D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Stamina

/(stăm"ĭ*nȧ)/ · Stam·i·na · IPA /ˈstæmənə/
01 n. pl. See Stamen.
  1. 1.
    See Stamen. See: Stamen
02 n. pl. 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 li…
  1. 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. 2.
    Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; 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.
  3. 3.
    The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working.