Obs. Also 4 stampne, stamyn(e. [ME. *stamne, a. ON. stamn stem, prow (also applied to the poop); for the alterior etymology see STEM sb. Cf. FORESTAM.] The stem or prow of a ship. Also attrib. in stampneloker (? LOCKER sb.1)

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1336–7.  Acc. Exch. K. R., 19/31 m. 5. Et in vno ligno empto pro . 1 . Stampneloker. Ibid. In ij leopardis emptis … cum puturacione eorundem positis super les stampnes.

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13[?].  E. E. Allit. P., B. 486. On stamyn ho stod.

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a. 1400[?].  Morte Arth., 3659. [They] Standis styffe one the stamyne, steris one aftyre. Ibid., 3664. So stowttly þe forsterne one þe stam hyttis.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneid, VIII. xii. 22. A crovne wyth stammys sik as schippis beris [L. tempora navali fulgent rostrata corona].

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