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_Ramsay._

Fr. _estend-re_, Ital. _stend-ere_, to extend.

~Stend~, _s._

1. A spring, S.

_Douglas._

2. A long step or stride, S.

_Ruddiman._

~Stendling~, _s._ The act of springing with great force.

_Compl. S._

_To_ STENYE, _v. a._ To sting.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ STENT, _v. a._

1. To stretch, S.

_Barbour._

2. To straiten; _stent_, at full stretch, S.

3. To restrain, to confine, S.

_Ramsay._

4. To erect.

_Douglas._

Fr. _estend-re_, from Lat. _extend-ere_.

~Stent-net~, _s._ A net stretched out and fixed by stakes or otherwise, S. B.

_Law Case._

_To_ STENT, _v. n._ To stop, to cease. S.

_Douglas._