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~Stane-chaker~, ~Stone-checker~, _s._
1. The stone-chatter, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. The wheat-ear, S. the _chack_ or _check_, of Orkn.
_Fleming._
Sw. _stens-quette_, Germ. _steinsch-waker_, the wheat-ear.
~Staneraw~, ~Steinraw~, _s._ Rock-liverwort, S.
_Neill._
A. S. _stan_, Isl. _stein_, stone, and _rawe_ hair.
STANERIE, _adj._
V. ~Stannery~.
_To_ STANG, _v. a._ To sting, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _stanga_, pungere.
_To_ ~Stang~, _v. n._ To thrill with acute pain, S.
~Stang~, _s._
1. The act of stinging, S.
2. The sting of a bee, S.
_Douglas._
3. An acute pain.
_Sir Egeir._
4. The beard of grain, S. B.
_To_ ~Stank~, _v. n._ To ache smartly, Fife.
STANG, _s._ A long pole, S.
_Antiquary._
Isl. _staung_, Dan. _stang_, Belg. _stange_, id.
_To_ ~ride the stang~. He who beats his wife, is sometimes set astride on a long pole, which is borne on the shoulders of others. In this manner he is carried about from place to place.
_Ramsay._
Goth. _nidstaeng_, the pole of infamy, Sw. _stong-hesten_, the roddle horse.
~Stang~ _of the trump_, the best member of a family, the most judicious or agreeable person in a company, S. B.
~Stang~, or ~Sting~, _s._ The shorter pipe-fish.
_Sibbald._
~Stangril~, _s._ An instrument for pus.h.i.+ng in the straw in thatching, Ang.
STANK, _s._
1. A pool or pond, S.
_Doug._
Su. G. _staang_, Arm. _stanc_, id.
2. The ditch of a fortified town.
_Dunbar._
_To_ STANK, _v. n._ To gasp for breath, S. B.
Isl. Su. G. _stank-a_, id.
_To_ STANK, _v. n._
V. under ~Stang~, _s._ 2.
STANERS, STANIRS, STANRYIS, _s. pl._
1. The small stones and gravel on the margin of a river or lake.
_Complaynt S._
2. Those within the channel of a river, which are occasionally dry, S.
