dial. Obs. [Unexplained var. of STAND sb.2] (See quots.)
1674. Ray, N. C. Words, 46. A Stound q. Stand; a wooden Vessel to put small Beer in. [So in many later Glossaries.]
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Stound, a Vessel of Earth or Wood that stands on end.
1721. Mortimer, Husb., II. 332. If the quantity of your choicest Cyder be too great for your Bottles, you may … make use of … Stounds of Flanders Earth.
