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1. Steep, S.
_Barbour._
Teut. _steygh_, _steegh_, acclivus; A. S. _stig-an_, ascendere.
2. Lofty, haughty.
_Maitland P._
STAID, STADE, _s._ A furlong.
Fr. _stade_, Lat. _stad-ium_.
_Lyndsay._
STAIG, STAG, _s._
1. A horse of one, two, or three years old, not yet broken for riding, nor employed in work, S.
_Forrest Lawes._
2. A riding horse.
_Montgomerie._
3. A stallion; sometimes a young one, S.
_Pop. Ball._
4. A young courtier.
_Cleland._
Isl. _stegg-r_, the male of birds, and of most wild beasts.
_To_ STAIK, _v. a._ To accommodate, S.
Teut. _steck-en_, figere.
_Acts Marie._
STAILL, _s._
V. ~Stale~.
STAINYELL, _s._ The wagtail.
_Burel._
Dan. _stengylp_, id.
STAIT, _s._ Obeisance.
_Dunbar._
_To_ STAIVE, STAIVER, STAVER, _v. n._
1. To go about with an unstable and tottering motion, S.
Germ. _staub-ern_, to range as a dog.
2. To stagger, S. B. _staivell_, Loth.
_Journal Lond._
STAKE _and_ RISE.
V. ~Rise~.
_To_ STAKKER, STACHER.
V. ~Stacker~.
STALE, STAILL, STEILL, STALL, _s._
1. A body of armed men, stationed in a particular place; such especially as lie in ambush.
_Wallace._
Germ. _stell-en_, Su. G. _staell-a_, collocare.
2. The centre of an army, as distinguished from the wings.
_Pitscottie._
3. Any ward of an army, in battle array.
_Wallace._
