"stam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stam.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps related to stammer. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} stam
  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Confusion. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-stam-en-noun-jXzbtxxI Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34

Verb

IPA: /stæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stam.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stams [present, singular, third-person], stamming [participle, present], stammed [participle, past], stammed [past]
Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps related to stammer. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} stam (third-person singular simple present stams, present participle stamming, simple past and past participle stammed)
  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To confound. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-stam-en-verb-K62LU4F4 Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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