(or stabhc)

, m., a stick, a lifeless trunk; do dhein sé stabhac díom, he paralyzed me (M.).

, -aighe, a., bow-legged, knock-kneed, halting, hobbling, limping.

, -e, f., hobbling, halting, limping; stabhghail chughat agus stabhghail uait, .i. do ghlúine chughat agus do shála uait (P. O'C.).

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a stable, a manger, a stall.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I straddle.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a stack (of hay, com, etc.); a shock; also a stake or post; also a pawn or pledge; a stake.

, -aighe, a., stiff, rigid, horned; galar stacach, priapismus; also stocach.

, -aighe, a., full of shocks or stacks; pillared; full of heaps.

, f., a strumpet, whence stachailleach and stachailleacht.

, -adh, v. tr., I pile up, heap, make into shocks or stacks.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a thorn, a stump, usually the sharp stumps of mown-down plants that are met with in meadows; a knot in wood; one of the "thorns" on a blackthorn stick (dim. of staic).

, -uighthe, m., a piling, heaping, forming into stacks or shocks.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I pile into stacks or shocks.

, -aid, pl. id. and -anna, m., a stay; an allaying (of thirst), a delay, a stop, a pause, a period, an interruption, a hindrance, the stay of a ship, an impediment (in speech), e.g. tá stad ionnat; stad do dhéanamh, to stay, to make a delay; stad do chur leis, to put a stop to it; gan s., instantly.

, -aighe, a., stuttering; given to pausing.

, vl. stad, v. tr. and intr., I stop, pause, stand, stay, wait for, cease to go forward; cease, hinder.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stammerer.

See staghaire.

, -aidhg, pl. id., m., a staff, or stick to walk with.

, -e, f., act of staying, stopping, delaying.

, -aighe, a., apt to stop or pause.

, m., a daring, presuming confident fellow.

, m., confidence, presumption.

, -aighe, a., presumptuous, impudent, confident .

, -aif, pl. id., m., a staff (E. R.); a stiff, staff-like person (Ker.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a staff, stick, club, crutch.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a "stag;" a potato softened and spoiled by frost, or otherwise rotten and worthless; dim. staigín, applied to a horse or person in a disparaging sense; thuit sé 'n-a staga, he fell into a faint or swoon.

, -aighe, a., useless, lumbersome.

, -úin, m., a potato cake; a frost-bitten potato; a horse that fails at the moment of danger, as in the Ker. prov. stad stagúin i mbéal beárnan, the stop of a stagún in front of a gap; a stubborn horse, tá am beathadhach sin 'na stagún, that horse is a stubborn one (Don.).

, -e, -eanna, f., a stake, a post, a short stick; a stake driven into the ground to which an animal is tied; a strong, thick-set person; stiffness, obstinacy (Louth, Mon.); ex. chuirfeadh staic i n-a muineál d'á shíneadh, who would become stiff-necked when giving it (alms) (old song).

, pl., the stays of a ship.

, -idhe, pl. id., f., a furlong.

, -e, pl. id. and -áda, f., state, rank; ar stáid na ngrás, in the state of grace (M. staid).

, -e, f., a handsome, queen-like, stately woman, often used loosely = fair lady, fair one; 'sé theagmhuigh damh an stáid, I met the fair one (Peter O'Dornin); b'fheárr liom arís é 'ná na na táinte dá mbéinn 7 an stáid mná i n-Inis Eoghain, I would rather have it again than herds (everything) if only I and the beautiful woman were in Innishowen (Don. version of old song); stáid is an abbreviation of stáid-bhean.

, f., a steady or stately woman.

, -tighe, a., faltering, stammering.

, m., a stately steed.

, -mhla, a., stately, portly, pompous, lordly, magnificent.

, -a, f., stateliness, self-importance.

(Leath-Chuinn). See <<stuidéar>>.

, -e, -eacha. See <<stéidhg>>.

, -mhire, a., stately, serious, solemn.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a nag, an enfeebled old horse; fig., a worthless or mean character.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, stairs, staircase, a terrace.

