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_Ramsay._
Fr. _estend-re_, Ital. _stend-ere_, to extend.
~Stend~, _s._
1. A spring, S.
_Douglas._
2. A long step or stride, S.
_Ruddiman._
~Stendling~, _s._ The act of springing with great force.
_Compl. S._
_To_ STENYE, _v. a._ To sting.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ STENT, _v. a._
1. To stretch, S.
_Barbour._
2. To straiten; _stent_, at full stretch, S.
3. To restrain, to confine, S.
_Ramsay._
4. To erect.
_Douglas._
Fr. _estend-re_, from Lat. _extend-ere_.
~Stent-net~, _s._ A net stretched out and fixed by stakes or otherwise, S. B.
_Law Case._
_To_ STENT, _v. n._ To stop, to cease. S.
_Douglas._
O. Sw. _stynt-a_, Isl. _stunt-a_, abbreviare.
_To_ STENT, _v. a._ To a.s.sess, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
L. B. _extend-ere_, aestimare, appretiare.
~Stent~, ~Stant~, _s._
1. A valuation of property, in order to taxation.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
L. B. _extent-a_, aestimatio.
2. A taxation, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
3. A task, S. _stint_, E.
_Ruddiman._
~Stentmasters~, _s. pl._ Those appointed to fix the quota of any duty payable by the inhabitants of a town or parish, S.
_Act Sed._
~Stent-roll~, _s._ Cess-roll, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
STENT, _s._ Aperture for receiving a bar.
_Wallace._
STEP IN AGE, advanced in years.
Teut. _stap_, climacter, scalae.
_Doug._
STEPPE, _s._ A stave.
