*Stone-bruise. A kind of corn on the foot. In an American trouting-yarn in Fishing Gazette, December 17, 1892, p. 429, the following occurs:—
'It's just the age for "stone-bruises" in a boy, and he must have a pair of shoes any way.'
*Stone-osier. Salix purpurea, L. (Gamekeeper at Home, ch. viii).—N.W.
Stop. A hole in the ground—not in a hedgerow, but a few yards away, or on cultivated ground—where the doe rabbit has her young; said to be from her 'stopping' or covering it over when she leaves it. Also used in Hants.—N.W., common.
Storm-cock. Turdus viscivorus, Missel Thrush (Birds of Wilts, p. 129).—S.W.
Stout. The gadfly (A.B.). 'They stowuts be so terrifyin'.'—N.W.
Stowl. (1) n. The root of a timber-tree left in the ground after felling (A.B.C.); the stump of a bush or tree, in hedge or copse, cut off low down so as to form a stock from which underwood may spring (C.D.S.).—N. & S.W. (2) v. 'To stowl out,' to shoot out thickly, as a bush cut off low down, or wheat which has been fed off when young.—N.W.
Strafe. To wander about.—N.W., occasionally.
Strapper. An Irish harvester or tramping labourer.—N.W.
Strawberry-leaved Geranium. Saxifraga sarmentosa, L. See Hanging Geranium.—S.W.