In a general sense, to strike; to beat; to press. Hence,

To strike or beat forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downwards; as, to stamp the ground. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.

To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.

To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.

To fix a mark by impressing it; as a notion of the Deity stamped on the mind. God has stamped no original characters on our minds, wherein we may read his being.

To make by impressing a mark; as, to stamp pieces of silver.

To coin; to mint; to form.

To strike the foot forcibly downwards. But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies.

Any instrument for making impressions on other bodies./\ . Tis gold so pure, it cannot bear the stamp without alloy.

Amark imprinted; an impression. That sacred name gives ornament and grace, and, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass.

That which is marked; a thing stamped. Hanging a golden stamp about their necks.

A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence.

A mark set upon things chargeable with duty to government, as evidence that the duty is paid. We see such stamps on English newspapers.

A character of reputation, good or bad, fixed on any thing. These persons have the stamp of impiety. The Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.

Authority; current value derived from suffrage or attestation. Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone.

Make; cast; form; character; as a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.

In metallurgy, a kind of pestle raised by a water wheel, for beating ores to powder; any thing like a pestle used for pounding or beating.