▪ I. stirrage dial.
(ˈstɜːrɪdʒ)
Also 6 Sc. sterage, stirage, 9 dial. stirridge, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
[f. stir v. + -age.]
Stirring, movement, commotion.
| 1513 Douglas æneis ii. xi. 82 And me..Ilk swouch of wynd, and every quhisper now, And alkyne sterage affrayit. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 660 To remane..Without sterage ay still as ony stone. c 1590 J. Stewart Poems (S.T.S.) II. 27 He stabill stands, And dois no stirage mak. 1621 Granger Eccl. xii. 4. 320 Old men..cannot sleepe soundly,..euery small stirrage waketh them. 1892 S. Hewett Peas. Sp. Devon 128 My ivers, whot a stirridge yu make vur nort at awl! |
▪ II. stirrage
obs. form of steerage.