, g. -e and -alach, pl. -altacha, f., a stallion; fig., a gay spark, a paramour (nom. also stal; stalán, id.).

, -e, -eanna, f., an impediment, a stop; a sulk, sulkiness, stubbornness; tháinig stailc ann, he became stubborn.

, -mhla, a., stubborn, self-willed, sulky.

, -a, offence, act of being offended; d'éirgheadar chum stailcidheachta, they grew sulky.

, -e, f., incivility, discourteousness, vexation; a grudge.

, -mhla, a., uncivil, discourteous.

, g. id., m., incivility; sourness of temper; a grudge; dim. of stainnc.

, -re, -artha, f., a story, a history, a passage from an author; a poem; léigh stair dúinn, read a passage for us; in poet. used loosely of any composition.

, -e, f., a bout, a run; a running before a leap; seinntear stáir ar chláirsigh cheoil, let a bout be played on a musical harp (McD.).

, -mhla, a., historical; versed in history.

, f., a wry look.

, f., tusk, gag-tooth.

, -aighe, a., having tusks or prominent teeth.

, -a, f., story-telling; a harangue; records, chronicles, history.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., anything stiff or solid.

, -aighe, a., stiff, stubborn, rude.

See <<stailcidheacht>>.

, -adh, v. intr., I grow stiff.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a fowler, a deer-stalker; a starer, a gazer; also a stiff, stubborn, rude, fellow (nom. also stalcar; cf., Eng. stalker of deer, etc.).

, -a, f., the occupation of a fowler, deer-stalking; habit of staring or gazing; stubbornness, stiffness, rudeness.

, -e, f. = stailcidheacht, e.g. d'éirgheadar chum stalcghaile.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a stall (A.).

, -aidh, m., a warming drink.

, -uighthe, m., act of making stale or old; act of seasoning timber, etc. (A.).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I make stale or old (A.); I season timber, etc.

, indec. a., stale, old, withered; seasoned (A.).

, -aidh, pl. id., m., drought; tá s. mór gaoithe ann, there is a very dry wind; lá

, a day of drought (Rosses, Don.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a stamp, an impression (A.).

, -ála, pl. id., f., a stamping, prancing (A.).

, -áin, m., tin, pewter; a vat, a barrel; impertinence, impudence; rinn sé stán orm, he was impudent to me (U.).

, poet. for staon.

, -nta, m., a beating, a hammering; thug sé an-stánadh dhó, he beat him severely; also poet. for staonadh, which see.

, -aidhthe, m., staring, earnestly; bhí sé ag stánadh orm, he was staring at me.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a tinker.

, vl., -adh, v. tr., I stare (at, ar); stán sé orm, he stared at me, he stared me out (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a tin merchant.

, -ainge, pl. -anga, f., a ditch; a pin, a peg; the square perch; stang fhearainn, a square perch of land; a portion of time or space; pron. stó in Mon.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a plank bridge.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a loiterer, a lazy, suspicious person (Don.); one hard to deal with; one slow in paying his debts (Con.); stangaire mná, an obstinate woman; rinneadh s. de, he was transfixed (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a vat, a barrel; also stán.

, -aighe, a., pettish, self-willed.

, -áin, m., vexation; difficulty, intricacy; delay; a tedious waiting inflicted on a person left without by one who has called at a house; rinn tú s. orm, "you delayed too long;" in Glenties district the word is stanncán, in Townawilly (Don.) and in Om. stanngán, but in Glengesh, Don., stranngán, all in the last sense; cf. stangaire.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a bold person; hussy; dá bhfeicfeá an s. 'na seasamh láimh liom. (E. U. song); some understand it as "tinker."

, a., oblique, awry, askew.

, -a, m., firmness, compactness; staon bháid, the caulking material used in a boat.

, -nta, m., act of yielding, flinching, bonding; cessation; bias, inclination.

(also claon-adhairt)

, f., a crick or cramp in the neck got during sleep (P. O'C.); somet. staon-árd.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I yield, refrain from; decline, curb.

, m., a slant, a declivity; a crick in the neck. See staon-adhairt.

