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4. A compact body of armed men.
_Barbour._
5. _In stale_, in battle array.
_Douglas._
6. The princ.i.p.al body employed in the chace.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
7. _Staill_, the mother-hive; also, _staill-skep_, S.
STALE, _s._ A prison.
_K. Quair._
A. S. _horsa steal_, carceres.
STALE FIs.h.i.+NG, _s._ Fis.h.i.+ng with a _stell-net_, q. v. S.
_Statist. Acc._
STALKAR, STALKER, _s._
1. A huntsman.
_Douglas._
2. One who illegally kills deer.
_Acts Ja. I._
From the use of a _stalking_ horse.
STALL, _s._ Main army.
V. ~Stale~.
STALL, _pret. v._ Stole.
_Douglas._
STALLENGE, _s._ Duty paid for liberty to erect a _stall_ during a market.
_Skene._
~Stallanger~, _s._ One who sets up a stall for selling his goods during a market.
L. B. _stallangiar-ius_, id.
STALLIT, _part. pa._ Set.
V. ~Stell~.
_K. Quair._
STALWART, _adj._
1. Brave.
_Douglas._
A. S. _stal-ferhth_, chalybei animi h.o.m.o.
2. Strong, powerful.
_Douglas._
3. Strong, applied to inanimate objects.
_Barbour._
4. Hard, severe.
_Wyntown._
5. Stormy, tempestuous.
_Lyndsay._
~Stalwartly~, _adv._ Bravely.
_Barbour._
STAMFISH, _adj._ Unruly, unmanageable, W. Loth.
Teut. _stamp-en_, to kick.
