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Du. and Ger. Steig, a street, from Go. steigan, to climb. See stey
- Staigs, 69, 105, 137, 147, colts, var. of stag, app. to the male of different animals
- Stake and rise, 127, fence or wall of upright stakes and wattles interwoven. See Rise. Not in Jam.
- Staldan, 24, Go. to own or possess, cf. Du. staatholder, owner of a stead. See steading
- Stamnis, 18, Go. a stammerer. See stoom
- Stang, 208, a long pole, E. sting. Go. us-stiggan, to push out, Ger. Stange, a pole
- Stanner-gaster, 153, Mo.
- Starns, 255, stars, has the adj. suffix n of the Go. stairno=Ger. Stern
"Ye hills, near neebors o' the starns,
That proudly cock your cresting cairns."
Burns.
- Staw, 172, a surfeit, v. to put to a stand, Da. staae, S. wstaa, to stand
- Stead, steading, 24, 25, Go. stads, home-stead, Ger. Stadt. Fi. and Bu. stath-el, staid-el, a small rick
- Steanies, 187, Cu.
- Steek, 207, C. Du. and So. stitch, stick, Du. and Ger. sticken
- Steer, 56, stir=disturb, A.S. Styr-ian, Ic. styrr, Ger. stören, cog. with storm
- Steg, 168, Cu. a gander; cf. stag in sense of male in general
- -ster, -bus, 65, home-stead in Norse place names
- Stêrt, C. Du. 224, A.S. steort, M.E. stert, a tail, Du. staart, Ger. Sterz, lit. the "outspread." Cf. redstart, Start Point. "Stark-naked, a corr. of stert-naked."—Sk.
- Stey, 26, 208, steep, A.S. stigan, to climb. See staiga
- Stibna, 32, Go. voice, Ger. Stimme, A.S. stefn, M.E. steven
- Stile, 208, A.S. stigel, Shet. stiggy. See stigan
- Still an' on, 172, Sc. and Cu.
- Stime, 86, 138, Sc. a speck; var. of skime, A.S. scima, a gleam
"At sic an eldritch time
O' nicht when we see ne'er a stime."
- Stinkin Elshender, 123, ragwort
- Stinkin Willie, 148
- Stink weed, 148, ragwort
- Stirk, 68, 147, a young bullock, Ger. stark, strong, A.S. stearc, styrc do., Du. sterk. Go. ga-staurknan
- Stiur, Go. 21, 250, steer, calf, Du. and Ger. stier, Lat. taurus=strong, full-grown
- Stockannet, strokannet, 124, 140, 172, 180, sheldrake or burrow duck, Shet. links goose. Not in Jam.
- Stoep, 25, 188, 207, C. Du. porch
- Stols, 25, Go. a throne, Ger. Stuhl, Du. stoel, E. stool
- Stook, 128, 129, a clump of corn sheaves, Ger. Stück, E. stock
- Stoom, stoomin, 137, 140, sulking, Ger. stumm, dumb, E. stammer
- Stoor=dust, 97, dust of battle, cf. stir
"Till many a man lay weaponless,
An' was sair wounded in that stour."
- Stot, 196, C. Du. stuit, Go. stantan, to smite, Ger. stossen, to push, cf. stutter, cog. with Lat. tundo, to hammer
- Stot, 147, a young ox. Da. stud, a bull, E. steed, stud, A.S. steda, Ger. Stute; stott, a horse (Chaucer)
- Stoup an' room, 188
- Stovies, 129, var. of stew
- Straucht, 91, adj. and verb
- Strau-ja, 249, Go. bed of straw
- Stravaig, 129, to stroll, app. not only to people
"The moon has rowed her in a cloud,
Stravaiging winds begin,
To shuggle and daud the window brods.
Like loons that wad be in."
Wm. Miller.
- Stravaiging, 129, strolling, Lat. extravagare. "Stravaigin' aboot in the moonlicht wi' a young lassie"
- Strawr-rat, 82, straw hat
- Streiket corpse, 74, stretched in the coffin
- Strong and weak verbs, 35
- Stroup, 201, Ic. strup. Da. strube, the gullet
- Subjunctive, 91, 197
- Sugar-awlie, 186, Lan. sugar-ellie, Fi. a stick of liquorice
- Suícĭdal, 81, E.
- Suljo, 17, Go. sole of the foot, sandal, Lat. solea