_To_ STILT, _v. n._

1. To go on crutches, S.

2. To halt, to cripple, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _stylt-a_, grallis incedere.

3. To cross a river on poles, S.

_Stat. Acc._

~Stilt~ _of a plough_, _s._ The handle of it, S.

_Brand._

~Stilts~, _s. pl._ Poles for crossing a river.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ STYME, _v. n._

1. To look as one whose vision is indistinct, S. B.

2. Denoting the awkward motions of one who does not see well, S. B.

STYME, _s._

1. The faintest form of any object, S.

_Peblis Play._

Su. G. _stomm_, the elementary principle of any thing; C. B.

_ystum_, form, figure.

2. Improperly, a disease of the eye.

_Gl. Surv. Mor._

~Stymie~, _s._ One who sees indistinctly, S. B.

STIMIKET, Perh. for _stinket_, stunk.

_Dunbar._

_To_ STIMMER, _v. n._ To go about in a confused manner, S. B.

V. ~Stammer~.

STIMPART, _s._

1. The fourth part of a peck, Ayrs.

_Burns._

2. A young person who reaps the fourth part of a ridge instead of a half, which is the work of one full grown, ibid.

3. As much ground as will grow the fourth part of a peck of flax-seed, ibid.

STING, STEING, _s._

1. A pole, S.

_Wallace._

Isl. _stanga_, Su. G. _staeng_, fustis, pertica.

2. A pike or spear.

_Douglas._

Isl. _stang_, _steing_, hasta.

3. An instrument for thatching, S.

_Pennecuik N._

~Sting~ _and_ ~ling~,

1. _To carry sting and ling_, to carry with a long pole, resting on the shoulders of two persons, S.

_Bann. Journ._

2. _To carry off sting and ling_, to do so entirely, S.

V. ~Ling~.

_Gl. Sibb._

3. The use of both pole and rope, especially in managing unruly horses or cattle.

_Watson._

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