An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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V. ~Staneraw~.
_To_ STEIR, _v. a._ To govern.
V. ~Stere~.
STEIR, _adj._ Stout.
_Priests Peblis._
Su. G _starr_, rigidus.
STEIT, _pret._
V. ~Stoit~.
STEKILL, _s._
1. A latch.
_Peblis Play._
2. The trigger of a musket, S.
A. S. _sticcel_, Teut. _stekel_, aculeus.
_To_ STELL, STEIL, STILE, _v. a._
1. To place, to set.
_Wallace._
2. _To stell a gun_, to take aim with it, Loth.
_To stell to the horne_, to put to the horn, to declare one a rebel.
_Act Sed._
Belg. _stell-en_, Su. G. _staell-a_, to place.
~Stell-fis.h.i.+ng~, _s._ Fis.h.i.+ng with a stell-net, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Stell-net, Still-net~, _s._ A net stretched out by stakes into, and sometimes quite across, the channel of a river, S.
_Stat. Acc._
STELL, STILL, STOLL, _s._
1. A covert, a shelter, S. A.
_Stat. Acc._
2. An inclosure for cattle, higher than a common fold, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
Teut. _stelle_, locus tutus.
STELLIFYIT, _part. pa._ Converted into a star.
_King's Quair._
STELLFITCH, STELLVITCH, _adj._ Dry, coa.r.s.e; applied to rank grain, Fife.
Teut. _stael_, _stele_, caulis, stipes herbae.
STEM, _s._ The utmost extent of any thing, Loth.
Su. G. _staemm-a_, cohibere.
_To_ STEM, _v. a._ To stanch, as, to _stem blude_, S.
Su. G. _steamm-a bloden_, id.
STENCHEN, _s._
V. ~Stanssour~.
_To_ STEND, _v. n._
1. To spring, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To rise to elevation.
