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noun

Stance n.

A stanza. (Obs.)

A station; a position; a site. (Scot.)

(Golf, Baseball) The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke or at bat.

The mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts in respect to something.

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Etymology of 'Stance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... is to be regenerated, a phrase found in all writings and in every mouth. At Nangis, Arthur Young finds this the sub-stance of political conversation[4350]. The chaplain of a regiment, a curate in the vicinity, keeps fast hold of it; as to knowing what it means that is another matter. It is impossible to find anything out through explanations of it otherwise than ...

— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) - The Ancient Regime • Hippolyte A. Taine

... younger and more tidy. His coat was also blue, and he wore a forage cap pulled down over hair very fair in the firelight. There was a fluff of young beard on his chin, and he carried himself with the stance of a drilled ...

— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton

... eagerly frequent Jamie and His, and heard great argument Of Grip and Stance and Swing; but evermore Found at the Exit but ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) • Various

... professional golfers, for instance, take precisely the same stance. Each man's stance is the expression, the result, of his peculiar physical organization and his muscular habits. There are as many "styles" as there are players, and yet each player strives for "style," i.e. economy and precision and grace of muscular effort, and ...

— A Study of Poetry • Bliss Perry

... Feller glanced around to see if any one were watching. Assured that he was alone, he removed his hat, and, though he wiped the brim and wiped his brow, in his attitude was the suggestion of the military stance of attention at colors. A minute later, when the evening gun of the Grays across the white posts reverberated over the plain, he jammed his hat back on his head rather abruptly and started to the tool ...

— The Last Shot • Frederick Palmer

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