1. Steep, S.

_Barbour._

Teut. _steygh_, _steegh_, acclivus; A. S. _stig-an_, ascendere.

2. Lofty, haughty.

_Maitland P._

STAID, STADE, _s._ A furlong.

Fr. _stade_, Lat. _stad-ium_.

_Lyndsay._

STAIG, STAG, _s._

1. A horse of one, two, or three years old, not yet broken for riding, nor employed in work, S.

_Forrest Lawes._

2. A riding horse.

_Montgomerie._

3. A stallion; sometimes a young one, S.

_Pop. Ball._

4. A young courtier.

_Cleland._

Isl. _stegg-r_, the male of birds, and of most wild beasts.

_To_ STAIK, _v. a._ To accommodate, S.

Teut. _steck-en_, figere.

_Acts Marie._

STAILL, _s._

V. ~Stale~.

STAINYELL, _s._ The wagtail.

_Burel._

Dan. _stengylp_, id.

STAIT, _s._ Obeisance.

_Dunbar._

_To_ STAIVE, STAIVER, STAVER, _v. n._

1. To go about with an unstable and tottering motion, S.

Germ. _staub-ern_, to range as a dog.

2. To stagger, S. B. _staivell_, Loth.

_Journal Lond._

STAKE _and_ RISE.

V. ~Rise~.

_To_ STAKKER, STACHER.

V. ~Stacker~.

STALE, STAILL, STEILL, STALL, _s._

1. A body of armed men, stationed in a particular place; such especially as lie in ambush.

_Wallace._

Germ. _stell-en_, Su. G. _staell-a_, collocare.

2. The centre of an army, as distinguished from the wings.

_Pitscottie._

3. Any ward of an army, in battle array.

_Wallace._

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