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stair, steir, steur, stick_and_stour, stick-and-stuir, stoor, stör, stora-broken, stour, struira-broken, stuir, stuire, sture,
stuir [støːr, C. steːr, MN. stiːr, stuːr]
adj. Big, large, stout, burly, substantial. Of people: strong, sturdy, stout-hearted, valiant. Of a blow: hard, violent. Rough in manner or appearance, grim, gruff, austere, stern, forbidding, hard, determined, unyielding. Of a sound or the voice etc.: deep and hoarse, harsh, gruff, rough.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stick-and-stuir: Totally, altogether.
struira-broken: I.Sh. Fishermen's taboo language referring to a boat that has been wrecked by the violence of the wind.
stair, steur, stoor, stör, stour, stuer, stuir, stüir, stür, sture, sture, stuur,
stuir [støːr, stuːr]
n. The Dutch stiver or five cents piece.
steut, stit, stiter, stitt, stitter, stitter, stoot, stooter, stuit, stuiter, stut, stute, stuter, stuther, stutter, stutter,
stuit [styt, stɪt, stʌt]
n. A stammer, stutter or similar speech impediment.
v. To stutter, stammer,
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stuiter: One who stammers, a stutterer.
steet, steut, stuit, stut, stute,
stuit [NEC. SN.. støt, MN. stit, stut]
n. A prop, support or shore for a beached boat etc.
v. To prop, support, shore up.
stimna, stomba, stumba, stumna,
stumba [I.Sh. ˈstʌmbə]
n. A dense mist or fog. A thick smoke, drizzle or cloud of dust etc.
stummle,
stummle [stʌml]
n. A stumble.
v. To stumble.
stum, stump, stumpick, stumpie, stumpil, stumpit, stumple, stumpock, stumps, stumpy,
stump [stʌmp]
n. A stump. An apple core. A short, stocky person or animal, a sluggard, dull-witted.
pl. stumps Toy stilts.
dim. stumpie, stumpock
v. To cut short, stunt, truncate, reduce in height. To boast of, to make a brag of.
pt. pp. stumpit adj. Short, stunted, stocky, dumpy.
 
stumpie
adj. Short, stunted, stocky, dumpy.
 
stumple
v. To walk stiffly, heavily or clumsily
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rump and stump: Completely, wholly, in its entirety.
stumps, stumpse, stums, stumse, stumse$t, stumsed,
stumse [I.Sh. ˈstʌms]
n. A state of speechless amazement, stupefaction, dumb perplexity.
v. To stare dumbly in amazement or shock. To take aback, to confound, to make speechless with surprise or dismay.
pt. pp. stumse't adj. Thunderstruck, dumbfounded, quite taken aback.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stumse wi: To be rendered speechless.
stunchil, stunk, stunkard, stunkart, stunkel, stunker, stunkit, stunkle, stunkles, stunks,
stunk [ˈstʌŋk]
also stunker, stunkle
v. To sulk, get into a pet or huff. To be sullen.
pt. pp. stunkit adj. Sulky or surly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
the stunks: The sulks, a fit of pettish sullenness.
stunkart [-ərt, -ərd]: A sullen, sulky person. Sulky, surly, perversely or sullenly obstinate.
stipit, stipor, stippit, stoopit, stuepit, stupeed, stupeeditie, stupeedity, stupeiditie, stupifee, stupit, stupor,
stupit [ˈstupɪt, MN. ˈstjupid]
adj. Stupid.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stupeedity [ˈstupidətɪ, MN. tj-]: Stupidity.
stupifee: Stupify.
stupor [ˈstupər, MN. ˈstjupər]: Stupor.

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