stallion (stalyon)

[Early mod. E. also stalion, * stall on, stall and, stallant, stalant, sta lon; IMG:content-1967.png:[graphic] stallman stallman (stal' man), n.; pl. stallmen (-men). [ The stallman saw my father had (a strong fancy] for the book the moment he laid his hands upon it. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iii. 35. ( Latham .) stallont, n. [ stalon , estal lon, estelon, estolon , a stick, post, staddle, stander, appar. stolo ( n- ), a shoot, twig, branch, scion, sucker.] A slip; a cutting; a scion. Holinshed . In stalons forth the i sette Her seede, and best for hem is solute lande. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. 8.), p. 113.