An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 842
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_To_ STUMP, _v. n._

1. To go on one leg, S.

Teut. _stompe_, mutilatum membrum.

2. To go about stoutly; at times implying the idea of heaviness, clumsiness, or stiffness in motion, S.

_Burns._

~Stumpie~, _adj._ Mutilated, S.

Su. G. _stumpig_, curtus, mutilatus.

~Stumpie~, _s._ Any thing that is mutilated, S.

_To_ STUNAY, _v. a._

V. ~Stonay~.

_To_ STUNGLE, _v. a._ Slightly to sprain any joint or limb, S. B.

E. _stun_, or Fr. _estonn-er_.

STUNKARD, _adj._

V. ~Stonkerd~.

STUPE, _s._ A foolish person, S. B.

Teut. _stuype_, defectio animi.

St.u.r.dY, _s._ A vertigo, a disease to which black cattle when young, as well as sheep, are subject, S.

_Stat. Acc._

O. Fr. _estourdi_, dizzy-headed, Su. G. _stort-a_, to fall or rush headlong.

STURE, STUR, STOOR, _adj._

1. Strong, robust, S.

_Barbour._

2. Rough in manner, austere, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

3. Rough, hoa.r.s.e, S.

_Gl. Shirr._

Su. G. _stor_, anc. _stur_, ingens, Isl. _styrdr_, asper.

STURNE, _s._ Trouble, vexation.

_Barbour._

Belg. _stoor-en_, to trouble, _stoorenis_, disturbance.

STUROCH, _s._ Meal and milk, or meal and water stirred together, Perths.

Teut. _stoor-en_, to stir.

_To_ STURT, _v. a._ To vex, to trouble, S.

_Burns._

Su.G. _stoert-a_, Germ. _sturz-en_, praecipitare, deturbare.

~Sturt~, _s._

1. Trouble, vexation, S. B.

_Douglas._

2. Wrath, indignation, S. B.

_Chr. Kirk._

Dan. _stird_, _styrt_, strife.

_To_ ~Sturt~, _v. n._ To startle, S.

_Burns._

~Sturtsumnes~, _s._ Crossness of temper.

_Maitland P._