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V. ~Stap~.
STER, the termination of various names of trades, as _Baxster, Webster_, &c.
Germ. id.
STER, a termination of many names of places in Caithness.
_Ster_ is said to signify an estate.
_Stat. Acc._
STERDE, STERDY, _adj._ Strong.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _starr_, Isl. _styrd_, rigidus.
_To_ STERE, STEER, _v. a._ To govern, to rule.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _stier-en_, Su. G. _styr-a_, id.
~Ster~, ~Stere~, ~Steir~, ~Stering~, _s._
1. Government.
_Douglas._
2. The helm.
_Barbour._
A. S. _steor_, Su. G. _styre_, gubernaculum.
~Sterand~, _part. pr._ Active, lively.
_Doug._
_To_ STERE, STEIR, _v. n._ To stir, S. _steer_.
A. S. _styr-ian_, id.
_Lyndsay._
~Stere~, ~Steir~, _s._ Commotion, S.
_Doug._
~Sterage~, _s._
1. Stir, motion.
_Douglas._
2. Commotion caused by a throng.
_Id._
STERK, _adj._ Strong.
_Barbour._
Isl. _sterk-ur_, Germ. _stark_, robustus.
STERK, _s._ A bullock.
V. ~Stirk~.
STERLING, STRIUELING, _adj._ A term used to denote English money.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_Esterling_, a name given to those Germans who are said to have been the first that brought the art of refining silver into England.
STERLING, _s._ The name of a fish; apparently for _spirling_, a smelt.
_St. Acc._
STERN, _s._ A star.
V. ~Starn~.
~Sternyt~, _part. adj._ Starry.
_Douglas._
_To_ STERUE, STERF, _v. n._ To die.
