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2. Drunken, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Metaph. vain-glorious.
O. E. _strout_, to protuberate, Germ. _strotz-en_, turgere.
STUDY, STUTHY, STYDDY, _s._ An anvil; _stiddie_, S. _studdie_, S. B.
_Doug._
Isl. _stedia_, incus.
_To_ STUFF, _v. a._
1. To supply, to provide.
_Bannatyne P._
Fr. _estoff-er_, id. Germ. _stoff_, apparatus.
2. To supply with men; referring to warfare.
_Douglas._
~Stuff~, _s._
1. Corn or pulse of any kind, S.
_Burns._
2. Vigour, whether of body or mind; mettle, S.
O. Fr. _gens d'estoffe_, gens de courage.
3. The men placed in a garrison for its defence.
_Wyntown._
4. A reserve in the field of battle.
_Wallace._
STUFF, _s._ Dust, Ang.
Teut. _stuyve_, _stof_, pulvis.
STUFFET, _s._
1. A lackey, a foot-boy.
_Dunbar._
O. Fr. _estaffier_, id., Ital. _staffetta_, a courier.
_To_ STUG, _v. a._ To stab, to p.r.i.c.k with a sword.
_Wodrow._
O. Belg. _stocke_, sica, ensis.
V. ~Stok~, _v._
STUGGY, _adj._ Applied to stubble of unequal length, in consequence of carelessness in cutting down the corn, S. B.
Germ. _stucke_, pars a toto separata; Isl. _stygg-r_, asper.
STUGHIE, _s._ What fills very much; as, food that soon distends the stomach, Loth.
~Stughrie~, _s._ Great repletion, ibid.
V. ~Stech~.
STULT, _adj._ Having the appearance of intrepidity, or of haughtiness.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _stolt_, Isl. _stollt-ur_, magnificus, fastuosus.
STUMFISH, _adj._ Strong, rank; applied to grain when growing, Loth.
Tweed.
Germ. _stumpf_, blunt, denoting a trunk wanting the top.
_To_ STUMMER, _v. n._ To stumble.
Isl. _stumr-a_, cespitare.
_Douglas._
