Part 817 (2/2)

_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 pus.h.i.+ng 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.

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