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steuk, steuk, stook, stookie, stookin, stookit, stooks, stouk, stoukie, stoukin, stoukit, stuik, stuikit, stuke, stuke, stukit,
stouk [stuk]
n. A shock of corn, 12 sheaves, a group of sheaves set up to dry. Someone as daft as straw.
dim. stoukie
v. To set up sheaves of corn etc. in stouks.
pt. pp. stoukit adj. As daft as straw.
stoukin
n. The arrangement of corn in shocks, usually 12 seaves per shock.
step, stoop, stoup, stowp, stuip,
stoup [stup, stʌup]
n. A wooden post, gatepost, table leg. A wooden seat set up at a front-door. A prop, support, encouragement. The mainstay or chief element in anything.
v. To prop up, support.
stoor, stoorin, stour, stourin, stur, sture,
stour [I.Sh. stuːr]
v. To look glum or abstracted. To stare in a gloomy or vacant manner.
ramstoorie, ramstoory, ramstourie, ramstoury, stoor, stoorack, stoorey, stoorie, stoorin, stoorock, stoory, stour, stourack, stoure, stourie, stourin, stourock, stoury, stuirie, sture, sturrock,
stour [ˈstuː(ə)r]
n. Dust, a layer of dust, any fine powdery substance. Dust in motion, flying, swirling dust. A pouring out of liquid, a steady outflow or stream, a gush. Strife, conflict, a struggle, contest, battle. The strain and stress of a struggle, a wrestling with adverse conditions or hardship. Commotion, hubbub, to-do, pother, fuss, turmoil, disturbance. A storm, a tempest, wild weather, a blizzard, storm of snow.
dim. stourie, stourock Whirling dust.
v. Of dust or spray etc.: to swirl, to be blown through the air, to rise in a cloud. To besprinkle or spray with dust etc. Of liquid: to gush out, to come forth in a strong stream. To run swiftly, to rush, bustle or speed onwards.
stourie [ˈstuː(ə)re]
adj. Dusty, covered in dust.
Compounds and phrases etc.
ramstourie: Slapdash.
stourin: Rushing asnd bustling with speed so as to raise the dust.
stour's sel: Nothing but dust, very dusty.
whippitie stourie: A kind of household fairy or brownie.
stoorack, stooram, stoorick, stoorie, stoorim, stoorin, stoorum, stoory, stourach, stouram, stourie, stourreen, stourum, stoury,
stourie [ˈstuːri]
also stourack [stuːrək], stourum [stuːrəm]
n. A kind of oatmeal gruel.
stooth, stootherie, stoothery, stouchery, stouchrie, stouth, stoutherie, stouthery, stouthrie, stowth, stowtherie, stowthery,
stouth [stuθ]
n. Theft, stealing, robbery. Stealth, furtive or underhand behaviour.
stoutherie
n. Stolen goods, gear, furniture. Goods and chattels, junk, lumber.
stoave, stoavin, stoavit, stove, stoved, stoveys, stovies, stovin, stovit,
stove [stoːv]
n. A stove. A hot-air bath, sweating room. A mist or vapour rising from the ground. A stew.
dim. pl. stovies Potatoes stewed with onions.
v. To stew. To emit steam etc. To suffocate with smoke.
pt. pp. stoved
Compounds and phrases etc.
stovin [-ɪn]: col. Very drunk.
rap_and_stow, rap_and_stowe, stow, stowe, stowed, stowlins,
stowe [stʌu]
v. To stow away. To place, pack, fill a ship etc. Of the stomach: to fill with food. To feed, to gorge. To sate, satisfy. To reduce to silence, make to shut up.
pt. pp. stowed
Compounds and phrases etc.
rap and stowe: SW. Root and branch.
stowed oot: Of a premises: full, packed.
stowlins [-lɪnz]: In a hidden or secretive way, furtively.
pintstoup, pint-stoup, pint-stowp, step, stip, stoop, stope, stoup, stoupie, stowp, stowpie,
stowp [stʌup, stop]
n. A wooden pail or bucket narrower at the mouth than at the bottom to prevent spilling. A smaller-sized vessel for holding liquor, a mug, flagon, tankard, decanter. A milk- or cream-jug.
dim. stowpie
Compounds and phrases etc.
gill-stowp: A gill measure, a drinking vessel. NEC. A whelk or winkle.
pint-stowp [-pəint]: A two-quart measure. A drinking vessel.
watter-stowp: A vessel for carrying water. A winkle of the genus Littorina
stowie, stoy, stoyie, stuoy,
stoy [stɔe]
n. MN. A cork-float used to mark the position of sunken fishing lines or crab traps.
dim. stoyie
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