Chapter L: B. stallangiar-ius, id

STALLIT, _part. pa._ Set.

V. ~Stell~.

_K. Quair._

STALWART, _adj._

1. Brave.

_Douglas._

A. S. _stal-ferhth_, chalybei animi homo.

2. Strong, powerful.

_Douglas._

3. Strong, applied to inanimate objects.

_Barbour._

4. Hard, severe.

_Wyntown._

5. Stormy, tempestuous.

_Lyndsay._

~Stalwartly~, _adv._ Bravely.

_Barbour._

STAMFISH, _adj._ Unruly, unmanageable, W. Loth.

Teut. _stamp-en_, to kick.

STAMMACK, STAMMA, _s._ The stomach, S.

~Stammagust~, _s._ A disgust at food, S. B.

S. _stamma_, and _gust_, q. v.

_To_ STAMMER, _v. n._ To stagger, S.

Isl. _stumr-a_, collabi.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

STAMMEREL, _s._ Friable stone, S. B.

STAMP, _s._ A trap, S.

Su. G. _stampa_, Dan. _stomp_, id.

STAMP, _s._ Demur.

_Spalding._

Belg. _stemp-en_, sistere.

STANCE, _s._

1. A station, S. Fr.

_Muses' Thren._

2. A pause, a stop, S.

_Cleland._

~Stanc'd~, _part. pa._ Stationed.

_Ritson._

_To_ STANCHE, _v. a._ To assuage.

_Doug._

Fr. _estanch-er_, id.

STANCHELL, _s._ A kind of hawk.

_Dunbar._

Apparently the _Steingal_ of Turner.

STAND, _s._

1. The gaol.

_Douglas._

Teut. _stand_, statio.

2. A stall, as in a market, S.

_Burr. Lawes._

STAND, _s._ A barrel set on end, S.

STAND _of claise_, a complete suit, S.

_Spalding._

_To_ STAND _one_, _v. a._ To cost, S.

STANDFORD, _s._ Perhaps, one of mean extraction.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _stand-an feoran_, stare procul.

STANE, _s._ A stone, S., _steen_, S. B.

_Chr. Kirk._

A. S. _stan_, Su. G. _sten_, Isl. _stein_, id.

~Stane-cast~, _s._ The distance to which a stone may be thrown, S.

Isl. _steinkast_, id.

~Stane-chaker~, ~Stone-checker~, _s._

1. The stone-chatter, S.

_Stat. Acc._

2. The wheat-ear, S. the _chack_ or _check_, of Orkn.

_Fleming._

Sw. _stens-quette_, Germ. _steinsch-waker_, the wheat-ear.

~Staneraw~, ~Steinraw~, _s._ Rock-liverwort, S.

_Neill._

A. S. _stan_, Isl. _stein_, stone, and _rawe_ hair.

STANERIE, _adj._

V. ~Stannery~.

_To_ STANG, _v. a._ To sting, S.

_Douglas._

Isl. _stanga_, pungere.

_To_ ~Stang~, _v. n._ To thrill with acute pain, S.

~Stang~, _s._

1. The act of stinging, S.

2. The sting of a bee, S.

_Douglas._

3. An acute pain.

_Sir Egeir._

4. The beard of grain, S. B.

_To_ ~Stank~, _v. n._ To ache smartly, Fife.

STANG, _s._ A long pole, S.

_Antiquary._

Isl. _staung_, Dan. _stang_, Belg. _stange_, id.

_To_ ~ride the stang~. He who beats his wife, is sometimes set astride on a long pole, which is borne on the shoulders of others. In this manner he is carried about from place to place.

_Ramsay._

Goth. _nidstaeng_, the pole of infamy, Sw. _stong-hesten_, the
roddle horse.

~Stang~ _of the trump_, the best member of a family, the most judicious or agreeable person in a company, S. B.

~Stang~, or ~Sting~, _s._ The shorter pipe-fish.

_Sibbald._

~Stangril~, _s._ An instrument for pushing in the straw in thatching, Ang.

STANK, _s._

1. A pool or pond, S.

_Doug._

Su. G. _staang_, Arm. _stanc_, id.

2. The ditch of a fortified town.

_Dunbar._

_To_ STANK, _v. n._ To gasp for breath, S. B.

Isl. Su. G. _stank-a_, id.

_To_ STANK, _v. n._

V. under ~Stang~, _s._ 2.

STANERS, STANIRS, STANRYIS, _s. pl._

1. The small stones and gravel on the margin of a river or lake.

_Complaynt S._

2. Those within the channel of a river, which are occasionally dry, S.

_Spalding._

Su. G. _stenoer_, gravel; glarea, locus scrupulosus; Norw.
_steinur_, sand and stones together; _oer_, _ur_, signifying gravel.

