An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 841

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 841


2. Drunken, S.


_Ramsay._


3. Metaph. vain-glorious.


O. E. _strout_, to protuberate, Germ. _strotz-en_, turgere.


STUDY, STUTHY, STYDDY, _s._ An anvil; _stiddie_, S. _studdie_, S. B.


_Doug._


Isl. _stedia_, incus.


_To_ STUFF, _v. a._


1. To supply, to provide.


_Bannatyne P._


Fr. _estoff-er_, id. Germ. _stoff_, apparatus.


2. To supply with men; referring to warfare.


_Douglas._


~Stuff~, _s._


1. Corn or pulse of any kind, S.


_Burns._


2. Vigour, whether of body or mind; mettle, S.


O. Fr. _gens destoffe_, gens de courage.


3. The men placed in a garrison for its defence.


_Wyntown._


4. A reserve in the field of battle.


_Wallace._


STUFF, _s._ Dust, Ang.


Teut. _stuyve_, _stof_, pulvis.


STUFFET, _s._


1. A lackey, a foot-boy.


_Dunbar._


O. Fr. _estaffier_, id., Ital. _staffetta_, a courier.


_To_ STUG, _v. a._ To stab, to p.r.i.c.k with a sword.


_Wodrow._


O. Belg. _stocke_, sica, ensis.


V. ~Stok~, _v._


STUGGY, _adj._ Applied to stubble of unequal length, in consequence of carelessness in cutting down the corn, S. B.


Germ. _stucke_, pars a toto separata; Isl. _stygg-r_, asper.


STUGHIE, _s._ What fills very much; as, food that soon distends the stomach, Loth.


~Stughrie~, _s._ Great repletion, ibid.


V. ~Stech~.


STULT, _adj._ Having the appearance of intrepidity, or of haughtiness.


_Wallace._


Su. G. _stolt_, Isl. _stollt-ur_, magnificus, fastuosus.


STUMFISH, _adj._ Strong, rank; applied to grain when growing, Loth.


Tweed.


Germ. _stumpf_, blunt, denoting a trunk wanting the top.


_To_ STUMMER, _v. n._ To stumble.


Isl. _stumr-a_, cespitare.


_Douglas._







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