_To_ SPERE, SPEIR, SPYRE, _v. n._
1. To search out.
_Barbour._
A. S. _spyr-ian_, investigare.
2. To investigate.
_Barbour._
3. To ask, to inquire, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _spyr-ian_, Isl. _spyr-ia_, to inquire. In this general
sense, it is used in various forms.
_To speir at_, to interrogate, S.
Isl. _spyr-ia ad_, id.
_To speir after_, to inquire for, S.
A. S. _spyrian aefter_.
_To spier for_, especially as denoting an inquiry concerning one's
welfare, S.
_To speir about_, id. S.
~Speryng~, _s._ Information in consequence of inquiry.
_Barbour._
Teut. _speuringhe_, indagatio.
SPERE, SPEIR, _s._ A sphere.
_Douglas._
L. B. _spaer-a_, id.
SPERK-HALK, _s._ A sparrow-hawk.
A. S. _spaer-hafoc_, id.
_Houlate._
To SPERPLE, _v. a._ To disperse, S.
V. ~Sparpall~.
SPERTHE, _s._ A battle-axe.
_Minstr. Bord._
Isl. _sparda_, spatha, securis genus.
SPETIT, _part. pa._ Pierced.
_Douglas._
Isl. _spiot_, hasta; Teut. _spet-en_, fodicare.
SPEWEN, _s._ Spavin.
_Montgomerie._
SPICE, _s._
1. Appropriated to pepper, S.
_Baillie._
2. Metaph. pride; from the stimulating effect of strong spices.
V. ~Speice~.
~Spicy~, _adj._ Proud, testy, S.
_L. Hailes._
SPYLE, A palisado.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _spiale_, lamina lignea.
SPILGIE, _s._ Long and slender, Ang.
~Spilgie~, _s._
1. A tall meagre person, S.
2. A long limb, S.
Isl. _spilk-ur_, assulae; laths, splinters. Gael. _spealg_, a
splinter.
_To_ SPILL, SPYLL, _v. a._
1. To destroy, in whatever way, S.
2. To mar, S.
3. To kill.
_Douglas._
A. S. consumere, interficere.
4. To defile, to deflower.
_Wallace._
A. S. _spill-an_, corrumpere, vitiare.
_To_ ~Spill~, ~Spille~, _v. n._
1. To perish.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. To corrupt, to putrify, S.
3. To be galled, as the effect of heat, S.
_To_ SPYN, _v. n._ To glide, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Spynner~, _v. n._
1. To run or fly swiftly, S.
_Douglas._
2. To ascend in a spiral form, S. B.
From the motion of the distaff.
SPYNDILL, _adj._ Thin, slender.
Q. resembling a _spindle_.
_Maitland._
SPYNDLE, SPINDLE, _s._ A certain quantity of yarn, including four
_hanks_, S. pron. _spynle_.
_Stat. Acc._
Perhaps q. _spin-del_, A. S. _spinn-an_, to spin, and _del_, a
portion.
SPYNIST, _part. pa_. Fully spread.
V. ~Spanys~.
_Dunbar._
SPINK, _s._
1. The maiden pink, S.
2. Denoting pinks in general, S.
_A. Douglas._
SPINKIE, _s._ A glass of ardent spirits, Fife.
SPINKIE, _adj._ Slender, and at the same time active, Fife.
Su. G. _spinkog_, gracilis.
SPINTIE, _adj._ Lean, thin, Loth.
SPIRE, _s._
1. The stem of an _earth-fast couple_, reaching from the floor to the
top of the wall, partly inserted in, and partly standing out of, the
wall, S. B.
_Pop. Ball._
2. A wall between the fire and the door, with a seat on it; also called
the _spire-wa_, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _spira_, tigillum; C. B. _yspyr_, the chimney-post.
_To_ SPIRE, _v. a._ To wither; denoting the effect of wind or heat,
Loth.
~Spiry~, _adj._ Warm, parching, ibid.
O. Fr. _espir-er_, Lat. _spir-are_, to blow.
SPIRLING, _s._
V. ~Sparling~.
SPIRLING, _s._ A broil, Perths.
SPITTAL, L. _pitall_.
V. ~Pettail~.
_Barbour._
_To_ SPITE, _v. a._ To provoke, S.
_Kelly._
SPITTER, _s._
1. A very slight shower, S.
2. Snow in small particles, forcibly driven by the wind, S. A.
_A. Scott._
~It's spitterin~, _v. imp._ A few drops of rain are falling, S. from
_spit_, spuere.
SPLECHRIE, _s._
1. Furniture of any kind, S.
2. More generally, the clothes and furniture provided by a woman, in her
single state, or brought by her to the house of her husband, when
married, S.
3. The executory of a defunct person, S.
Lat. _supellex_, _supellectilis_, household goods.
