The Project Gutenberg eBook of An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, by John Jamieson, D. D.

Teut. sucht, a sigh; or a corr. of Souch.

SOUTHRON, SOTHERON, SOUDRON, s. A contemptuous designation for an Englishman, corr. Southern.
V. Sodrown.
Minstr. Bord.

To SOUTT, v. n. To sob, S. B.

Teut. sucht-en, suspirare, gemere.

SOW, s. A military engine anciently used in sieges, for covering those who were employed to undermine walls.
Barbour.

Isl. graf-suin, q. the digging sow, as meant to cover those who dug under the wall.

SOW, HAY-SOW, s. A large stack of hay erected in an oblong form, S. pron. soo.
L. Hailes.

Teut. soeuw, gleba qua agger conficitur.

To Sow, Soo, v. a. To stack, S.

SOW, s.
1. One who makes a very dirty appearance, S. B.

Teut. souwe, a common shore.

2. Any thing in a state of disorder, S. B.

To SOW, v. a. To pierce, to gall.
Barbour.

To Sow, v. n. To smart, to feel tingling pain, S.
Wyntown.

Sw. swid-a, Dan. swi-e, to smart.

Sowing, s. The act, or effect, of piercing or galling, S. sooin; tingling pain.
Barbour.

SOW-BACK, s. A head-dress worn by old women, Ang. probably denominated from its curved shape.

SOWCE, s. Flummery; such as brose, sowens, or oat-meal pottage.
Gl. Sibb.

SOW-DAY, s. The name given to the 17th of December, in Sandwick, Orkney, from the custom of killing a sow, on that day, in every family that has a herd of swine.
Statist. Acc.

SOWE, s. A winding-sheet.
Second Sight.

Gael. soadh, a bed.

SOWEN, s. The paste employed by weavers for stiffening their yarn in working, S.

A. S. seawe, Belg. sogh, paste.

Sowens, s. pl. Flummery, S.
Stat. Acc.

Sowens-porridge, s. Pottage, made of cold sowens, by mixing meal with them while on the fire, Ang.

SOWERIT, part. pa. Assured.
Wallace.

SOWLIS, s. pl. Swivels.
Lyndsay.

SOWLPIT, drenched.
V. Sowp.

To SOWME, v. n. To swim, S.
Philotus.

SOWME, s. Number.
Wyntown.

SOWME, s. A load carried by a horse.
Wallace.

Teut. somme, A. S. seom, onus.

Sowmir, s. A sumpter-horse.
Wallace.

Fr. sommier, id.

SOWME, SOYME, s.
1. The rope or chain that passes between the horses, by which the plough is drawn, S. soam.
Douglas.
2. The rope by which hay is fastened on a cart.
Barbour.

Su. G. soem, that which conjoins two bodies.

To SOWP, v. a.
1. To drench, S.
Doug.
2. Metaph. in reference to grief.
Houlate.
3. Applied to one who is much emaciated, S.

Teut. sopp-en, intingere; Fr. soupi, dull.

To SOWTH, v. n. To whistle in a low tone, S. O.
V. Souch.
Burns.

SPAAD, s. A spade, Aberd.

Dan. spaad.

To SPACE, v. a.
1. To measure by paces, S.
2. To take long steps with a solemn air.
Knox.

Belg. pass-en, to measure; with s prefixed.

Space, s. A pace, S. B.
Law Case.

To SPACIER, v. n. To walk, S.

Belg. spacier-en, id.

Complaynt S.

To SPAE, SPAY, v. n.
1. To foretel, S.
Shirrefs.
2. To foretoken.
Douglas.
3. To bode, to forebode.
Ramsay.

Isl. spa, Dan. spaa-er, to foretel.

Spae-book, s. A book of necromancy.
Minstr. Bord.

Spae-craft, s. The act of foretelling. S.
Ramsay.

Spayman, Spaman, s.
1. A prophet, a diviner.
Bellenden.
2. A male fortuneteller, S.
Kelly.

Isl. spamadr; Dan. spaamand, vates.

Spaywife, s. A female fortuneteller, S.
Ferguson.

Isl. spakona, Dan. spaakone, q. a spay-quean.

SPAIG, s. A skeleton, Clydes.

Teut. spoocke, Su. G. spok, phantasma.

SPAIK, SPAKE, s.
1. The spoke of a wheel, S.
Douglas.
2. A bar (or lever) of wood.
Acts Ja. III.

Teut. spaecke, vectis; radius rotae.

3. In pl. the wooden bars, on which a dead body is carried to the grave, S.
Spalding.
4. Metaph. a personal designation, S.
Lyndsay.

SPAIL, s.
V. Spale.

To SPAIN, SPANE, SPEAN, To wean, S.
Monroe.

Germ. spen-en, Belg. speen-en, ablactare.

Spaining-brash, s. A disorder of children, in consequence of being weaned, S.

To SPAYN, SPAN, v. a. To grasp.
Barbour.

Isl. spenn-a, amplecti, arripere.

To SPAIRGE, v. a.
1. To dash, applied to liquids, S.
2. To bespatter by dashing any liquid, S.
3. To sully by reproach, S.
Burns.

Lat. sparg-ere, Fr. asperg-er, to besprinkle.

Spairge, s.
1. A sprinkling, S.
2. The liquid that is sprinkled, or squirted, S.
3. A dash of contumely, S.

SPAIT, SPATE, SPEAT, s.
1. A flood, S.
Douglas.
2. Any thing that hurries men away like a flood.
More.
3. Fluency of speech, S.
Ruddiman.

Gael. speid, a great river flood; perh. from spe, froth.

