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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stent, n.² [? Reduced form of stencheoun, Stancheo(u)n n. a, an upright, post.] ? The metal upright on which a door hangs. — c1475 Wall. ix 238.
A loklate bar was drawyn ourthourth the dur Bot thai mycht nocht it brek out of the waw Wallace … Be fors off handis it raist out off the stent [1570 sprent]