Category:Stamina

Stam"i*na, n. pl.

Defn: see stamen.

Stamina Stam"i*na, n. pl.

1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it Strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal Bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute Their strength.

2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of Anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a Constitution or of life; the stamina of a state. He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and Resistance of the contest. De quincey.