SPLENDRIS, _s. pl._ Splinters.
_Wallace._
Belg. _splenters_, Dan. _splinde_, id.
SPLENTIS, _s. pl._ Armour for the legs; so denominated from their being
applied as splints.
_Acts Ja. I._
SPLEUCHAN, _s._ A tobacco pouch, S. Gael.
_Davidson._
SPLIT-NEW, _adj._ That which has never been used or worn, S.
_Persec. Ch. Scot._
Germ. _splitter-neu_, _new_ as a _splinter_ from the block.
SPLORE, _s._
1. A frolic, S. O.
_Burns._
2. A quarrel ending in blows, S. A.
_Antiquary._
Ital. _esplor-are_; q. to search for sport.
_To_ SPLUNT, _v. n._ To court, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
SPOYN, _s._ A spoon.
_Wallace._
SPON, _s._ Shavings of wood.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _spon_, Isl. _sponn_, id., assula.
SPONK, _s._ Spark, &c.
V. ~Spunk~.
SPONSIBLE, _adj._ Admissible as a surety, S.
_Wodrow._
Lat. _spond-eo_, _spons-um_, to be surety.
SPOOTRAGH, _s._ Drink of any kind, Loth.
Gael. _sput_, bad drink.
_To_ SPORNE, _v. n._ To stumble.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sporn-an_, to stumble at.
SPOURTLIT,
V. ~Sprutillit~.
SPOUT, _s._ The razor-fish, S.
_Sibbald._
SPOUT, _s._ A boggy spring in ground, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Spouty~, _s._ Marshy, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SPRACKLE, _v. n._ To clamber, S.
V. ~Sprattle~.
Isl. _sprikl-a_, membra concutere.
SPRAICH, SPRACH, SPREICH, _s._
1. A cry, a shriek, S. B.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sprak-a_, strepere.
2. A multitude; as, a _spraich of bairns_, Ang.
_To_ SPRAICH, _v. n._ To cry with a voice of lamentation, Ang.
SPRAYGHERIE, SPRECHERIE, _s._ Moveables of an inferior description; such
especially as have been collected by depredation, S.
_Waverley._
Gael. _spreidh_, cattle.
SPRAYNG, SPRAING, _s._
1. A long stripe, including the idea of variegation, S.
_Douglas._
2. The tail of a comet.
_Spalding._
Teut. _spreng-en_, spargere, variare.
~Spraing'd~, ~Spraingit~, _part. adj._ Striped, streaked, S.
_Journal Lond._
SPRAT, SPREAT, SPRETT, SPRIT, _s._ Jointed-leaved rush, S. _sprot_, S.
B.
Isl. _sproti_, a reed.
_Lightfoot._
~Spritty~, _adj._ Full of _sprats_, S.
_Burns._
_To_ SPRATTLE, _v. n._ To scramble, S.
_J. Nicol._
Belg. _spartel-en_, to shake one's legs to and fro.
SPRECKL'D, _adj._ Speckled, S.
Su. G. _sprecklot_, id.
_Ferguson._
SPREE, _s._ Innocent merriment,
_Loth._
Fr. _esprit_, spirit, vivacity.
SPREE, _adj._ Trim, gaudy, spruce, S.
Sw. _spraeg_, formosus.
_A. Douglas._
SPREITH, SPRETH, SPRAITH, SPREATH, SPREICH, _s._ Prey, booty.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Spreith~, ~Spreth~, _v. a._ To plunder.
V. ~Spraigherie~.
_Wyntown._
SPRENT, _part. pa._ Sprinkled.
_Douglas._
A. S. _spreng-an_, spargere.
SPRENT, _pret. v._
1. Sprung.
_Douglas._
2. Ran, darted forth.
_Barbour._
3. Rose up, ascended.
_Douglas._
A. S. _spring-an_, to spring.
~Sprent~, _s._
1. A leap.
_Douglas._
2. The elastic force of any thing, S.
3. Any elastic body, S.
4. The clasp of iron that fastens down the lid of a chest or trunk, S.
_Trans. Antiq. S. Edin._
The back-bone is called the _back-sprent_, S.
SPRETE, _s._ Spirit.
_Douglas._
~Sprety~, _adj._ Sprightly, S. _sprity_.
_Douglas._
~Spretit~, _adj._ Spirited.
_Bellenden._
SPRETT, _s._
V. ~Sprat~.
_To_ SPREUL, _v. n._ To sprawl.
_Douglas._
SPRIG, _s._ A thin nail, without a head, S.
SPRING, _s._ A quick and cheerful tune on a musical instrument, S.
_Lyndsay._
O. Fr. _espring-ier_, to dance.
SPRINGALD, _s._ A stripling, S. B.
