An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 839
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 839
_To_ STRING, _v. a._ To hang by the neck, S.
_Burns._
_To_ ~String~, _v. n._ To be hanged, S.
_Carnwath._
STRINGIE, (_g_ soft), _adj._ Stiff, affected, Loth.
O. Fr. _estrang-ier_, difficult of access; Lat. _extrane-us_.
_To_ STRINKIL, STRENKEL, _v. a._
1. To sprinkle, S.
_Douglas._
2. To scatter, to strew, S.
_Sir Gawan._
Teut. _strekel-en_, leviter tangere.
STRIP, STRYPE, STREAPE, _s._ A small rill, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Ir. _sreuv_, rivus; Lhuyd.
_To_ STROY, _v. a._ To destroy.
_Wyntown._
Ital. _strugg-ere_, id.
STROKOUR, _s._ A flatterer.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _striuk-a_, to flatter.
_To_ STROMMEL, _v. n._ To stumble.
V. ~Strummal~.
_Gl. Sibb._
STRONACHIE, _s._ A stickleback, S.
_Sibbald._
_To_ STRONE, STROAN, _v. n._
1. To spout forth as a water-pipe, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. To urine, to stale, S. synon. _strule_.
_Burns._
Isl. _streing-r_, cataracta; _stroningum_, sparsim.
STRONTLY, _adv._ Strictly.
_S. P. Repr._
Fr. _estreinct_, _estreint_, id.
STROP, STROAP, _s._ Treacle.
Belg. _stroop_, id.
STROUL, _s._ Any stringy substance found among sorbile food, Fife.
Isl. _strial_, rarum quid; _strial-ast_, dispergere; Gael.
_strabil-am_, to draw after.
STROUNGE, STROONGE. _adj._
1. Harsh to the taste, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. Surly, morose, S.