~Stanner-bed~, _s._ A bed of gravel, S. B.

~Stannery~, ~Stanerie~, _adj._ Gravelly, S.

_Pal. Hon._

STANSSOUR, _s._ An iron bar for defending a window, S. _stenchin_.

_Wallace._

Fr. _estançon_, a prop.

STANT, _s._ A task.

V. ~Stent~.

_To_ STANT, _v. n._ To stand.

_Douglas._

STAP, STEPPE, _s._ A stave, S.

Su. G. _staaf_, id.

_Acts Ja. VI._

_To_ STAP, _v. a._

1. To stop, S.

2. To cramm, to stuff, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _stopp-a_, obturare.

STAPALIS, _s. pl._ Fastenings.

_Gawan and Gol._

Teut. _stapel-en_, stabilire.

STAPPIL, _s._ A stopper or stopple, S.

STARE, _adj._ Stiff, rough.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Germ. _starr_, rigidus, durus.

STARF, _pret._ Died.

V. ~Sterue~.

STARGAND, _adj._ Perhaps, startling.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ STARK, _v. a._ To strengthen.

_Wallace._

Sw. _staerk-a_, Teut. _starck-en_, id.

STARN, STERNE, _s._

1. A star, S. B.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _Stairno_, Isl. _stiorn-a_, Su. G. _stierna_, Dan.
_stierne_, id.

2. A single grain, a particle, S.

_Bellenden._

3. A small quantity, S.

4. The outermost point of a needle, S. B.

~Starny~, ~Sterny~, _adj._ Starry, S.

STARNOTING, _part. pr._ Sneezing.

Lat. _sternut-are_, id.

_Burel._

STASSEL, STATHEL, _s._

1. A prop for a stack of grain, to raise it from the ground, S. B.

2. The corn which lies undermost in a stack, S. B.

Belg. _stutsel_, a support; _stathel_, a foundation.

STATERIT, L. _stakerit_, staggered.

V. ~Stacker~.

_Gawan and Gol._

_To_ STAVE, _v. a._ To thrust.

_Dunbar._

_To_ STAVER.

V. ~Staive~.

STAUMREL, _adj._ Half-witted.

V. ~Stummer~.

_Burns._

_To_ STAW, _v. a._ To surfeit, S.

_Ferguson._

Belg. _het tegen me staat_; I am disgusted at it.

~Staw~, _s._ A surfeit, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

STAW, _pret. v._ Stole, S.

_Wallace._

STAW, _s._ Stall in a stable, S.

_Dunbar._

STEAD, STEADING, STEDDYNG, _s._

1. The ground on which a house stands, or the vestiges of a former building, S.

_Ruddiman._

2. A farm-house and offices, S.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _sted_, Su. G. _stad_, locus, situs.

3. A farm itself.

_Diallog._

STEADABLE, _adj._ Available.

_Rollocke._

_To_ STECH, STEGH, (gutt.) _v. a._

1. To cram, S.

_Burns._

O. Teut. _staeck-en_, stipare; to cram.

2. To confine one with a great quantity of body-clothes, S. B.

3. To confine one's self in a very warm room, S. B.

Germ. _stick-en_, suffocare, suffocari.

4. _v. n._ _To stech in bed_, to indulge sloth in bed, S. B.

_To_ ~Stech~, _v. n._ To gormandize, S.

~Stech~, _s._

1. A heap, or crowd, S. B.

2. A confused mass, S. B. _stechrie_, id.

3. It often conveys the idea of heat, as connected with that of a crowd, S. B.

_To_ STED, _v. a._

1. To place.

_Wyntown._

2. To establish.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _stad-ga_, id.

STEDDYNG, _s._

V. ~Stead~.

STEDE, _s._

1. Place.

2. Fute stede, a footstep.

_Douglas._

_To_ STEEK, _v. a._ To shut.

V. ~Steik~.

STEELBOW GOODS, those goods on a farm, which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord, S.

_Erskine._

Corresponding with Alem. _stahline viehe_, q. immoveable goods.

STEEP-GRASS, _s._ Butterwort, S.

_Lightfoot._

_To_ STEER, STIR, _v. a._

1. To meddle with so as to injure, S.

2. To give ground a slight ploughing, S.

_Stat. Acc._

3. To plough ground a second time, when it is to be ploughed thrice, S.

A. S _styr-ian_, to stir.

STEEVE, _adj._

1. Firm, referring to a bargain, S.

2. Compacted, regarding the frame of an animal, S.

_Burns._

3. Trusty; as, _a steeve friend_, S.

4. Sometimes used for obstinate, S.

Germ. _steif_, firm, stable.

