stot2 (stot)

i.; pret. and pp. stotted, ppr. stot ting. [Formerly stote; They stotted along side by side. Mi Ferrier, Inheritance, ii. 367. 2. To rebound, as a ball. [Prov. Eng.] stotayt, v. i. [ME. stotayen, stotaien, Than he stotays for made, and alle his strenghe faylez, Lokes upe to the lyfte, and alle his lyre chaunges! Downne he sweys fulle swythe, and in a swoune fallys! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4272 stotel, n. stote24, v. stotert, v . i. story-post (stō'ri-post), n. In building , an upstoteyet, n. right post supporting a beam on which rests a floor or a wall, as when the whole front of a ground floor is glazed. IMG:content-2224.png:[blocks in formation] ing to his story, he did wonders. Fal . You confe , then, you picked my pocket? Prince. It appears so by the story. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 3. 191. All for a slanderous story , that cost me many a tear. Tennyson, The Grandmother. 7. A falsehood; a lie; a fib. [Colloq. and euphemistic.] I wrote the lines;... owned them; he told stories. (Signed) Thomas In golds by. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 116, note. 8. The plot or intrigue of a novel or drama: as, many persons read a novel, or are interested in a play, only for the story . IMG:content-2225.png:[blocks in formation] or at least with a very dull one. R. L. Stevens on, A Go ip on Romance. 9t. A scene from history, legend, or romance, depicted by means of painting, sculpture, needlework, or other art of design. The walles also of all the body of the Chirche, from the pyllers to the Rooff, be poyntyd with storys from the be gynnyng of the world. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 49. To erect greate Chapells,... to paint faire stories, and to make rich ornaments. Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 341. art of relating stories, true or fictitious. Story- telling . is not perfect without proper gesticulations of the body, which naturally attend such merry emotions of the mind. Steele, Guardian, No. 42. 2. The telling of fibs; lying. [Colloq. and euphemistic.] story-writer (stōʻri-rī"tèr), n . 1. A writer of IMG:content-2226.png:[blocks in formation] An obsolete form of stotter . [ME., tie , boldne , rashne , estot , bold, stout: see stout1 .] Cunning; stratagem. Hade he had his ost he wold [haue] a-saide there To haue with stoteye & str eng the stoutli hire wonne. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1 4985.