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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
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
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.
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
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
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
n. MN. A cork-float used to mark the position of sunken fishing lines or crab traps.
dim. stoyie
Strabane,
Strabane [strəˈbɑːn]
pn. Strabane (County Tyrone).
pn. Strabane (County Tyrone).
Stawn, Straan, Strachan, Straun,
Strachan [ˈstraː(xə)n]
pn. Strachan (Aberdeenshire).
n. The surname Strachan.
pn. Strachan (Aberdeenshire).
n. The surname Strachan.
shroe, shroen, sthrae, stra, straa, strae, straen, strae-soo, strae-sou, stray, strayn, stro, stroe, stroen,
strae [streː]
n. Straw.
v. To give or supply straw as fodder or bedding to animals.
n. Straw.
v. To give or supply straw as fodder or bedding to animals.
straen [ˈstreːn]
adj. Made of straw.
adj. Made of straw.
Compounds and phrases etc.
glamour-bed-strae: WC. The bedstraw Galium boreale.
strae-sou: A long stack of straw.
strae-sou: A long stack of straw.
straff,
straff [I.Sh. straf]
n. A difficulty, predicament. A pother, to-do.
n. A difficulty, predicament. A pother, to-do.
Strahuir,
Strahuir [straˈhøːr]
pn. Strathyre (Stirling).
pn. Strathyre (Stirling).
straidle, streddle,
straidle [stredl]
v. To straddle. To roam, stroll about.
v. To straddle. To roam, stroll about.