An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 813
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 813
_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. _escoussee_, 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.
STAFf.a.gE, 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._