_Ramsay._

Fr. _estend-re_, Ital. _stend-ere_, to extend.

~Stend~, _s._

1. A spring, S.

_Douglas._

2. A long step or stride, S.

_Ruddiman._

~Stendling~, _s._ The act of springing with great force.

_Compl. S._

_To_ STENYE, _v. a._ To sting.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ STENT, _v. a._

1. To stretch, S.

_Barbour._

2. To straiten; _stent_, at full stretch, S.

3. To restrain, to confine, S.

_Ramsay._

4. To erect.

_Douglas._

Fr. _estend-re_, from Lat. _extend-ere_.

~Stent-net~, _s._ A net stretched out and fixed by stakes or otherwise, S. B.

_Law Case._

_To_ STENT, _v. n._ To stop, to cease. S.

_Douglas._

O. Sw. _stynt-a_, Isl. _stunt-a_, abbreviare.

_To_ STENT, _v. a._ To a.s.sess, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

L. B. _extend-ere_, aestimare, appretiare.

~Stent~, ~Stant~, _s._

1. A valuation of property, in order to taxation.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

L. B. _extent-a_, aestimatio.

2. A taxation, S.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

3. A task, S. _stint_, E.

_Ruddiman._

~Stentmasters~, _s. pl._ Those appointed to fix the quota of any duty payable by the inhabitants of a town or parish, S.

_Act Sed._

~Stent-roll~, _s._ Cess-roll, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

STENT, _s._ Aperture for receiving a bar.

_Wallace._

STEP IN AGE, advanced in years.

Teut. _stap_, climacter, scalae.

_Doug._

STEPPE, _s._ A stave.

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