An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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STIVE, _adj._ Firm.
V. ~Steive~.
STOB, _s._
1. A p.r.i.c.kle, or small splinter of wood, S.
_Rutherford._
2. The puncture made by a p.r.i.c.kle, S.
Germ. _stupf_, _stipp_, punctum.
_To_ ~Stob~, _v. a._
1. To pierce with a pointed instrument, S.
2. To point with iron.
_Chr. S. P._
STOB, _s._
1. Stump of a tree.
_Lyndsay._
2. A palisade, S.; also _stab_.
_Douglas._
3. A pole, a stake.
_Spalding._
A. S. _stubb_, Belg. _s...o...b.._, stipes, truncus.
~Stob~, _s._ The stump of a rainbow; viewed as a prognostic of an approaching storm, S.
Su. G. _stubb_, a part of any thing broken off.
~Stob-feathers~, _s. pl._
1. The short unfledged feathers which remain on a fowl after it has been plucked, S.
2. Those which appear first on a young bird, S.
~s...o...b..d~, ~Stob-feather'd~,
1. Unfledged, S.
2. Having no provision or furniture; applied to a young couple, S.
~Stob-thacker~, _s._ One who forms or mends thatched roofs with a _stob_, or stake, S. B.
~Stob-thacking~, ~Stob-thatching~, _s._ The act of thatching in this way, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
~Stob-thackit~, ~Stob-thatched~, _adj._ Thatched, as described above, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ STOCK, _v. n._ To become stiff, S.
Su. G. _stock-a_, to harden.
~Stock~, _s._ One whose joints are stiffened by age or disease, S.
Belg. _stok-oud_, decrepid.
~Stock~, _s._ The hardened stem of a plant, as _a kail-stock_, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _kaalstock_, id.
STOCK, BED-STOCK, _s._ The forepart of a bed.
_Z. Boyd._
Su. G. _stock_, pars lecti anterior.
STOCK-DUCK, _s._ The mallard, Orkn.
_Barry._
Germ. _stock ent_, Kramer; Norw. _stok-and_.
STOCK ~and~ HORN, a musical instrument composed of the _stock_, which is the hinder thigh-bone of a sheep; the horn, the smaller end of a cow's horn, and an oaten reed.
_Ramsay._
