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stack, stack, stake, stake, steck, steck, steek, stick, stick_and_stiver, stick_and_stow, stick_and_stower, stick-an$-stowe, stick-and-stowe, stick-an-stowe, sticken, sticker, stickers, stickid, stickie, stickin, stickit, stickle, sticklie, stickly, sticky, stikk, stikkin, stricklie, strickly, stucken, upsticked, upsticken, upstickit, upstucken,
stick [stɪk]
n. A stick. A stoppage, breakdown, standstill. Nonplus. A botch, bungle. An obstacle, hindrance.
dim. stickle
v. To stick, to stab: To thrust a knife or sword etc. into. To bring to a stand. To nonplus. To come to a premature halt in whatever one is doing: To break down in the middle of a job. To be unable to carry on a piece of work or a speech etc. To bungle, botch. To break down, fail, give up.
pt. stickit, stack [stak]
pp. stickit, sticken, stack, stucken [ˈstʌkən]
sticky
adj. Sticky.
stickle
v. To have scruples. To raise objections. To hesitate, scruple.
stickly
adj. Prickly, bristly. Rough, fibrous.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gowkin stick: An implement for stunning fish.
stick-and-stowe: Totally, altogether.
sticker: A sticker. A stabber, a slaughterer. One who sticks with or follows, a follower.
stickers: S. C. Cleavers Galium aparine.
stickin [-ɪn]: Stiff and unsocial in manner. Unwilling to join in, obstinate.
stick in: To stick in, persevere.
stickiness: Stickiness.
stick tae: To adhere, keep close.
stick up tae: Stand up to, defy.
upstickit, upsticken, upstucken: Stuck up, priggish, snobbish.
sduddy, stiddie, stiddy, stithie, stithy, studdie, studdy, study, stuthie,
stiddie [ˈstɪdi, ˈstʌdi]
n. A blacksmith's anvil.
stail, steal, steel, steil, stele, stiel,
stiel [stil]
n. S. The handle of a barrow or plough etc.
steeve, steevely, steive, steivel, steively, stieve, stievely, stievely,
stieve [stiːv]
adj. Of objects: firmly fixed, stable, rigid, immobile, compact, stiff. Well-established. Of people, animals or their limbs: firm, stout, strong, sturdy. Of people or their attributes: steady, resolute, stouthearted, staunch, firm in principles, trusty, loyal, dependable. Hard-hearted, grim, relentless, inflexible, obstinate. Well-established in the world, shrewd and prosperous in business, cautious and prudent in money matters, cannie, slightly niggardly. Of qualities: strong, durable, hard-wearing. Of a struggle: hard, obstinately contested, grim. Of haste: pressing. Of food or drink: strong, substantial, thick, full of pith or body, potent. Of the wind: strong, blowing hard.
adv. Firmly, stoutly, stiffly, securely. With determination, staunchly.
v. To make firm, stiff, or taut.
stievely
#Adv. Firmly, securely, stiffly.
steyf, steyfin, stife, stifflin, stifflin, stifin, stifin, stifle, stiflin, styfe, styfin,
stife [stəif]
n. A close, suffocating atmosphere. A choking vapour or smoke, a smoky sulphurous smell.
v. To choke, suffocate.
stifle [ˈstəifl]
n. Foul air produced by an underground fire. A miner's asthma.
v. To stifle.
Compounds and phrases etc.
stiflin [ˈstəiflɪn], stifin [ˈstəifɪn]: Stifling. Bronchitis
steff, stiff, stiffen, stiffenin, stiffin,
stiff [stɪf]
adj. Stiff.
v. To make stiff, to starch clothes.
Compounds and phrases etc.
stiffen: To stiffen, to make stiff. To starch clothes.
stiffenin also stiffin: Stiffening. Starch for clothes.
stiffly: Stiffly.
steggie, stigga, stiggi, stiggie, stiggy, stuggie,
stiggie [I.Sh. ˈstɪgi]
n. A series of steps in a wall to facilitate climbing over, a stone stile. A lane between walls.
stigma [ˈstɪɡmə]
n. A mark made on skin by burning with a hot iron,
steil, stel, stell, still, still_an_on, still_and_on, still_and_on, stillanaw, stuhll, stul, stull,
still [stɪl, stʌl]
n. The pause in the tide between ebb and flow. A lull in the wind.
adj. Still. Of people: reserved, taciturn, not forthcoming in manner. Secret, subdued, undetected.
adv. Always, continuously, without intermission.
v. To remain quiet and silent, be hushed and at peace.
Compounds and phrases etc.
still and on: Yet, nevertheless, notwithstanding, all the same, for all that, still and all.
stillness: Stillness.
stilp, stilper, stilpered, stilpert, stilpin, stulpin,
stilp [stɪlp, stʌlp]
v. To walk with long stiff steps, stump about, stalk. To walk on crutches or stilts
stilper [-ər]
n. An awkward, striding gait.
v. To walk with long, awkward, high steps.
pt. pp. stilpert, stilpered adj. Thin, lanky, long-legged.
Compounds and phrases etc.
stilpin [-ɪn]: Walking with long stiff steps, striding.
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