_Douglas._
From _spring_, germinare, q. viri germen.
SPRYNGALD, _s._
1. An ancient warlike engine, used for shooting large arrows, pieces of
iron, &c.
_Barbour._
2. The materials thrown from this engine.
_Wallace._
Fr. _espringalle_, L. B. _springald-us_, id.
_To_ SPRINKIL, SPRYNKIL, _v. n._ To move with velocity and unsteadiness,
or in an undulatory way.
_Douglas._
Teut. _sprenckel-en_, variegare.
SPRIT-NEW, _adj._ Entirely new, S.
SPRITTY, _adj._
V. under ~Sprat~.
_To_ SPROSE, _v. n._
1. To make a great shew, S.
E. _spruce_.
2. To commend one's self ostentatiously, Fife, Ayrs.
3. To magnify in narration, Fife.
SPROT, _s._
V. ~Spratt~.
SPRUSH, _adj._ Spruce, S.
_Shirrefs._
SPRUTILL, _s._ A speckle.
_Douglas._
~Sprutillit~, ~Spourtlit~, _part. pa._ Speckled. S. _sprittilt_.
_Douglas._
Fland. _sprietel-en_, spargere.
SPUG, _s._ A sparrow, S. B.
SPULE, _s._ A weaver's shuttle, S.
Su. G. _spole_, Isl. _spola_, Ir. _spol_, id.
SPULE-BANE, _s._ The shoulder-bone, S.
V ~Spald~.
_To_ SPULYE, SPULYIE, _v. a._
1. To lay waste, S.
2. To carry off a prey, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _spol-ir_, Lat. _spol-iare_.
~Spulye~, ~Spulyie~, _s._
1. Spoil, S.
2. Illegal intermeddling with moveable goods, S.
_Balfour._
~Spulyear~, _s._ A depredator.
_Acts Marie._
SPUNG, _s._
1. A purse with a spring, S.
_Bannatyne P._
2. A fob, S.
_Ramsay._
Moes. G. _pugg_, A. S. Su. G. _pung_, a purse.
_To_ ~Spung~, _v. a._ To pick one's pocket, S.
_R. Galloway._
SPUNK, SPUNKE, SPONK, _s._
1. A spark of fire, S.
_Godly Sangs._
2. A very small fire, S.
_Burns._
3. A match, S.
_Johnson._
4. Spirit, vivacity, S.
_Antiquary._
5. _A mere spunk_, a lively creature, S.
6. A small portion of any principle of action, or intelligence, S.
_More._
7. A very slender ground.
_Bellenden._
_To_ ~Spunk~ _out_, _v. n._ To be gradually brought to light, S.
~Spunkie~, _s._
1. An _ignis fatuus_, S.
_Burns._
2. A lively young fellow, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. An erroneous teacher.
_Walker._
~Spunkie~, _adj._ Mettlesome, S.
_Burns._
SPURDIE, _s._ Any thin object nearly worn out, S. B.
Su. G. Isl. _spiaur_, a worn-out garment.
_To_ SPURE, _v. a._ To investigate.
_Doug._
A. S. _spurian_, id.
SPURGYT, _pret._ Spread itself.
_Wallace._
The same with S. _Sparge_, q. v.
SPUR-HAWK, _s._ The sparrow-hawk, Loth.
Dan. _spurve-hoeg_, id.
SPURTILL, SPIRTLE, _s._
1. A wooden or iron spattle, for turning bread, Ang.
_Knox._
2. A stick with which pottage, broth, &c. are stirred, when boiling, S.
A. S. _sprytle_, assula.
_Ritson._
SQUAD, SQUADE, _s._
1. A squadron, S.
_Wodrow._
2. A party, S.
Teut. _ghe-swade_, cohors, turma.
_To_ SQUATTER, _v. n._ To flutter in water, as a wild duck, &c., S.
V. ~Swatter~.
_To_ SQUATTLE, _v. n._ To sprawl, S. O.
_Burns._
Su. G. _squalt-a_, moveri motu inequali.
SQUIRBILE, SQURBUILE, _adj._ Ingenious, S. B.
_Cant._
O. Fr. _escoriable_, courant, fluant; q. versatile.
_To_ SQUISHE, _v. a._ To squash.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SQUISS, _v. a._ To beat up.
_Z. Boyd._
Fr. _escoussée_, shaken.
SRAL. ~Stones of sral~.
_Sir Gawan._
STAB, _s._ A stake.
V. ~Stob~.
~Stab and stow~, _adv._ Completely, S.
_Hamilton._
_Stab_, a stake; Su. G. _stuf_, the remaining part of the stock.
STABLE, _s._ Station, where hunters placed themselves.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _establies_, companies appointed to a certain station.
STACK, _s._ A columnar rock, Caithn. Orkn.
