stagnare

1 stagnare [CL] 1 (intr., of water) to form or lie in a pool, stagnate. nec stagnantis aque jam torpor inutilis estu / commeat L. Durh. Dial. III 91; modico aque que ~abat in orbita pennas ‥ abluit W. Cant. Mir. Thom. V 22; orationem fluvio tenebrosa profunditate ~anti comparandam Balsh. Ut. 45; erumpunt fontes et manant flumina et ~ant lacus et paludes Gros. Hexaem. X 5 p. 298. 2 (tr., in quot. absol.) to cause (water) to form a pool or stagnate. c1290 [dedi] totam aquam ‥ ad ~andum et dirmandum et eorum omnimodos usus et fructus MonA VI 1146a. 3 to construct a dam or embankment for. c1311 fecissent stanquare [? l. stangnare] molendinum dicti domini nostri regis ad videndum quantum aqua dicti molendini curreret vel posset se extendere, currere, vel venire in berneto predicto Reg. Gasc. A I 202.

2 stagnare [CL stagnum+-are; cf. stagminare], stannare [cf. LL stannatus] 1 to coat or plate with tin. b (p. ppl. as sb. n.) vessel made of or coated with tin. in ~gnato vase Gilb. V 216v. 2 (v. 1b infra); 1340 pro calcariis deauratis et ~nnatis (TR Bk 203) AcWardr 4; 1354 pro clavis cum capitibus ~gnatis KR Ac 471/6 m. 2; 1366 de ‥ v furcis ferr' ~nnat' pro igne Ib. 483/23 m. 2d.; to tynne, ~nnare CathA.  b ex rosis decoctis in oleo ad solem vel supra lentos carbones in ~gnato Gilb. I 36v. 1; supradictum zuccar' in ~gnato ponatur ‥ et tamdiu bulliat ‥ donec ad aq' consumptionem deveniat. deinde pulvis ‥ cum spatula semper agitando in stagnato vase semper aspergatur Ib. V 216v. 2. 2 to protect, to treat so as to confer protection. Metridates ‥ puer ‥ exquisitis se ~averat remediis ut etiam volens perire venent non posset [Just. Epit. 37. 2] Diceto YH 359.