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100 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY, Stir, sh, popular commotion ; excitement ; a coucouiBe of people. Stirk, sh. a cow one or two years old * A bull stirk,' a young bulL Stitch, sb. clothes. ' She hadn't a dry stitch on.' Stock, ah, the outside of a bed, t. e, the side furthest from the walL I ' I canna' sleep ony where but at the stodc,^ Stoit, V. to walk in a careless, staggering way. Stone. It is said that during the winter half of the year, the cold side of every stone turns uppermost There is also a saying — * Never sit on a sUme in a month wim an B in it.' Stone-cliecker, eh, the wheatear ; also the cock stone-chat The hen is * whin-cAecifeer.' Stood, V. withstood. ' Tour honour knows I never ttood your word.' Stock, {I) eh. the 'shock' into which sheaves of com are first built up after being cut — generally from eight to eighteen sheayea (2) v. to put up sheaves of com in ' 9to6k» ' or shocks. Stookie, eh, the inflated skin of a do^^ or other animal, used by fisher* I men as a float for their lines or nets. Stocky, sh, a thick red composition used by French polishers. j Stcpple, ah, a knot of hair in a brush. Stour, (1) «5. dust ' It went off like stour .-' said of something that has sold rapidly. (2) ah, a disturbance or row. StCTO, v. to suffocate with smoke. Straddle, ah, the saddle on the back of a cart-horse on which the ' back-band' rests. Strain the anklet, ah. to sprain the ankle. Strange, v. to wonder. * I atrange very much that you didn't come.* Stranger. * You're a great atranger,* t. e. I have not seen you lately, or you have not been here lately. Stravaig, v. to wander about Stresses, ah. pi. " Many of the inhabitants, particularly females, die in their youth of what they call atressesy that is violent heats from hai'd work." — Mason's Parochial Survey, 1814. Strick, (1) ah. a small handful of flax fibre. (2) V. to arrange flax which has passed through the rollers, for the scutchers, so as to make it as even as possible. Strickle, ah. an oak stick covered with emery for sharpening scythes. Same as Stroke. Strip, ah. the soil or clay which has to be stripped off the surface of