An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 819

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 819

STARNOTING, _part. pr._ Sneezing.


Lat. _sternut-are_, id.


_Burel._


STa.s.sEL, 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 quant.i.ty of body-clothes, S. B.


3. To confine ones 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.