An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Isl. _striug-r_, asper; O. Fr. _truang-er_, indignum in modum excipere.
STROUP, STROOP, _s._ The spout of a pump, tea-kettle, &c. S.
Su. G. _strupe_, Isl. _strup_, guttur.
STROW, (p.r.o.n. _stroo_), _s._
1. A fit of ill-humour, a tiff, Ang.
2. A quarrel, a state of variance, S.
3. Bustle, disturbance, S. A.
_A. Scott._
Su. G. _strug, stru_, displeasure, secret hatred; O. Fr. _estrois_, fracas, bruit eclatant.
~Strow~, _adj._ Hard to deal with.
_Kelly._
STROWBILL, _adj._ Stubborn.
_Wallace._
Germ. _streubel_, _strobel_, id.
STROWD, _s._ A senseless silly song, S. B.
_To_ STRULE, _v. n._
1. To urine, S.
2. To pour water from one vessel to another, to emit any liquid in a stream, S. _streel_. Fife.
Fris. _struyl-en_, _strull-en_, _streyl-en_, reddere urinam, mejere.
STRUM, _s._ A pettish humour, S. B.
~Strum~, _adj._ Pettish, sullen, S. B.
From, _strow_, q. v. or Isl. _strembinn_, difficilis, superbus.
~Strummal~, ~Strummil~, _adj._ Stumbling, S. _stumral_.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _striemel-en_, cespitare, nutare gressu.
~Strummel~, ~Strumbell~, _s._ A person so feeble that he cannot walk without stumbling.
_Dunbar._
_To_ STRUNT, _v. n._
1. To walk st.u.r.dily, S.
_Burns._
2. To walk with state, to strut, S.
_Old Song._
STRUNT, _s._ Spirituous liqour of any kind, S. O.
_Burns._
STRUNT, _s._ A pet, a sullen fit.
_Ramsay._
O. Fr. _estront-oier_, attaquer, injurier; or, in contempt, from _estrouen_, L. B. _strunt-us_, stercus humanum.
STRUNTAIN, _s._ A sort of woollen network.
_Stat. Acc._
Sw. _strunt_, trash, refuse.
STRUNTY, _adj._ Short, contracted, Ang.
Fr. _estreint_, pinched, shrunk up.
STRUTE, STROOT, _adj._
1. Stuffed full, crammed, S.