, -aire, a., staunch, firm, stapal, -ail, pl. id., m., a link-torch, a flambeau.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a staple; stápal glais, the staple of a lock (A.).

, -a, f., humbugging (?); stad do do s., cease your humbugging (?) (Tiom. an Aighe, Don. poet.)

, -óige, -óga, f., a female who stares at things intently, craning her neck in so doing; is mór an staróg í (Don.) (A.?).

, -a, f., staring and craning one's neck in looking at things; tá sí sin ag s. (Don.).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a historian, a chronicler, a story-teller.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a historian, a story-teller; a writer; staruidhe fir 7 s. mná are used in Om. as an uncomplimentary epithet.

, -áit, m., a state; an estate (A.).

See <<stothaim>>.

, -éid, pl. id., m., a steed (A.).

, -aighe, a., of or belonging to steeds or horses.

, m., a steed, a fine horse.

, g. -a and -eille, pl. -a, f., a dash or splash of water, etc.; ag gabháil stealla, dashing, splashing, vehemently operating.

, -aighe, a., squirting, splashing.

, -lta, m., act of splashing, pouring out, squirting out, etc.; lá steallta, a day in which there are short sudden showers, see steallaim.

, -ladh, v. tr. and intr., I spurt, I squirt, I splash, I pour violently.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a squirt, a syringe, a spout, a pipe, a tap; a tattler.

, -a, f., the squirting, dashing, splashing of water, etc.

, m., act of mocking very derisively.

, -e, f., act of squirting, splashing, pouring out violently (as water).

, -áin, m., a sting, a sort of bad drink (P. O'C.). See streanncán.

See <<stang>>.

, -ail, m., a bittern; a butter lump; s. tighe ósta, m., an innkeeper's sign (O'R.).

, -ge, -geacha, f., a beef-steak, a slice of meat; a portion (as of land, etc.); a small gut; a gullet or windpipe; stéidhg brághad, the gullet or throat steak; in pl. entrails; stéidhg bheag, the small intestine; stéidhg mhór, the colon; stéidhg bhráille, the great omentum and transverse colon.

, f., genuine life or reality; a living or real image of another: 'sé Seaghán 'na steille-bheathaidh, he is the exact image of John, he is John again alive (M.); state of being thoroughly alive: tá sé 'na steille-bheathaidh = tá sé lán-bheo; somet. sreille-bheatha in M.

, -téill, -acha, m., a streak, a strip, a stripe; a board, a plank; a piece of anything; a belt, a girdle; a stroke, a slap; cf. is umhal stiall de leathar dhuine eile, one gives freely a piece of another's leather; also f., as in Don.

, -aighe, a., streaked, striped, brindled; tearing in shreds or stripes; galar stiallach, a certain human disease (Don.).

, -aigh, m., a kind of seaweed used for making kelp and for manure (Con.).

, -lta, m., the act of rending, tearing in pieces; ag spóladh is ag s. ar an comharsain, backbiting the neighbours (Don.).

, -ladh, v. tr., I rend, I cut into stripes; I burst.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a tearer, a beater, a buffer.

, -óige, -óga, f., a small bit or stripe of anything.

, m., a little dibbling stick (large ones have a "rest" for the food. 'stigh, for istigh, in, within, inside; croidhe 'stigh, inner heart; an expression of endearment.

, -e, f., a still; teas na stille, fermentation (C. S., vol. ii., p. 721); cam stille, the "worm" of a still.

, g. pl. -dhthe, m., a distiller (of poteen).

, g. id., pl. -eacha, f., a scab.

, -oige, -oga, f., a hinge of a box; a hasp.

, -aird, pl. id., m., a steward.

, -a, f., stewardship.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a miser, a niggardly fellow.

, -a, f., miserliness, avarice.

, -aird, m., a niggard, a narrow-hearted fellow, a miser.

, -aighe, a., niggardly, miserly.

, -a, pl. id., m., a fit, a dash (E. U.).

: ag stiogadh, dying (Don.).

, -e, -idhe, f., a stirrup (A.).

