An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

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 pushing 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.
Spalding.