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stab, stab_and_stow, stab_and_stowe, stabb, stabbit, stob, stobbit, stub, stubbit,
stab [stab]
n. A wooden stake, or post. An upright in a fence or palisade. A stave in a wooden vessel. The stem or stump of a plant. A stout thick-set man.
v. To fix stakes in the ground. To enclose with stakes or posts.
pt. pp. stabbit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stab and stowe: Completely, absolutely, entirely.
 
See stob also.
instabeelity, instabeilitie, instaeility, istabeelitie, stabeelitie, stabeelity, stabeilitie, stabeility, stabelt, stable, stabled,
stable [stebl]
n. A stable. The part of a bog in which a foundered horse is trapped.
adj. Stable.
v. To provide accommodation for horses.
pt. pp. stabelt
 
stably
adv. Firmly, constantly, steadfastly, resolutely.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
instabeelity [ɪˈ-]: Instability.
stabeelity [stəˈbilətɪ]: Stability.
stacher, stachered, stacherin, stachert, staucher, stauchered, stauchert, stauchrin, stauchrin$, staugher, staughered, staughert,
stacher [ˈstaxər, ˈstɔxər]
n. A stumble, stagger. A false step.
v. To stagger, stumble about, totter, walk unsteadily.
pt. pp. stachert, stachered
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stacherin [ˈstax(ə)rɪn, ˈstɔx-]: Stumbling, staggering, etc.
soo-stack, sou-stack, staack, staak, stack, stack-amillie-backa, stackit, stack-steid, stackyaird, staik, stake, stakit, stakk, stakka-milja-bakka, stakk-steed, steck,
stack [stak]
n. A rick of hay or corn. A pile of peats. A tall column of rock rising out of the sea.
v. To stack.
pt. pp. stackit adj. Built into a stack.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
keep a stack: To trim a haystack while it is being built.
sou-stack: A pig shaped hay-stack.
stack-amillie-backa: I.Sh. The game of hide-and-seek played among corn-stacks.
stack-steid: The foundations of a peat-stack.
stackyaird: A rick-yard.
haun$-staff, haund-staff, oxster-stav, oxter-staff, staff, staffy-nevel, staffy-nievel, staiff, staive, stauf, stave,
staff [staf]
n. A staff, stave, a walking stick.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
haund-staff: The handle of a flail.
nebbie staff: A walking stick with a hooked head
oxter staff: A crutch.
staffy-nievel: Staff-in-hand.
stag, staggie, staggy, staig, staigie, staigy, steag, styaag, styagie,
stag [stag]
n. A stag.
dim. staggie [ˈstage]
stage, stagin, stairge, stairgin,
stage [stedʒ]
n. A stage.
v. To bring to trial before a court, especially an ecclesiastical court. To accuse. To strut about in a stately or prancing manner.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stagin: Staging etc.
stag, staggie, staggy, staig, staigie, staigy, steag, steg, styaag, styagie,
staig [steg, stɛg]
n. A young horse from one to three years old, of either sex and not yet broken to work, specifically a young castrated horse. A colt, gelding. A stallion. A bullock, young ox.
dim. staigie [ˈstegɪ, stɛgɪ]
staig, staigin, staigit, steg, stegg, stegged, steggin, steggit, stoggin, stogin,
staig [SW. steg]
n. A slow heavy step.
v. To walk with long, heavy steps. To stride, stalk, prowl.
pt. pp. staigit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
staigin: Walking with long, heavy steps.
staignant,
staignant [ˈstegnənt]
adj. Stagnant.

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