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stoak, stoke,
stoke [stok]
v. To feed and stir up a fire in a fireplace or furnace.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stoker: One who stokes. An additional payment to fishermen.
stookey, stookie, stooky, stoukie, stouky, stukey,
stookie [ˈstuki, -kə, MN. ˈstugə]
n. Stucco, plaster, A plaster statue, a stucco figure.
adj. Standing stock still, stiff, motionless. Bashful, awkward.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
staund like a stookie: Stand absolutely still.
stoon, stoon$, stoond, stoondie, stoondit, stoondy, stoonie, stoonit, stoony, stoun, stound, stoundie, stoundy, stouned, stounie, stouny, stun,
stoond [stun(d)]
n. A stunning blow. A stunner. A devastating start of surprise. A stupefying din, a resounding clamour. A stunned condition, a stupor, state of insensibility.
v. To stun, to stupefy, to make insensible with a blow. To stupefy with noise or astonishment, to bewilder, daze. To resound, reverberate, ring with noise.
pt. pp. stoondit adj. Stunned, stupefied, bewildered, dazed, astounded.
 
stoondy
adj. Moody, temperamental.
stoon, stoon$, stoon$in, stoon$s, stoond, stoondin, stoondit, stoonds, stoonin, stoonit, stoons, stoun, stound, stoundin, stounds, stouned, stounin, stouns, stun, stuns,
stoond [stun(d)]
n. A period of time, a while. A sharp throb of pain, a pang, twinge, an intermittent ache. A pang of mental pain or emotion, a throb of grief. A thrill of pleasure or excitement. A mood, a whim, a fit of depression or sullenness etc.
v. To throb, ache, smart, thrill with pain or emotion. To beat, pound, pulsate.
pt. pp. stoondit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stoondin [ˈstun(d)ɪn]: Aching, throbbing, tingling.
stoop, stoopit,
stoop [stup]
v. To stoop.
pt. pp. stoopit
stoossie, stoot, stoushie, stousie, stoussie,
stoot [stut]
adj. Stout, strongly-built, powerful. Of people: in good health, robust. Determined, pig-headed, positive, foolhardy. Of smoke: dense, thick, intense. Of the wind: strong, blowing hard.
adv. With power or determination, strenuously.
 
stoossie [ˈstusi, stuʃi]
adj. Stout and stocky in physique, sturdy, chubby.
store,
store [stoːr]
n. A store. Farm-stock reared or bought in for breeding or fattening. The basis of old yeast from which a new supply is grown.
stoark, stork,
stork [stoːrk]
n. The stork Ciconia ciconia.
feedin-storm, gowk$s-storm, lyin_storm, lyin-storm, stoarmie, stock-storm, storm, storm-stayed, storm-steaded, storm-steded, storm-stedit, storm-steidit, storm-steyed, stormy, sturm,
storm [stoːrm]
n. A storm. A long period of winter weather, a snowfall.
v. To block or cover up with snow. To beset with snow and frost.
 
stormy
adj. Stormy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
feedin-storm: A storm that grows in intensity adding to what has gone before.
gowk's-storm: U. An annual storm at the coming of the cuckoo.
lyin-storm: A fall of snow which does not melt away quickly but lies long on the ground.
passion storm: A period of stormy weather often coming just before Easter- or Passion-tide.
stock-storm: Snow which lies unmelted on the ground for an unduly long time, looked on as a sign of more to come.
storm-steidit: Held up or detained on a journey by bad weather.
storm-steyed: Held up or detained on a journey by bad weather.
teuchit's storm: Wintery weather in march when the lapwings arrive.
Stornawa, Stornowa,
Stornawa [stornɪwa]
pn. Stornoway (Isle of Lewis).

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