_Pennant._
Teut. _staeck_, columna; Gael. _stuaic_, a round promontory.
_To_ STACKER, STAKKER, _v. n._ To stagger, S. _stacher_, (gutt.)
_Dunbar._
Sw. _stagr-a_, Isl. _stak-a_, id.
STACKYARD, _s._ The inclosure in which stacks of corn or hay are
erected, S.
STAFFAGE, STAFFISCH, _adj._
1. Obstinate, unmanageable.
_Douglas._
Ital. _staffeg-iare_, to lose the stirrup.
2. Not easily swallowed, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
STAFF SUERD, a sword for thrusting.
_Wallace._
Teut. _staf-sweerd_, sica, dolon.
STAGE, _s._ A step.
_Douglas._
Germ. _steg_, Isl. _stigi_, gradus, scala.
STAY, STEY, _adj._
1. Steep, S.
_Barbour._
Teut. _steygh_, _steegh_, acclivus; A. S. _stig-an_, ascendere.
2. Lofty, haughty.
_Maitland P._
STAID, STADE, _s._ A furlong.
Fr. _stade_, Lat. _stad-ium_.
_Lyndsay._
STAIG, STAG, _s._
1. A horse of one, two, or three years old, not yet broken for riding,
nor employed in work, S.
_Forrest Lawes._
2. A riding horse.
_Montgomerie._
3. A stallion; sometimes a young one, S.
_Pop. Ball._
4. A young courtier.
_Cleland._
Isl. _stegg-r_, the male of birds, and of most wild beasts.
_To_ STAIK, _v. a._ To accommodate, S.
Teut. _steck-en_, figere.
_Acts Marie._
STAILL, _s._
V. ~Stale~.
STAINYELL, _s._ The wagtail.
_Burel._
Dan. _stengylp_, id.
STAIT, _s._ Obeisance.
_Dunbar._
_To_ STAIVE, STAIVER, STAVER, _v. n._
1. To go about with an unstable and tottering motion, S.
Germ. _staub-ern_, to range as a dog.
2. To stagger, S. B. _staivell_, Loth.
_Journal Lond._
STAKE _and_ RISE.
V. ~Rise~.
_To_ STAKKER, STACHER.
V. ~Stacker~.
STALE, STAILL, STEILL, STALL, _s._
1. A body of armed men, stationed in a particular place; such especially
as lie in ambush.
_Wallace._
Germ. _stell-en_, Su. G. _staell-a_, collocare.
2. The centre of an army, as distinguished from the wings.
_Pitscottie._
3. Any ward of an army, in battle array.
_Wallace._
4. A compact body of armed men.
_Barbour._
5. _In stale_, in battle array.
_Douglas._
6. The principal body employed in the chace.
_Bellenden._
7. _Staill_, the mother-hive; also, _staill-skep_, S.
STALE, _s._ A prison.
_K. Quair._
A. S. _horsa steal_, carceres.
STALE FISHING, _s._ Fishing with a _stell-net_, q. v. S.
_Statist. Acc._
STALKAR, STALKER, _s._
1. A huntsman.
_Douglas._
2. One who illegally kills deer.
_Acts Ja. I._
From the use of a _stalking_ horse.
STALL, _s._ Main army.
V. ~Stale~.
STALL, _pret. v._ Stole.
_Douglas._
STALLENGE, _s._ Duty paid for liberty to erect a _stall_ during a
market.
_Skene._
~Stallanger~, _s._ One who sets up a stall for selling his goods during
a market.
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._
L. B. _extent-a_, aestimatio.
2. A taxation, S.
_Bellenden._
3. A task, S. _stint_, E.
_Ruddiman._
~Stentmasters~, _s. pl._ Those appointed to fix the quota of any duty
payable by the inhabitants of a town or parish, S.
_Act Sed._
~Stent-roll~, _s._ Cess-roll, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
STENT, _s._ Aperture for receiving a bar.
_Wallace._
STEP IN AGE, advanced in years.
Teut. _stap_, climacter, scalae.
_Doug._
STEPPE, _s._ A stave.
V. ~Stap~.
STER, the termination of various names of trades, as _Baxster, Webster_,
&c.
Germ. id.
STER, a termination of many names of places in Caithness.
_Ster_ is said to signify an estate.
_Stat. Acc._
STERDE, STERDY, _adj._ Strong.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _starr_, Isl. _styrd_, rigidus.
_To_ STERE, STEER, _v. a._ To govern, to rule.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _stier-en_, Su. G. _styr-a_, id.
~Ster~, ~Stere~, ~Steir~, ~Stering~, _s._
1. Government.
_Douglas._
2. The helm.
_Barbour._
A. S. _steor_, Su. G. _styre_, gubernaculum.