SPALD, SPAULD, SPAWL, s.
1. The shoulder.
Polwart.
2. A joint; as, lang spauls, long limbs, S.
Douglas.

Fr. espaule, C. B. yspolde, the shoulder.

Black spauld, a disease of cattle, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

SPALE, SPAIL, SPEAL, s.
1. A lath used in wooden houses for filling up the interstices betwixt the beams, S. B.

Su. G. spiaell, segmentum, lamina.

2. A chip; Sw. spiaela, id.
Douglas.
3. A shaving of wood, S.

Fr. spolla, the shavings of wood.

To SPAN, v. a. To grasp.
V. Spayn.

To SPANG, v. n.
1. To leap with elastic force, to spring, S.
Douglas.
2. v. a. To cause to spring.
Douglas.
3. To spang o'er, metaph. to overleap.
Ramsay.

Isl. spenn-a, Germ. spann-en, to extend.

Spang, s.
1. The act of springing, S.
Douglas.
2. A fillip.
Ruddiman.

Spangie, s. The game in E. called Boss and Span.

Spangie-hewit, s. A barbarous operation of boys to young yellow-hammers, S.

SPANGIS, s. pl. Spangles.
K. Quair.

Teut. spanghe, Isl. spaung, lamina.

SPANYEART, s. A spaniel.
Douglas.

To SPANYS, v. n. To blow fully.
Wyntown.

Fr. espanouissement, full blow of a flower.

To SPANK, v. n. To move with quickness and elasticity, S.

From Spang, v.; or Isl. spink-a, decursitare.

Spanker, s.
1. One who walks with a quick and elastic motion, S.
2. Spankers, in pl. long and thin legs, S.

To SPANK, v. n. To sparkle or shine.

Teut. spange, lamina.

Gl. Sibb.

SPAR, A-Spar, adv. In a state of opposition, S. B.
Ross.

Isl. sperr-a, distendere; repagulis munire.

SPARE, s.
1. An opening in a gown or petticoat.
Skene.
2. The slit, formerly used in the forepart of breeches, S. spaiver, S. B.

SPARE, adj.
1. Barren.
Gawan and Gol.
2. Lean, meagre.
Morison.

A. S. spaer, parcus.

To SPARK, To soil, by throwing up small spots of mire, S.

Spark, s.
1. A small spot of mire, S.
2. A small portion of any thing.
Wife of Auchtermuchty.

SPARKLE, s. A spark.

SPARKLIT.
V. Spreckled.

SPARLING, SPIRLING, s. A smelt, S.
Sibbald.

Germ. spierling; Lat. eperlan-us, id.

To SPARPELL, SPERPLE, v. a. To disperse; Fr. esparpill-er.
Douglas.

To SPARS, v. a. To spread, to propagate.
Knox.

Lat. sparg-o, spars-um, id.

To SPARTLE, v. n. To move with velocity and inconstancy, S. B.
Ruddiman.
V. Sprattle.

SPAT, s. The spawn of oysters, Loth.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. spad, jus, humor.

To SPAVE, v. a. To spay, Galloway.
Statist. Acc.

Lat. spad-o, C. B. dyspaddu, id.

SPAUL, s. A limb.
V. Spald.

SPEANLIE, adv. Uncertain.
Houlate.

SPECHT, s. A wood-pecker, S.
Houlate.

Germ. specht, Sw. specke, id.

SPECIALTÉ, s. Peculiar regard.
Barbour.

SPECTACLES (of a fowl), s. pl. The merry-thought, S.

To SPEDE, v. n. To speed, E.
Lyndsay.

A. S. sped-ian, Alem. id., Belg. spoed-en.

Spede, s. To cum spede, to have success, S.
Douglas.

SPEEN-DRIFT, SPINDRIFT, s. The snow when drifted from the ground by a whirling motion, S. B.; spune-drift, S. A.
Journ. Lond.

Q. spinning drift, from its whirling motion.

SPEERE, s. A hole in the wall of a house, through which the family received and answered the inquiries of strangers.
V. Spire, s.
Ritson.

SPEICE, s. Pride.
Dunbar.

SPEIDFUL, adj. Expedient.
Barbour.

From A. S. sped, success.

SPEIK, s. Speech.
V. Spek.

SPEIKINTARE, s. Supposed to be the sea-swallow.
Stat. Acc.

To SPEIL, v. n. To climb.
V. Spele.

To SPEIR, v. a. To ask, S.
V. Spere.

SPEK, SPEIK, s. Speech.
Barbour.

To SPELD, v. a. To expand.
Henrysone.

Germ. spelt-en, Su. G. spial-a, to divide.

Spelding, Speldev, Speldrin, s. A small fish split, and dried in the sun, S.
Boswell.

To Spelder, v. a. To spread open, S.

To SPELE, SPEIL, v. n. To climb, S.
Douglas.

SPELING, s. Instruction.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. spell-ian, docere.

To SPELK, v. a. To support by splinters, S.
Rutherford.

A. S. spelc-ean, Su. G. spiaelk-a, id.

To SPELL, v. a. To tell, to narrate.
Houlate.

A. S. spell-ian, Isl. spial-a, narrare.

To Spell, v. n. To discourse.
Pop. Ball.

Spell, Spele, s. Narrative.
Wyntown.

Alem. spel, a discourse, a history.

To SPEND, v. n.
1. To spring, Loth.
2. To gallop, Loth.
V. Spyn.

SPENS, SPENCE, s.
1. The place where provisions are kept, S.

Fr. despence, id.

Henrysone.
2. The interior apartment of a country-house, S.
3. The place where the family sit at meat, S. B.
Pop. Ball.

Spens, Spensar, Spensere, s. The clerk of a kitchen.
Wyntown.

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.