stooth dial.
(stuːθ)
Forms: 3–9 stothe, 5 stuthe, stoth, 6 stoothe, stoith, (pl. stoithez, stoys), 9 stooth.
[Either repr. OE. stuðu var. of studu stud n., or a. the equivalent ON. stoð.]
1. A post, an upright lath; now only one of the upright battens in a lath-and-plaster wall. b. Comb. stooth-and-plaster; † stooth-stone, a stone post.
| 1295 Acc. Exch. K.R. m. 13 Et xxij s. in Trussurs, Girdelinges et Stothes emptis de eodem. 1352–3 Ely Sacr. Rolls (1907) II. 152 Pro cariagio de ixxx sparris et cc stothys quercinis, 18 s. 6 d. 1410–11 in Hudson & Tingey Rec. Norwich (1910) II. 58 [For two spars, 3] stothis [and other timber]. 1453 Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 160 Et de 3d. sol. pro stuthes de ligno eidem operi. c 1460 Promp. Parv. (Winch. MS.) 440 S[t]oth of an hows, posticulus. 1497–8 in Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees) 90 Emendacione unius les stothe in zona pro cornu Sancti Willelmi. c 1530 Ibid. 355 Operantibus super reparacionem murorum stabuli circa soletrees et stoothes,..etc. 13 s. 2 d. 1532–3 Durham Househ. Bk. (Surtees) 173 Pro sarracione 13/4 rod in wyndbalks, stoys, pouynchys, 4 s. 8 d. 1533–4 Ibid. 270 Pro sarracione 1 rod in bords et stoythez, 2 s. 8 d. 1552 in Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees) 355 For setting in ij stothes. 1566 Leverton Churchw. Acc. in Archæologia XLI. 364, ii altar stones for stothe stones. 1893 H. D. Rawnsley in Westm. Gaz. 14 Nov. 2/1 He..showed me the stooth and plaister partition that had at one time formed his [Wordsworth's] bedroom outer wall. |
† 2. A stud or knob. Obs.
| 1397 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 445 Et vj stothes deaurat. ex donacione domini Ricardi de Castro Bernardi. 1428 in Engl. Misc. (Surtees) 1 For stuthes of xxxiij gyrdels of menged metaill..tin and lede. ? c 1475 Reg. Guild Corpus Chr. York (Surtees) 295 A blak gyrdill, y⊇ pennaunt and y⊇ buccle golde, with vij stuthes,..a blew girdill, pennaunt and y⊇ bocle silver and gilt, with xxxij stothez. |
† 3. The list of a web of cloth. Obs.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 476/2 Stothe, of a clothe [Winch. stoth], forago. |
Hence † ˈstoothed a., having studs.
| 1467 York Memo. Bk. (Surtees) I. 165 Ther shall no man..make or garre make any double stothed girdilles to sell..uppayn of iijs. iiijd. |