10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOITER»
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Propriety Ascertained in Her Picture; Or, Inglish Speech and ...
Dhe Scotch expressive y?o/ (bound) varied into' floit, became frequent in stoiter,
hwich might wel proov synonnymous to' stammer (iuppozing synnonymies pos-
sibel), hwen dhe latter (az stil Scottishly) prezented dhe idea ov flagger, and ...
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A glossary of the Cleveland dialect
The Sc. form is stoit, slot, stoiter, to walk in a staggering way, to totter. Just as
O. N. stappa, N. stappa, to pound or press down, N. stabla, to stagger, Sw. staph,
to stumble, to stammer, are all near relations, as also O. N. stakra, to totter, Sc.
and ...
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
Faith it gars us a' fowre stoiter.' (Snnrrrnnn, TroxnER, Bnnnznnnn, and Amrmosn,
succeed in placing the Balaam-boa: on the table.) North. Thank ye, gentlemen.
Here is a glass of Madeira to each of you. \ See ante, p. 7, note 7. Loot-stoop.
John Wilson, James Frederick Ferrier, James Hogg, 1868
Faith it gars us a' fowre stoiter.3 (Shepherd, Tickler, Beelzebub, and Ambrose,
succeed in placing the Balaam-box on the table.) North. Thank ye, gentlemen.
Here is a glass of Madeira to each of you. 1 See ante, p. 7, note 7. 3 Loot — stoop
.
John Wilson, James Frederick Ferrier, 1867
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Poems, Chiefly Satirical...
Left him by the hallen d graping ; But Dan stoiter'd • in at last ; When the fire he
saw — swith — gaping, On the floor quite lifeless dash'd. Meg starts up in desp'
rate hurry, But and benf she stamping ran, As a wolfe a lamb would worry,* So
she ...
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Concise English-Scots Dictionary
2 (small drink) (wee) dram. total: the total tot, the hail, the hail rick- mat ick . box
an dice, the hail jing-bang. in total at a slump. totter see also stagger: noun stotter
, stoiter, styter, stacher, stoit NE, swaver NE, loiter NE, staver, hochle. verb
stacher ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
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A Dictionary of English Etymology: Q - Z ; 1
Now the idea of a jolt or sudden thrust is commonly expressed by the
representation of an abrupt sound such as those uttered in the broken efforts of
stammering or stuttering. Starting then from a form like stotter or stutter, we pass
to Sc. stoiter, ...
8
The Songs of Robert Burns
RECITATIVO POOR Merry Andrew, in the neuk Sat guzzling wi' a tinkler-hizzie;
They mind't na wha the chorus teuk, Between themsels they were sae busy: At
length wi' drink an' courting dizzy, He stoiter'd up an' made a face; Then turn'd an'
...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
STOER-MACKREL, s. Thetunnyfish, S. Sibbald. Sw. star, great, and ma£riH,
mackerell. STOG SWORD. V. Stok. STOIP, s. A measure. V: Srour. STO To STOIT,
STOT, STOITER, v. n. I. To stagger, to totter, S. J. Nicol. 2. To stumble, S. Sir
Tristrem ...
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A dictionary of the Scottish language [by E. Picken].
Stoit, v. n. to walk like one infirm. Stoiter, iv n. to walk hke one iutirm, or in li. quor,
to reel. Stoiter, s. a stagger, a reel. St. ,lium, s. a penful of ink. Stoopie. s a
wooden water- pitcher. Stoor, adj hoarse, rougn, austere. Storm stead. Storm -
steddit ...
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