An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 814

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 814


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._







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