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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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steill, a peg or pin for things hung; cf. Sc. stell, a prop.

stéilleach (steilleach, M'F.), lusty, stout, ruddy; cf. stéidheil, steady, solid, from stéidh.

steinle, the itch, mange, Ir. steinle (Lh., etc.); from teine, fire?

steòc, any person or thing standing (or sticking) upward, an attendant (steòcair also); from Sc. stog, stug, stook, stubble, stumpy horns, stok, Eng. stick.

steòrn, guide, direct, manage; from Norse stjórna (do.), stjórn, steering, rule, Eng. stern, steer. See stiùir.

steud, a horse, steed, Ir. stead (O'R.), M. Ir. stéd; from Ag. S. stéda, Ag. S. stéda, M. Eng. stede, now steed.

stiall, a strip, stripe, streak, Ir. stíall, E. Ir. stíall, girdle, strap, board; cf. W. astell, M.W. ystyll, shingle, plank, Corn. stil, rafter, O. Fr. esteil, pole, Lat. astella, splinter, or from O. H. G. stihhil, pole, post.

stic, a fault, blemish, pain; from Sc. stick, a bungle or botch, Eng. stick, stich (older sticke).

stic, adhere, stick; from the Eng.

stìc, ghostly person, "imp" (Carm.); N. stygr, shy.

stìd, peep, Manx steetagh to peep; see dìd.

stidean (stìdean, H.S.D.), a cat, the word by which a cat is called to one (also stididh and tididh, from Sc. cheet, cheety, puss, cat, Eng. chit, cub, youngster; from cat, like kitten).

stìg, a skulking or abject look or attitude; from Norse stygr, shy.

'stigh, a stigh, inside, Ir. stigh, E. Ir. istig, istaig, isintig; for *in-san-tig, 'in the house", from tigh, house.

stìnleag, the hinge of a box, hasp:

stìobull, a steeple; from the Eng.

stiocach, limping: "sticking"? From the Eng. anyway.

stìog, a strip in cloth (M'A.); from Sc. steik, Eng. stitch.

stìom, stìm, head-band, snood:

stiorap, a stirrup, Ir. stioróip; from M. Eng. stirōp, Ag. S. stigráp.

stiorc, stretch (at death, Arg.); from Eng. stark?

stiorlag, a thin, worn-out rag, an emaciated woman, stiorlan, a thin person; stiorlach, thin gruel (M'D.); stirlean, thin gruel or watery stuff (Bad.):

stiornach, sturgeon (M'A.), stirean; from Lat. sturio(n), whence, through Fr., Eng. sturgeon.

stìpean, a stipend; from the Eng.

stiùbhard, a steward, Ir. stìobhard; from the Eng.

stiùir, steeer, guide, Ir. sdiuirim, M. Ir. stiurad or stiúrad; from Ag. S. steóran, steer, now steer, Norse stýra, Got. stiurjan.

stiup, a long tail or train, a foolish person. In the latter sense, the G. is from Sc. stupe, from Lat. stupidus.