug. 3/3 They had become mere agents of the State for the receipt of stamped contribution cards. c. Of an envelope or other postal wrapper: Having a postage stamp embossed or printed upon it or (in later use) attached to it. Also stamped (and) addressed envelope: a self-addressed envelope with a postage stamp affixed, enclosed with a letter so that the recipient may reply at the sender's expense. Freq. required by an organization of a private enquirer and often abbrev. S.A.E., s.a.e. (see S 4 a). In the latter sense the word may now be considered f. stamp n.3 + -ed2.
1837R. Hill in G. B. Hill Life (1880) I. 270 Let stamped covers and sheets of paper be supplied to the public from the Stamp Office or Post Office..and sold at such a price as to include the postage. 1839― On the Collection of Postage by means of Stamps ibid. 346 Small stamped detached labels—say about an inch square—which, if prepared with a glutinous wash on the back, may be attached without a wafer. 1852U.S. Stat. X. 141 margin, Stamped letter envelopes to be printed. Ibid. X. 256 Stamped envelope,..stamped or printed envelopes..stamped letter envelope. 1854Poultry Chron. II. 242 All letters requiring a reply, must contain a stamped envelope. 1873Young Englishwoman Apr. 208/1 We..will return your edging if you will send a stamped addressed envelope. 1949N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate i. xiii. 131 The fella says here to enclose a stamped and addressed envelope but I don't think I shall pander to him. a1953Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 39 Here's a letter for you with stamped and addressed envelope enclosed. 1977Graduate 9 Dec. 14/2 (Advt.), Enquiries and applications, with stamped addressed envelope, to Mr P Austin, DoE Archaeological Services, Carlisle Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria. 1981M. Spark Loitering with Intent ii. 52 An unpublished poem..which..had been rejected eight times, returning to roost in my own stamped addressed envelope. d. Of notepaper: Having a device printed or embossed upon it.
1907Galsworthy Country Ho. i. i. 1 A half-sheet of stamped and crested notepaper. 3. Ornamented with an embossed pattern or design. stamped leather: an expensive kind of wall-hanging used in the 16th–17th c. consisting of leather covered with silver leaf, varnished with a yellow lacquer to represent gold, and embossed with figures, a pattern, etc., and painted.
1756M. Calderwood in Coltness Collect. (Maitl. Club) 264 The curtain..is made of a red stamped English stuff. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxvi, The inferior landholders and clergy, who usually ornamented their state apartments with hangings of a sort of stamped leather, manufactured in the Netherlands, garnished with trees and animals executed in copper foil. 1865Way Promp. Parv. Pref. p. li, This MS. is in the original stamped binding with boards, probably of oak. 1874H. H. Cole Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus. 150 Sword, iron hilted, with stamped leather scabbard. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 459/2 Stamped Velvet is employed for the making of dress bodices and trimmings. Ibid., Stamped velvet work, a modern Embroidery that is both effective and easy. 4. Of a device, name, etc.: Impressed by means of a stamp.
1865A. Thomas On Guard xxxv, Thinking the seal or stamped monogram would tell from whom it came. 1881–6Grosart in Greene's Wks. V. Note to title of Planetomachia, Our text of ‘Planetomachia’ is from that in the Bodleian, which bears the well-known stamped name of ‘George Steevens’. 5. Of metal-ware: Pressed into shape by means of a stamping machine.
1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 263/1 The introduction of stamped brass-foundry created a new era in the trade. |