▪ I. studdle, n.
(ˈstʌd(ə)l)
Forms: 1 stodl, stodle (or -la), 4 stoydel, 5 stedulle, stodul, studdul, -yll, 6 stodyll, studill, studle, 7– studdle.
[OE. stodl masc., stodle or -la wk. fem. or masc.; = ON. stuðill masc., prop, related to stud n.1]
† 1. A post. Obs.
| c 1050 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 280/14 Postes, durstodl. 1368 Ely Sacrist Roll in Parker's Gloss. Archit. (1850) I. 449 In 60 arboribus quercinis empt' pro stoydels et tignis, 25s. |
† 2. Weaving. One of the upright posts of a loom. Obs.
| a 1100 Gerefa in Anglia IX. 263 He sceal fela tola..habban..stodlan. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 476/2 Stodul, or stedulle, of wevynge, telarium. 1562 Richmond Wills (Surtees) 156 A pece of clothe in studles, xiiij s. Ibid., A pare of studles. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 193 One to the studdles goes, the next begins To rauell for new wefte. |
3. Mining. (See quot. 1881.)
| 1757 Borlase Earthquake in Phil. Trans. L. 503 In Herland mine,..the noise was heard 55 and 60 fathom deep, as if a studdle had broke, and the deads were set a running. 1875 J. H. Collins Metal Mining 38 Sometimes short corner pieces called ‘studdles’ are placed upright to keep the sets their proper distance apart. 1881 Raymond Mining Gloss., Studdles, Corn. 1. Props supporting the middle of stulls. 2. Distance-pieces between successive frames of timbering. |
† 4. = staddle n. 6 (? A misreading of that word.) Obs.
| 1635 L. Fox N.-W. Fox 216 We found the broad footing of Deere, and hard by them, the frame of a Tent standing, which had lately been made, with the studdle of a fire, the haire of Deere, and bones of fowle, left heere. |
▪ II. studdle, v. dial.
(ˈstʌd(ə)l)
trans. To stir up (water) so as to make thick and muddy (Wilts. Gloss. 1893).
| 1852 Kingsley Lett. & Life (1877) I. 345 Some rascal's been ‘studdling’ the water. |