Meanings
plural stagna
- obsoleteA millpond.
See ante p. 44, where allusion is made to the grant by Roger de Mowbray to John, son of Drin, who had liberty to make this mill, and to fasten a stagnum or mill-pool.
1865, John Fisher (of Masham.), The History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire (page 182)
Origin
- Latinstāgnum
- Englishstagnum
From Latin stāgnum.
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