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

STYME, s.
1. The faintest form of any object, S.
Peblis Play.

Su. G. stomm, the elementary principle of any thing; C. B. ystum, form, figure.

2. Improperly, a disease of the eye.
Gl. Surv. Mor.

Stymie, s. One who sees indistinctly, S. B.

STIMIKET, Perh. for stinket, stunk.
Dunbar.

To STIMMER, v. n. To go about in a confused manner, S. B.
V. [Stammer].

STIMPART, s.
1. The fourth part of a peck, Ayrs.
Burns.
2. A young person who reaps the fourth part of a ridge instead of a half, which is the work of one full grown, ibid.
3. As much ground as will grow the fourth part of a peck of flax-seed, ibid.

STING, STEING, s.
1. A pole, S.
Wallace.

Isl. stanga, Su. G. staeng, fustis, pertica.

2. A pike or spear.
Douglas.