stotter (stoter)

[ II. trans. To affect with staggers. stook. He'd tell what bullock's fate was tragick So right, some thought he dealt in magick; And as well knew, by wisdom outward, What ox must fall, or sheep be stotered . D'Urfey, Colin's Walk, i. (Davies.) stouk, n. An obsolete or dialectal form of stound it (stound), n. [ stund , a time, space of time, season, = OS. stunda = OFries. stunde , stonde = MD. stonde , a time, while, moment, D. stond , a moment, = MLG. stunde, stunt, LG. stunde = OHG. stunt a, stunt, MHG. stunde , a time, while, hour, G. stunde , an hour, = Icel. Sw. Dan. stund, a a time, while, hour, moment; perhaps orig. 'a point of resting or standing, and akin to stand.] A time; a short time; a while; a moment; an instant. Now lat us stynte of Troylus a stounde . Chaucer, Troilus, i. 1086. Soe death is heer & yonder in one stound . Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 129. Upon a stound, in a moment. stound2 (stound), v . i. [Also stoun ; = Ieel. stories. will get their characters mixed, and make A say what B ought to have said. O. W. Holmes, Atlantic Monthly, LXVI. 664. stönen, > G. stöhnen, groan. Cf. stound2, n.] 1. To ache; smart. [Prov. Eng.] -2. To long; IMG:content-2227.png:[blocks in formation] stound3 (stound), v. t. [A var. of stun1 , as astound of astun , aston : see stun1, stony2, aston , astun, etc.] 1. To stun as with strokes; beat heavily: as, to stound the ears with the strokes of a bell. [Prov. Eng.] -2. To astound; amaze. Your wrath, weak boy? Tremble at mine unle Retraction follow close upon the heels Of that late stounding insult. IMG:content-2228.png:[blocks in formation] stound me alt (stound'mēl), adv . [ stundmælum , at times. stund , time, space of time (see stound1 ), + mæ- lum, dat. pl. of mæl , a time: see meal2 , and cf. dropmeal, flock meal , piecemeal , thousand meal , etc.] At times; at intervals; from moment to moment: also used adjectively. The lyf of love is fulle contrarie, Which stoundemele can ofte varie. IMG:content-2229.png:[blocks in formation] estot, estut, F. dial. stout , proud, = Pr. estout, stout, bold, valiant, rash, impetuous, violent, stolt , D. stout , stout, bold, rash, also stu- pid (influenced by It. stolto , silly, stultus : see stultify ), = AS. stolt = OFries. stult = MLG. LG. stolt = OHG. MHG. G. stolz , proud (MHG. also foolish, due to the influence of the It. word), = Icel. stoltr = Sw. Dan. stolt , proud; perhaps stout or brave heart; also, obstinate. akin to stilt . Hence ult. ( stotay , stoteye .] I. a. 1. Bold; valiant; brave; dar- ing. So sterne he was & stoute & swiche st[r]okes lent; Was non so stif stelen wede that with-stod his wepen. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3535. Verily Christian did here play the man, and showed himself as stout as Hercules could, had he been here. Bunyan , Pilgrim's Progre , p. 286. Have you a stout heart? Nerves fit for sliding panels and tapestry? Jane Austen , North anger Abbey, xx. I was hiz of herte and stowte , And in my clothing wondre gay. 3. Firm; resolute; persistent; stubborn. He was a great Becket ist-viz, a stout opposer of Regal Power over Spiritual Persons. Fuller , Worthies, Wilts, II. 467. Shakespeare was Article XL. of stout old Doctor Port- man's creed. The people of this part of Candia are stout men, and drive a great coasting trade round the island in small boats, by carrying wood, corn, and other merchandizes. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 241. Seven braw fellows, stout and able To serve their king and country weel. The stoutest ve el to the storm gave way. Dryden, Æneid, i. 170. With blithe air of open fellowship, Brought from the cupboard wine and stouter cheer. Words worth, Excursion, ii. 7. Bulky in figure; thick-set; corpulent. Mrs. Reed was rather a stout woman; but... she ran Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, iv. Syn. 1. Valorous, manful, gallant. -4 and 5. Stalwart , Sturdy , etc. See robust . II. n. Strong ale or beer of any sort; hence, since the introduction of porter, porter of extra stour3 (stour or stör), n. [Early mod. E. also stowre, Sc. also sture ; stour , store , stor , stur , est or , estour (also rarely estorme , also estormie, estourmie, esturmie ), a tumult, conflict, a ault, shock, battle, Pr. est or = It. stormo , dial. sturm , tumult, noise, bustle, throng, troop, band, OHG. sturm , storm, battle, = E. storm : see storm . For the lo of the final m in OF., ef. OF. tour , turn, jour , day, etc., with lo of final n (see turn , tour2 ).] 1. Tumult; conflict; a warst out1 (stout), v. [ Which suddein fitt, and halfe extatick stoure , When the two feare full wemen saw, they grew Greatly confused in behaveoure. 31. Encounter; time or place of meeting. Maidens blush when they ki men; So did Phillis at that stowre; Her face was like the rose flower. The waiter's hands, that reach To each his perfect pint of stout . I. in trans. 11. To be bold or defiant. Lewed man, thou shalt cursyng doute, And to thy prest thou shalt nat stoute . MS . Harl . 1701, f. 72. ( Hall i well .) 2. To persist; endure: with an impersonal it. [Prov. Eng.] Annals of Phila . and Penn., I. 385. II.t trans. To dare; defy; resist. For no man ful comunly Besecheth a wyfe of foly, But there the wyfe ys aboute The gode man for to stoute . MS . Harl . 1701, f. 20. ( Hall i well .) stout2 (stout), n. [Also stut ; stut , a gnat.] 1. A gnat.-2. A gadfly. [Prov. Eng. in both uses.] -3t. A firefly or miller. Pirausta , a fire-flye;... some call it a candle-flie, a stout , a miller-fowle, or bishop. Florio . stout-dart (stout'därt), n. A British noctuid moth, Agrotis ravida . stouten (stout'n), v. t. [ The pronounced realist is a useful fellow-creature, but so also the pronounced idealist- stouten his work though you well may with a tincture of modern reality. R. W. Gilder, New Princeton Rev., IV. 12. stouth (stouth), n. [ stuldr = Sw. stöld , stealth: see stealth .] Theft; stealth; also, a clandestine transac- tion. Jamie son . [Scotch.] Sum rownys till his fallow thaym betwene, Hys mery stouth and pasty me lait zistrene. IMG:content-2230.png:[blocks in formation] The stouthearted are spoiled; they have slept their sleep. Ps. lxxvi. 5. stout-hearted ne (stout'härted-nes), n. The quality of being stout-hearted; courage; espe- cially, moral courage. stovel (stov), n. [Early mod. E. also stoove , rarely stouph ; not found in ME. and rare in AS. (see below); stove , a heated room, bath- room, also (with (with dim. stofken ) a foot-stove used by women, later D. stoof , a stove, furnace, = MLG. stove , a heated room, bath-room, in gen. a room, LG. stove , usually stave , a bath-room, in gen. a room, = OHG. stub a, stupā , MHG. stube, a heated room, a bath-room, G. stube , stube , a room (cf. OF. esture , F. étuve = Pr. estuba = Sp. Pg. estufa = It. stufa , a bath-room, hothouse, <OHG.),