An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 827
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 827
_To_ STILT, _v. n._
1. To go on crutches, S.
2. To halt, to cripple, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _stylt-a_, grallis incedere.
3. To cross a river on poles, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Stilt~ _of a plough_, _s._ The handle of it, S.
_Brand._
~Stilts~, _s. pl._ Poles for crossing a river.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ STYME, _v. n._
1. To look as one whose vision is indistinct, S. B.
2. Denoting the awkward motions of one who does not see well, S. B.
STYME, _s._
1. The faintest form of any object, S.
_Peblis Play._
Su. G. _stomm_, the elementary principle of any thing; C. B.
_ystum_, form, figure.
2. Improperly, a disease of the eye.
_Gl. Surv. Mor._
~Stymie~, _s._ One who sees indistinctly, S. B.
STIMIKET, Perh. for _stinket_, stunk.
_Dunbar._
_To_ STIMMER, _v. n._ To go about in a confused manner, S. B.
V. ~Stammer~.
STIMPART, _s._
1. The fourth part of a peck, Ayrs.
_Burns._
2. A young person who reaps the fourth part of a ridge instead of a half, which is the work of one full grown, ibid.
3. As much ground as will grow the fourth part of a peck of flax-seed, ibid.
STING, STEING, _s._
1. A pole, S.
_Wallace._
Isl. _stanga_, Su. G. _staeng_, fustis, pertica.
2. A pike or spear.
_Douglas._
Isl. _stang_, _steing_, hasta.
3. An instrument for thatching, S.
_Pennecuik N._
~Sting~ _and_ ~ling~,
1. _To carry sting and ling_, to carry with a long pole, resting on the shoulders of two persons, S.
_Bann. Journ._
2. _To carry off sting and ling_, to do so entirely, S.
V. ~Ling~.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. The use of both pole and rope, especially in managing unruly horses or cattle.
_Watson._