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stank, stenk, stink, stinkin, stunk,
stink [stɪŋk]
v. To emit a foul smell. To fill with an offensive smell. With for: to behave in such a way as to make certain unpleasant consequences inevitable.
pt. stank [staŋk]
pp. stunk [stʌŋk]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stinker: WC. The white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris.
stinkin: Offensively haughty, arrogant, saucy, snobbish or supercillious.
 
stinkin roger: U. SW. The figwort Scrophularia nodosa.
buil, steinkle, stenkal, stenkel, stenkle, stinkel, stinkie, stinkie-buil, stinkle, stinklin,
stinkle [I.Sh. ˈstiɪŋkl]
also stinklin, stinkie-buil
n. The wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe.
stint, stintet, stintit,
stint [stɪnt]
n. A check or retardation in growth, of a plant.
v. With tae: to cease, leave off, desist. To restrict, keep short, limit. Of plants: to shrivel, cease to grow, droop.
pt. pp. stintit
steer, sterk, stire, stirk, stirkie, stirkkie, stirky, stork, strick, strik, sturk,
stirk [stɪrk]
n. A heifer, ox or bullock.
dim. stirkie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stirkie's staw: The stall in the cowshed reserved for the stirk. The place of a child when the mother has a younger child.
star, stare, stari, starn, ster, stiggie, stirleen, stirler, stirlin, stirling, stirrie, strill, sturlin,
stirlin [ˈstɪrlɪn]
n. The starling Sturnus vulgaris.
dim. stirrie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rock stirlin: S. The ring ouzel Turdus torquatus.
Srivling, Stirlin, Stirlinshir, Stirlinshire, Strevelin, Strevlin, Strila,
Stirlin [ˈstɪrlɪn]
pn. Stirling.
arch. Strevlin.
 
Stirlinshire Stirlingshire
stirn,
stirn [I.Sh. stɪrn]
v. To become stiff with cold, to be chilled or frozen. To shiver.
stirrip, stirrup, strip, strup, sturrup,
stirrup [ˈstɪrəp]
n. A stirrup.
starshie, stash, stashie, steeshie, stishie, stishied, stishit, stoosh, stooshie, stooshy, stoush, stoushie, stroosh, strooshie, stroush, stroushie, stroushy, strush, strushie, stush, stushie, stushy,
stishie [ˈstɪʃi, ˈstʌʃi, ˈstaʃi]
also strushie [ˈstrʌʃi, ˈstruʃi] and stoushie [ˈstuʃi] and the back formation stoush
n. An uproar, hubbub, disturbance, commotion, turmoil, quarrel, brawl, row. A frolic. Banter. SEC. A starling.
v. To engage in a frolic. To banter, bandy words.
pt. pp. stishit, stishied
 
strush
n. NN.b. A bustling, swaggering gait.
stiven, stivent, stivn, stivven, stivvened,
stiven [I. ˈstɪvən]
v. To become stiff or numb with cold, to congeal.
pt. pp. stivent

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