stout(e), II, 282 f., 4, 17 (audacious), 18; III, 339, 5; IV, 503, 5, 7: haughty, high-mettled, bold. III, 411, 8 (traitor): audacious, unflinching. V, [36] f., 9, 10: unabashed. I, 3, 3; IV, 197, 3: sturdy.
stowen, stown, p. p. of steal, I, 367, 14; II, 72, 23; 79, 38; IV, 133, H 6, 7; 241 a. See stoun.
stowre, n. See stour.
stowre, adj., I, 293, 2: (originally, big) strong.
stracht, straght, III, 521 b, 272, 15; V, [236], 9: straight.
strack, struck.
strae, stray, stro, II, 162, 8; 169, 19; 185, 36; 261, 15, etc.: straw.
straik, streak, streek, stroke. (a sword) oer (on) a strae (strow), II, 261, 15; V, [37], 8: pass it over a straw to give it an edge. See streak. straiked back hair, IV, 184, E 17: stroked. straik (streek) wi a (the) wan(d), II, 188, 8; IV, 46, 3; 480, 15: of a measure, to even at the top by passing a stick over.
straine, streen, the, V, [221], 24: evening of yesterday.
strait (a rope), IV, 398, 7, 25: straighten, stretch, tighten. pret., of stirrups, III, 492, 27.