STIVE, _adj._ Firm.

V. ~Steive~.

STOB, _s._

1. A p.r.i.c.kle, or small splinter of wood, S.

_Rutherford._

2. The puncture made by a p.r.i.c.kle, S.

Germ. _stupf_, _stipp_, punctum.

_To_ ~Stob~, _v. a._

1. To pierce with a pointed instrument, S.

2. To point with iron.

_Chr. S. P._

STOB, _s._

1. Stump of a tree.

_Lyndsay._

2. A palisade, S.; also _stab_.

_Douglas._

3. A pole, a stake.

_Spalding._

A. S. _stubb_, Belg. _s...o...b.._, stipes, truncus.

~Stob~, _s._ The stump of a rainbow; viewed as a prognostic of an approaching storm, S.

Su. G. _stubb_, a part of any thing broken off.

~Stob-feathers~, _s. pl._

1. The short unfledged feathers which remain on a fowl after it has been plucked, S.

2. Those which appear first on a young bird, S.

~s...o...b..d~, ~Stob-feather'd~,

1. Unfledged, S.

2. Having no provision or furniture; applied to a young couple, S.

~Stob-thacker~, _s._ One who forms or mends thatched roofs with a _stob_, or stake, S. B.

~Stob-thacking~, ~Stob-thatching~, _s._ The act of thatching in this way, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

~Stob-thackit~, ~Stob-thatched~, _adj._ Thatched, as described above, S.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ STOCK, _v. n._ To become stiff, S.

Su. G. _stock-a_, to harden.

~Stock~, _s._ One whose joints are stiffened by age or disease, S.

Belg. _stok-oud_, decrepid.

~Stock~, _s._ The hardened stem of a plant, as _a kail-stock_, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _kaalstock_, id.

STOCK, BED-STOCK, _s._ The forepart of a bed.

_Z. Boyd._

Su. G. _stock_, pars lecti anterior.

STOCK-DUCK, _s._ The mallard, Orkn.

_Barry._

Germ. _stock ent_, Kramer; Norw. _stok-and_.

STOCK ~and~ HORN, a musical instrument composed of the _stock_, which is the hinder thigh-bone of a sheep; the horn, the smaller end of a cow's horn, and an oaten reed.

_Ramsay._