dial. [Belongs to STAM v.; possibly cogn. w. OE. stamm adj., stammering: see STAMMER v.] A state of bewilderment.
1638. W. Lisle, Heliodorus, II. 32. O, then in what a stam Was theeuish, barb’rous, loue-sicke, angrie minde, That how to wreak his wrath could no way finde.
1674. N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 143. To break off from this so great a stamme to the mind.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia.
