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

L. B. extend-ere, aestimare, appretiare.

Stent, Stant, s.
1. A valuation of property, in order to taxation.
Bellenden.

L. B. extent-a, aestimatio.

2. A taxation, S.
Bellenden.
3. A task, S. stint, E.
Ruddiman.

Stentmasters, s. pl. Those appointed to fix the quota of any duty payable by the inhabitants of a town or parish, S.
Act Sed.

Stent-roll, s. Cess-roll, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

STENT, s. Aperture for receiving a bar.
Wallace.

STEP IN AGE, advanced in years.

Teut. stap, climacter, scalae.

Doug.