, -éin, pl. id., m., a sturgeon.

, g. -e and -úrach, pl. -reanna and -reacha, f., a rudder, a guide, a rule, a helm, the stern; appearance, aspect, esp. rakish appearance; ag teacht chuige agus stiuir neimhe uirthi, coming towards him with a very vicious appearance; ó's ar do láimh atá an stiuir, since you are my guide (Oss. poem).

, -righe, a., steering, guiding.

, -rtha, m., the act of steering, guiding.

, -a, f., direction, obedience; bíodh stiúraidheacht ort, be obedient, respectful (her.).

, -úradh, v. tr., I steer, I guide, direct, manage, rule, reign over.

, m., a steering-ship, a rudder-ship (the epithet is poetical).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a steersman, a pilot, a guide, a director, a manager; stiúradóir and stiúrthach, id.

, -uighthe, m., act of steering, guiding, directing.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I direct, guide, steer; go stiúruighidh Dia thú, may God direct you.

, -aigh, m., a stew, a mess (stobhaim, I stew); tá sé 'na stobhach agat, you have quite confused him.

, -aic, pl. id., m., a kind of fish.

, -adh, v. tr., I stew.

, g. stuic, pl. id. and stoca, m., a trumpet; a stock, a root, a bulb; a trunk of a tree; a pillar; stoc leaptha, a bedstead; stoc luinge, a gunwale: bhí sé ar na stuic starthacha ar mire ar meisce, he was uproariously blind drunk (Don.).

, g. stuic, pl. id., m., stock, store, means; cattle; the ordinary number of cows that a farmer has on his land is called a stoc or a chuid stuic; eallach stuic, cattle, live stock; ag ceannach stuic, buying live stock (A.).

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a stocking, a sock; a bag, a wallet.

See <<stacach>>.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a stake, a pole; a ship's mast; fig., a tall young fellow; an idler; one who lives on others; the person. that accompanies a man looking for a wife at Shrovetide (Ker.); stócach fir, a thin, tall man; a stócaigh chróin noch téid tar lear, thou black mast that goeth beyond the sea (Fer.); in N. Con. an ordinary word for a young man.

, a., ready, prepared (Con.); "stoked" (A.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a trumpeter; a lazy idler, interloper; a "sponger" (Don.); a person purposely left without a partner in a certain dance current in Donegal, hence a name for the dance itself.

, -a, f., business of a trumpeter, act of trumpeting; self-praise, blowing one's own trumpet; lounging, laziness; sponging (Don.).

, -aigh, -aighe, m., an upright, a pillar, a standard; s. de dhuine, a person standing like a pillar in the road (Don.); s. cloiche, a standard of a stone (Don.); cf. corpalach (M.), from corp.

, -ughadh, v. intr., I grow stiff or numb.

, g. stuid, pl. id. and -aidhe, m., a tooth; dim. stuidín, id.

, -aighe, a., forward, sulky, surly.

, m., pl., large long teeth; one having long teeth. See stod.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a person with big teeth; a bold peevish person.

, -mhla, a., restive, testy.

, -oda, f., forwardness, sulk, displeasure.

, -iughadh v. tr., I make sound or strong; níor stóinsigheadh riamh i gceart é, he never became strong in health (Cork) (A.).

, indec. a., sound, strong, healthy (of persons and animals); also staunch, sound (of such things as timber, etc.) (A.), stóir-chiste, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a hoarded treasure.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., "little treasure," a term of endearment.

, -e, -eacha, f., a storm, tempest.

, -mighe, a., stormy, tempestuous.

, -mhla, a., tempestuous, stormy.

, -óil, pl. id., and -ólta, m., a stool; stól coise, a footstool.

, -lta, m., act of tearing, rending, lacerating; a tear, a rent; blowing (Con.).

, -ladh, v. tr., I tear, rend, lacerate.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a strong, robust churl.

, g. id., pl. -idhe and -nna, m., a can, a pail (U., prob. = English stoup, as a stoup of wine).

