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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Stance

/(stăns)/ · IPA /stæns/
01 n. A stanza.
  1. 1.
    A stanza.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A station; a position; a site.[Scot.]
  3. 3.
    The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke or at bat.(Golf, Baseball)
  4. 4.
    the mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts in respect to something.