An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 840
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Isl. _striug-r_, asper; O. Fr. _truang-er_, indignum in modum excipere.

STROUP, STROOP, _s._ The spout of a pump, tea-kettle, &c. S.

Su. G. _strupe_, Isl. _strup_, guttur.

STROW, (p.r.o.n. _stroo_), _s._

1. A fit of ill-humour, a tiff, Ang.

2. A quarrel, a state of variance, S.

3. Bustle, disturbance, S. A.

_A. Scott._

Su. G. _strug, stru_, displeasure, secret hatred; O. Fr. _estrois_, fracas, bruit eclatant.

~Strow~, _adj._ Hard to deal with.

_Kelly._

STROWBILL, _adj._ Stubborn.

_Wallace._

Germ. _streubel_, _strobel_, id.

STROWD, _s._ A senseless silly song, S. B.

_To_ STRULE, _v. n._

1. To urine, S.

2. To pour water from one vessel to another, to emit any liquid in a stream, S. _streel_. Fife.

Fris. _struyl-en_, _strull-en_, _streyl-en_, reddere urinam, mejere.

STRUM, _s._ A pettish humour, S. B.

~Strum~, _adj._ Pettish, sullen, S. B.

From, _strow_, q. v. or Isl. _strembinn_, difficilis, superbus.

~Strummal~, ~Strummil~, _adj._ Stumbling, S. _stumral_.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _striemel-en_, cespitare, nutare gressu.

~Strummel~, ~Strumbell~, _s._ A person so feeble that he cannot walk without stumbling.

_Dunbar._

_To_ STRUNT, _v. n._

1. To walk st.u.r.dily, S.

_Burns._

2. To walk with state, to strut, S.

_Old Song._

STRUNT, _s._ Spirituous liqour of any kind, S. O.

_Burns._

STRUNT, _s._ A pet, a sullen fit.

_Ramsay._

O. Fr. _estront-oier_, attaquer, injurier; or, in contempt, from _estrouen_, L. B. _strunt-us_, stercus humanum.

STRUNTAIN, _s._ A sort of woollen network.

_Stat. Acc._

Sw. _strunt_, trash, refuse.

STRUNTY, _adj._ Short, contracted, Ang.

Fr. _estreint_, pinched, shrunk up.

STRUTE, STROOT, _adj._

1. Stuffed full, crammed, S.