An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 817

~Stane-chaker~, ~Stone-checker~, _s._

1. The stone-chatter, S.

_Stat. Acc._

2. The wheat-ear, S. the _chack_ or _check_, of Orkn.

_Fleming._

Sw. _stens-quette_, Germ. _steinsch-waker_, the wheat-ear.

~Staneraw~, ~Steinraw~, _s._ Rock-liverwort, S.

_Neill._

A. S. _stan_, Isl. _stein_, stone, and _rawe_ hair.

STANERIE, _adj._

V. ~Stannery~.

_To_ STANG, _v. a._ To sting, S.

_Douglas._

Isl. _stanga_, pungere.

_To_ ~Stang~, _v. n._ To thrill with acute pain, S.

~Stang~, _s._

1. The act of stinging, S.

2. The sting of a bee, S.

_Douglas._

3. An acute pain.

_Sir Egeir._

4. The beard of grain, S. B.

_To_ ~Stank~, _v. n._ To ache smartly, Fife.

STANG, _s._ A long pole, S.

_Antiquary._

Isl. _staung_, Dan. _stang_, Belg. _stange_, id.

_To_ ~ride the stang~. He who beats his wife, is sometimes set astride on a long pole, which is borne on the shoulders of others. In this manner he is carried about from place to place.

_Ramsay._

Goth. _nidstaeng_, the pole of infamy, Sw. _stong-hesten_, the roddle horse.

~Stang~ _of the trump_, the best member of a family, the most judicious or agreeable person in a company, S. B.

~Stang~, or ~Sting~, _s._ The shorter pipe-fish.

_Sibbald._

~Stangril~, _s._ An instrument for pushing in the straw in thatching, Ang.

STANK, _s._

1. A pool or pond, S.

_Doug._

Su. G. _staang_, Arm. _stanc_, id.

2. The ditch of a fortified town.

_Dunbar._

_To_ STANK, _v. n._ To gasp for breath, S. B.

Isl. Su. G. _stank-a_, id.

_To_ STANK, _v. n._

V. under ~Stang~, _s._ 2.

STANERS, STANIRS, STANRYIS, _s. pl._

1. The small stones and gravel on the margin of a river or lake.

_Complaynt S._

2. Those within the channel of a river, which are occasionally dry, S.