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claes-stenter, stent, stenter, stenter, stentet, stentit, stentor, stint, stinter,
stent [ˈstɛnt]
v. To stretch, extend, draw out to full length. To strain, make taut.
pt. pp. stentit adj. Stretched out. Tight, taut, tense, stiff, busy, occupied.
v. To stretch, extend, draw out to full length. To strain, make taut.
pt. pp. stentit adj. Stretched out. Tight, taut, tense, stiff, busy, occupied.
Compounds and phrases etc.
claes-stenter: A clothes-prop, wooden pole used for raising the clothes-line.
stent, stentless, stint,
stent [stɛnt]
n. Limits, bounds, restraint, the limit to which one is prepared to go in any matter. The extent of one's days, one's allotted span. An allotted task, a portion of work to be covered in a given time. A step or stage in any progression.
v. To stop, cease, desist, halt. To confine, restrict, limit, check, curb, to scrimp, stint. To apportion work, impose a specified task or allocate a job to, to set someone to a given amount of work, to drive someone hard at their work. To exert oneself.
n. Limits, bounds, restraint, the limit to which one is prepared to go in any matter. The extent of one's days, one's allotted span. An allotted task, a portion of work to be covered in a given time. A step or stage in any progression.
v. To stop, cease, desist, halt. To confine, restrict, limit, check, curb, to scrimp, stint. To apportion work, impose a specified task or allocate a job to, to set someone to a given amount of work, to drive someone hard at their work. To exert oneself.
Compounds and phrases etc.
stentless: Countless.
stap, stap-, step, step-,
step- [stɛp]
pref. In words such as stepbairn, stepfaither, stepmither.
pref. In words such as stepbairn, stepfaither, stepmither.
steer, steir, stere,
stere [stiːr]
adj. Harsh, austere, stern, rigorous.
adj. Harsh, austere, stern, rigorous.
stern,
stern [stɛrn]
adj. Stern.
adv. Sternly.
adj. Stern.
adv. Sternly.
forestairt, forestart, forestert, peerie_stairt, peerie_stert, peerie-start, stairt, stairtet, stairtin, stairtit, stairty, start, starteen, startet, starty, stert, sterted, stertet, stertin, stertit, sterty, sturt,
stert [stɛrt, steːrt, start]
n. A start. A leap, spring, a sudden involuntary movement. A short time, a moment, a brief while.
v. To start, to commence, to make a beginning of. To make to start. To startle, disturb suddenly or sharply.
pt. pp. stertit
n. A start. A leap, spring, a sudden involuntary movement. A short time, a moment, a brief while.
v. To start, to commence, to make a beginning of. To make to start. To startle, disturb suddenly or sharply.
pt. pp. stertit
sterty
adj. Fidgety, exitable.
adj. Fidgety, exitable.
Compounds and phrases etc.
forestert [ˈfoːr-]: A start in running a race by setting off before the other competitors.
peerie stert: I. A short period of time.
stertin: Starting.
peerie stert: I. A short period of time.
stertin: Starting.
stairvation, stairve, stairved, stairvin, starvin, stehrve, stehrved, stervation, sterve, sterved, stervin, stirve, stirved, stirvin,
sterve [steːrv, stɛrv]
v. To starve, perish with hunger or cold. To affect with extreme cold, to make to freeze.
pt. pp. sterved adj. Starved, frozen with cold.
v. To starve, perish with hunger or cold. To affect with extreme cold, to make to freeze.
pt. pp. sterved adj. Starved, frozen with cold.
Compounds and phrases etc.
stervation: Starvation.
stervin [-ɪn]: Starving, hungry or freezing cold.
sterve for: Starving of.
stervin [-ɪn]: Starving, hungry or freezing cold.
sterve for: Starving of.
steven, stevven,
steven [ˈstɛvən]
n. A voice. A loud outcry.
n. A voice. A loud outcry.
steuch, steuchie, steuchy, steugh, steughy, stew, stewch, stewer, stewie, stewie, stewy, stewy, stoich, stooch, stoygh, stue, stuey, styaghey, styoich, styoigh, styoo, styooch, styooie, styowe,
stew [stju, MN. stjʌu]
also steuch [stjux, stjəx]
n. Dust in motion, a thick dust-laden atmosphere, a cloud or swirl of dust etc. A hubbub, a to-do. A coating or sprinkling of dust or any powdery substance. Sea-spray, vapour. A rank, obnoxious smell, a strong pungent aroma, a stench.
dim. steuchie
v. To emit smoke or vapour, to smoulder. To cause a foul smell, to stink.
also steuch [stjux, stjəx]
n. Dust in motion, a thick dust-laden atmosphere, a cloud or swirl of dust etc. A hubbub, a to-do. A coating or sprinkling of dust or any powdery substance. Sea-spray, vapour. A rank, obnoxious smell, a strong pungent aroma, a stench.
dim. steuchie
v. To emit smoke or vapour, to smoulder. To cause a foul smell, to stink.
stewy
adj. Dusty etc.
adj. Dusty etc.
stewer [ˈstjuər]
v. To stir.
v. To stir.
skeward, steuart, steuartrie, steward, steward, stewart, stewartrie, stewartry, stuart, stuartrie,
stewart [ˈst(j)uərt]
n. A steward.
n. A steward.
stewartry [ˈst(j)uərtre]
n. The jurisdiction of a stewart over lands. A 'province'.
n. The jurisdiction of a stewart over lands. A 'province'.