only 1 use
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Definition
to stop the flow of a liquid (typically blood); or to stop anything that is harmful
- Once I fell headlong and cut my face; I lost no time in stanching the blood, but jumped up and ran on, with a warm trickle down my cheek and chin.Chapter 5 (4% in)
There are no more uses of "stanch" in The Time Machine.
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