Meanings (ES + gloss)
estancar
To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary.
Touched in the battle by the hostile reed, / Shouldst thou (but Heaven avert it!) shouldst thou bleed; / To stanch the wounds, my finest lawn I'd tear, / Wash them with tears, and…