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† stouth Sc. and north. Obs. Forms: 4 stulth, stulþ, 5 stouth, stoutht, stuth, 6 stouith, 6, 9 stowth. [Northern ME. stulþ, a. ON. stulþ-r (Icel. stulð-r, stuld-r), f. OTeut. *stul- ablaut-var. of *stel-: see steal v.] 1. Theft. Often coupled with reif: cf. stouthreif.a 1300 Cursor M. 28461 Stulth o...
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stoldred
† ˈstoldred Obs. [App. f. ME. stulþ (a. ON. stulð-r, stuld-r, stouth) + -red.] Stealth.1654 E. Johnson Wonder-working Provid. 27 When the best choice our Orthodox Ministers can make is to take up a perpetuall banishment..their poore sheepe they may not feede, but by stoledred. 1657 N. Billingsley Br...
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stouth and routh
stouth and routh [Prob. some error: cf. stout and rout.] A quasi-archaic phrase used by Scott in the sense of: Plenty, abundance.1816 Scott Antiq. xi, It's easy for your honour and the like o' you gentlefolks, to say sae, that hae stouth and routh, and fire and fending.
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stoutherie
stoutherie Obs. exc. Sc. Also 5 stolethery, stoltherie, -ye. [f. stulþ, stouth + -ery.] Theft, stealing; also stolen goods.c 1440 Alphabet of Tales 8 The money at þou hase taken of þi bruther, it is stoltherye. Ibid. 9 Euer sen I forsuke to take swilk stolethery I hafe abundid & waxin ryche of gudi[...
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stulth
▪ I. † stult Obs. rare—1. ? A derisive name for a tailor.1675 M. Locke Engl. Opera Pref. A 3 b, He who Composes for Voices, not considering their extent, is like a Botching Stult, who, being obliged to make Habits for men, cuts them out for Children.▪ II. stult, stulth see stout a., stouth.
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stouthreif
ˈstouthreif Sc. Obs. exc. arch. Also 5 stowthrefe, 5–7 stouthreif, 6 stouthe reif, stowth reif, pl. stouthisreiffis, 7, 9 stouth-rife, 9 stouthreef, -rief. [f. stouth + reif; perh. altered from stouth and reif.] Theft with violence; robbery.1493 in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. *15 For Stouthreif of a bo...
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pegrall
† ˈpegrall, a. Sc. Obs. Also peggrell, pygrall. [Origin unascertained.] Petty, paltry, trifling.1535 Lyndesay Satyre 2653 Ane peggrell theif that steillis ane kow. 1555 Satir. Poems Reform. xxxvi. 126 That fals and degenerat seid Of Douglassis..That of his bluide resavit þe pygrall pryce. 1567 Ibid....
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fending
fending, vbl. n. (ˈfɛndɪŋ) [f. fend v. + -ing1.] 1. The action of the vb. fend; an instance of this; esp. in fending and proving (cf. fend v. 2).1583 Rich Phylotus & Emelia (1835) 31 After greate fendyng and prouyng had in the matter. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. viii. iii. §9 Much fending, and proving the...
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stealth
stealth (ˈstɛlθ) Forms: 3–4 stalðe, 4–6 stelthe, 4–7 stelth, 5 stalth, 6 stilth, 6– stealth. [Early ME. stalðe, stelthe; the fluctuation of vowel points to an OE. *stǽlþ, f. OTeut. *stǣl- ablaut- var. of *stel-: see steal v. and -th1. Cf. ON. stulþ-r, Icel. stuld-r, theft, stouth, from the weak-grad...
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