An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 829

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 829

STIVE, _adj._ Firm.


V. ~Steive~.


STOB, _s._


1. A p.r.i.c.kle, or small splinter of wood, S.


_Rutherford._


2. The puncture made by a p.r.i.c.kle, S.


Germ. _stupf_, _stipp_, punctum.


_To_ ~Stob~, _v. a._


1. To pierce with a pointed instrument, S.


2. To point with iron.


_Chr. S. P._


STOB, _s._


1. Stump of a tree.


_Lyndsay._


2. A palisade, S.; also _stab_.


_Douglas._


3. A pole, a stake.


_Spalding._


A. S. _stubb_, Belg. _s...o...b.._, stipes, truncus.


~Stob~, _s._ The stump of a rainbow; viewed as a prognostic of an approaching storm, S.


Su. G. _stubb_, a part of any thing broken off.


~Stob-feathers~, _s. pl._


1. The short unfledged feathers which remain on a fowl after it has been plucked, S.


2. Those which appear first on a young bird, S.


~s...o...b..d~, ~Stob-featherd~,


1. Unfledged, S.


2. Having no provision or furniture; applied to a young couple, S.


~Stob-thacker~, _s._ One who forms or mends thatched roofs with a _stob_, or stake, S. B.


~Stob-thacking~, ~Stob-thatching~, _s._ The act of thatching in this way, S. B.


_Statist. Acc._


~Stob-thackit~, ~Stob-thatched~, _adj._ Thatched, as described above, S.


_Statist. Acc._


_To_ STOCK, _v. n._ To become stiff, S.


Su. G. _stock-a_, to harden.


~Stock~, _s._ One whose joints are stiffened by age or disease, S.


Belg. _stok-oud_, decrepid.


~Stock~, _s._ The hardened stem of a plant, as _a kail-stock_, S.


_Burns._


Su. G. _kaalstock_, id.


STOCK, BED-STOCK, _s._ The forepart of a bed.


_Z. Boyd._


Su. G. _stock_, pars lecti anterior.


STOCK-DUCK, _s._ The mallard, Orkn.


_Barry._


Germ. _stock ent_, Kramer; Norw. _stok-and_.


STOCK ~and~ HORN, a musical instrument composed of the _stock_, which is the hinder thigh-bone of a sheep; the horn, the smaller end of a cows horn, and an oaten reed.


_Ramsay._