~Stievelie~, _adv._ Firmly, S.

_J. Nicol._

STEY, _adj._ Steep.

V. ~Stay~.

STEIDDIS, _s. pl._ States.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _stad_, _stede_, urbs.

_To_ STEIK, STEKE, _v. a._

1. To pierce with a sharp instrument.

_Barbour._

A. S. _stic-an_, Teut _stick-en_, pungere.

2. To stitch, S.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _stick-a_, acu pingere.

3. To fix, to fasten.

_Douglas._

Germ. _steck-en_, Teut. _stick-en_, figere.

~Steik~, ~Steek~, ~Styk~, _s._

1. The act of stitching with a needle, S.

_Ferguson._

2. The threads in sewed work.

_Burns._

3. A small portion of work, S.

_N. Burne._

4. _To the steeks_, completely.

_A. Doug._

To STEIK, _v. a._

1. To shut, to close, S.

_Douglas._

2. To stop, to choke up.

_Barbour._

Teut. _steck-en_, claudere ligneis clavis.

STEIK, _s._ A piece of cloth.

_Acts Ja. V._

A. S. _sticce_, a piece; Su. G. _staeck-a_, decurtare.

STEIKIS, _s. pl._ Money.

_P. 16th Cent._

A. S. _styc_, _styca_, a small brass coin.

STEIL, _s._ Handle, as, of a plough.

Teut. _steel_, caudex.

STEILBONET, _s._ A kind of helmet.

_Acts Ja. V._

STEILD. _part. pa._ Set.

V. ~Stell~.

STEIN, _s._ A stone.

V. ~Stane~.

STEIN-BITER, _s._ The lump-fish, Orkn.

Sw. _stenbit_, id.

_Stat. Acc._

STEING, _s._ A pole.

V. ~Sting~.

STEINRAW, _s._

V. ~Staneraw~.

_To_ STEIR, _v. a._ To govern.

V. ~Stere~.

STEIR, _adj._ Stout.

_Priests Peblis._

Su. G _starr_, rigidus.

STEIT, _pret._

V. ~Stoit~.

STEKILL, _s._

1. A latch.

_Peblis Play._

2. The trigger of a musket, S.

A. S. _sticcel_, Teut. _stekel_, aculeus.

_To_ STELL, STEIL, STILE, _v. a._

1. To place, to set.

_Wallace._

2. _To stell a gun_, to take aim with it, Loth.

_To stell to the horne_, to put to the horn, to declare one a rebel.

_Act Sed._

Belg. _stell-en_, Su. G. _staell-a_, to place.

~Stell-fishing~, _s._ Fishing with a stell-net, S.

_Stat. Acc._

~Stell-net, Still-net~, _s._ A net stretched out by stakes into, and sometimes quite across, the channel of a river, S.

_Stat. Acc._

STELL, STILL, STOLL, _s._

1. A covert, a shelter, S. A.

_Stat. Acc._

2. An inclosure for cattle, higher than a common fold, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

Teut. _stelle_, locus tutus.

STELLIFYIT, _part. pa._ Converted into a star.

_King's Quair._

STELLFITCH, STELLVITCH, _adj._ Dry, coarse; applied to rank grain, Fife.

Teut. _stael_, _stele_, caulis, stipes herbae.

STEM, _s._ The utmost extent of any thing, Loth.

Su. G. _staemm-a_,
cohibere.

_To_ STEM, _v. a._ To stanch, as, to _stem blude_, S.

Su. G. _steamm-a bloden_, id.

STENCHEN, _s._

V. ~Stanssour~.

_To_ STEND, _v. n._

1. To spring, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To rise to elevation.

_Ramsay._

Fr. _estend-re_, Ital. _stend-ere_, to extend.

~Stend~, _s._

1. A spring, S.

_Douglas._

2. A long step or stride, S.

_Ruddiman._

~Stendling~, _s._ The act of springing with great force.

_Compl. S._

_To_ STENYE, _v. a._ To sting.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ STENT, _v. a._

1. To stretch, S.

_Barbour._

2. To straiten; _stent_, at full stretch, S.

3. To restrain, to confine, S.

_Ramsay._

4. To erect.

_Douglas._

Fr. _estend-re_, from Lat. _extend-ere_.

~Stent-net~, _s._ A net stretched out and fixed by stakes or otherwise, S. B.

_Law Case._

_To_ STENT, _v. n._ To stop, to cease. S.

_Douglas._

O. Sw. _stynt-a_, Isl. _stunt-a_, abbreviare.

_To_ STENT, _v. a._ To assess, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

L. B. _extend-ere_, aestimare, appretiare.

~Stent~, ~Stant~, _s._

1. A valuation of property, in order to taxation.

_Bellenden._