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_To_ STUMP, _v. n._
1. To go on one leg, S.
Teut. _stompe_, mutilatum membrum.
2. To go about stoutly; at times implying the idea of heaviness, clumsiness, or stiffness in motion, S.
_Burns._
~Stumpie~, _adj._ Mutilated, S.
Su. G. _stumpig_, curtus, mutilatus.
~Stumpie~, _s._ Any thing that is mutilated, S.
_To_ STUNAY, _v. a._
V. ~Stonay~.
_To_ STUNGLE, _v. a._ Slightly to sprain any joint or limb, S. B.
E. _stun_, or Fr. _estonn-er_.
STUNKARD, _adj._
V. ~Stonkerd~.
STUPE, _s._ A foolish person, S. B.
Teut. _stuype_, defectio animi.
St.u.r.dY, _s._ A vertigo, a disease to which black cattle when young, as well as sheep, are subject, S.
_Stat. Acc._
O. Fr. _estourdi_, dizzy-headed, Su. G. _stort-a_, to fall or rush headlong.
STURE, STUR, STOOR, _adj._
1. Strong, robust, S.
_Barbour._
2. Rough in manner, austere, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
3. Rough, hoa.r.s.e, S.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
Su. G. _stor_, anc. _stur_, ingens, Isl. _styrdr_, asper.
STURNE, _s._ Trouble, vexation.
_Barbour._
Belg. _stoor-en_, to trouble, _stoorenis_, disturbance.
STUROCH, _s._ Meal and milk, or meal and water stirred together, Perths.
Teut. _stoor-en_, to stir.
_To_ STURT, _v. a._ To vex, to trouble, S.
_Burns._
Su.G. _stoert-a_, Germ. _sturz-en_, praecipitare, deturbare.
~Sturt~, _s._
1. Trouble, vexation, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. Wrath, indignation, S. B.
_Chr. Kirk._
Dan. _stird_, _styrt_, strife.
_To_ ~Sturt~, _v. n._ To startle, S.
_Burns._
~Sturtsumnes~, _s._ Crossness of temper.
_Maitland P._
