To cause (a fluid, etc.) to stop flowing or emanating; esp. to staunch (blood). Obsolete exc. dialect.

To stanch (blood). Obsolete. rare.

transitive.

To stop, to staunch (bleeding, etc.). Scottish.

transitive. To stop the flow of (blood or other issue from the body); to stop the flow of blood from (a wound).

transitive. To prevent the passage of by blocking the channel or outlet. To stanch (bleeding, blood).