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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stout \Stout\ (stout), adjective [Compar. {Stouter} (stout"[~e]r); superl. {Stoutest}.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.]
1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless.
With hearts stern and stout. --Chaucer.
A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. --Clarendon.
The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. --Daniel.
2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii. 13.
Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. --Latimer.
3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
Syn: {Stout}, {Corpulent}, {Portly}.
Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: ''The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size.'' In America, stout is still commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
stout \stout\, noun A strong, dark malt brew having a higher percentage of hops than porter; strong porter; a popular variety sold in the U. S. is {Guinness' stout}. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stout
adjective
1: dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn: {stalwart}]
2: euphemisms for 'fat'; "men are portly and women are stout" [syn: {portly}]
3: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: {hardy}, {stalwart}, {sturdy}]
noun
1: a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
2: a garment size for a large or heavy person
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "stout": adamantine, adipose, athletic, beefy, big, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bold, bold-spirited, bosomy, bouncing, brave, brawny, bulky, burly, buxom, chivalric, chivalrous, chubby, chunky, corpulent, courageous, dauntless, dense, distended, doughty, dumpy, durable, enduring, fat, fattish, fearless, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fleshy, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full-blooded, full-strength, gallant, greathearted, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty, heavy, heavyset, hefty, heroic, herolike, hippy, hulking, husky, imposing, indomitable, infrangible, intrepid, invincible, iron-hard, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly, lasting, lionhearted, lusty, made of iron, manful, manly, massive, meaty, mighty, nervy, obese, obstinate, overweight, paunchy, plenitudinous, plucky, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy, puissant, pursy, red-blooded, resolute, rigid, robust, robustious, robustuous, roly-poly, rotund, rude, rugged, soldierlike, soldierly, solid, sound, square, squat, squatty, stable, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stocky, stouthearted, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, tenacious, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tough, tubby, unbreakable, undaunted, unyielding, valiant, valorous, vigorous, vital, weighty, well-built, well-constructed, well-fed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stout, IA (city, FIPS 75720) Location: 42.52715 N, 92.71119 W Population (1990): 192 (72 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Stout, OH Zip code(s): 45684
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Stout, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 217 Housing Units (2000): 77 Land area (2000): 0.311199 sq. miles (0.806001 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.311199 sq. miles (0.806001 sq. km) FIPS code: 75720 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 42.527131 N, 92.711383 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Stout, IA Stout
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