a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
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a garment size for a large or heavy person
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dependable
<adj.all> the stalwart citizens at Lexington a stalwart supporter of the UN stout hearts
euphemisms for `fat'
<adj.all> men are portly and women are stout
having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
<adj.all> hardy explorers of northern Canada proud of her tall stalwart son stout seamen sturdy young athletes
Stout \Stout\ (stout), a. [Compar. {Stouter} (stout"[~e]r); superl. {Stoutest}.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.] 1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless.
With hearts stern and stout. --Chaucer.
A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. --Clarendon.
The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. --Daniel.
2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii. 13.
Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. --Latimer.
3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
Syn: {Stout}, {Corpulent}, {Portly}.
Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: ``The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size.'' In America, stout is still commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole.
stout \stout\, n. A strong, dark malt brew having a higher percentage of hops than porter; strong porter; a popular variety sold in the U. S. is {Guinness' stout}. --Swift.
"The evidence in this case is strong; it's stout," Bynum said.
Mrs. Mkhitaryan, a stout woman in her 40s who has dyed platinum blond hair, is Byelorussian and describes herself as a worker with only a grade-school education.
The struggle for democracy was difficult, but it will be more difficult to maintain the democracy," the 75-year-old Singh said as he slowly walked out of his ward, aided by a stout stick and two associates.
They saw off a speculative attack on the krone in the spring and put up a stout defence again last week.
It fills the interstitial space That holds each molecule in place; And if we grow a trifle stout, We ripple as we move about.
It continued until I got there, by which time the river was the colour of stout with a dash of milk.
Hebe de Bonafini, the group's stout and energetic founder who lost two sons and a daughter-in-law, says: 'I do not look for them any more.
Hashiro Fujita, a stout Satomi farmer, worries about a different sort of space, however.
We can be sure that it will be a stout effort.
Guinness, for instance, sells 1m hectolitres of its stout in Nigeria making it the third largest market after Ireland and the UK.
The timbers, eaten away by moisture, are bound together with stout cables.
Jeanes has taken himself a little too seriously and probably went too far," declared David E. Davis Jr., editor of rival Automobile Magazine and a stout advocate of accepting free trips, merchandise and speaking fees from car companies.
Over the next nine years, the stout Ukrainian developed high blood pressure, lost half his pay and began dreaming of leaving the mines for good.
It was won by virtue of stout defence, fine goalkeeping and the sort of goal that comes strictly from the realms of fantasy. In the fifth minute, Owairan moved forward from the centre circle.