(transitive, UK, _, dialectal) To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand.
, Folio Society, 2006, p.5:
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(intransitive, UK, _, dialectal) To make or offer resistance.
: He perceived three French Gentlemen, who alone, with an incredible and undaunted boldnesse, gainstood the enraged violence, and made head against the furie of his victorious armie.
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(now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal, Scotland) Opposition; resistance.
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