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

STROUL, s. Any stringy substance found among sorbile food, Fife.

Isl. strial, rarum quid; strial-ast, dispergere; Gael. strabil-am, to draw after.

STROUNGE, STROONGE. adj.
1. Harsh to the taste, S.
Gl. Sibb.
2. Surly, morose, S.

Isl. striug-r, asper; O. Fr. truang-er, indignum in modum excipere.

STROUP, STROOP, s. The spout of a pump, tea-kettle, &c. S.

Su. G. strupe, Isl. strup, guttur.

STROW, (pron. stroo), s.
1. A fit of ill-humour, a tiff, Ang.
2. A quarrel, a state of variance, S.
3. Bustle, disturbance, S. A.
A. Scott.

Su. G. strug, stru, displeasure, secret hatred; O. Fr. estrois, fracas, bruit eclatant.

Strow, adj. Hard to deal with.
Kelly.

STROWBILL, adj. Stubborn.
Wallace.