(vl. stop and -padh), v. tr., I stop, close, cause to cease, prevent; intr., I cease, desist (A.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a careless or slovenly woman; cf. is olc an bhodóg nach bhfuigheadh stopóg a chrúdhfadh í (Con.); a stopper or cork.

, -óir, pl. id., m., treasure, store, wealth, ammunition, hoard, quantity of goods; a storehouse; a term of endearment.

, -aigh, m., a beloved one; a term of endearment.

, -ais, pl. id., m., store, a repository.

, g. stuirc, pl. id., m., a large animal, a bullock, a thick-set person, a sturk; the corpse of one who dies in an upright posture (Con.).

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a trumpeter, a minstrel.

, -uirn, pl. id., a pin or peg; storn srathrach, the pin or peg of a straddle for suspending a pair of hampers, baskets, etc., from.

, -mhla, a., sturdy, bold, daring, resolute.

, -áin, m., an angry fit, a tempest of passion (P. O'C.).

, -a, -anna, m., the unkempt hair of the head, fur, bristles; stothall, m., id.; stothanna gruaige, unkempt tufts or bushes of hair.

, -oithte, m., a plucking, pulling, tearing.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a ragged head of hair; one having his hair unkempt.

, -adh, v. tr., I tear, pull, drag, rend; tear from the roots, I eradicate.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a wild, careless person.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little, wretched horse, etc., with long hair; a staigín; somet. applied to a person.

, -aill, pl. id., a torn or unkempt head of hair.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a strong, rough, careless fellow; a "tear away."

, -aighe, a., having a turned-up nose.

, -ais, pl. id., m., a very big mouth (Mayo).

, -e, -eacha, f., a prostitute (also striabáid).

, m., a stratum, a layer; a row, a series (Sup.).

, -ctha and -cuighthe, m., the act of rending, dragging forward, tearing, bursting; a piece torn or rent from anything; bhain sé stracadh asam, he pulled me violently. See <<sracadh>>.

, -adh, v. tr. (somet. intr.), I tear, pull, drag; rob, spoil, extort; tá siad ag stracadh, they are rowing with vigour (of boatmen); strócaim (Don.). See sracaim.

, -ála, f., drudging, the being engaged in heavy work; ag strácáil liom, struggling on in life.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., a lazy, ragged, unkempt person.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a snatcher, tearer, griper, extortioner; a strong, vigorous person; one who runs or frisks about.

, -a, f., pulling, dragging, drawing; extortion; act of playing, sporting.

-adh, v. tr., I pull, drag, extort.

, -e, f., a fit of temper, a nervous fit, nervousness; this word is often used in English: he has some wild stradhain, i.e. is of a wild, fitful temper; tá sé ar leath-s., he is half mad (Eng. strain).

, m., wandering (A.); ar strae, astray, wandering.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, a wanderer, a rambler; straere fáin, id. (E. R.).

, -a, f., act of wandering.

, -e, -eacha and -idhe, f., a tape or riband, a streak, a garter, the list or a stripe of cloth cut off; a portion of anything involving length, as of a cake of broad; stráic aráin, a piece of bread; stráice tobac, a good length of tobacco; stráice coirce, 7c., a portion of a field in which corn is sown, etc.; stráice fir, a tall man; dim. stráicín, id. (nom. also stráice and strác, m.; cf. streak).

, -e, f., pride, haughtiness, conceit; tá stráic mhór leis, he is very haughty or conceited (Don.); it is a synonym of scléip in this phrase.

, a tape, etc. See stráic.

, -cighe, a., proud, haughty, conceited.

, -mhla, a., proud, haughty, conceited, gay.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, f., a mat, a carpet. See stráille.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m. or f., a tall, lazy, inactive person (male or female); stráille fir, a tall, lazy, worthless man; stráille mná, a tall, lazy woman; somet. stráille involves the idea of vagrancy, delay, neglect.

, -éid, -éididhe, m., a strip, a stripe, a tape, a garter, a strip of cloth, etc. (P. O'C. gives the meanings, a stripe, a stroke, a clap, and stramáid, f. has this meaning in Don.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a cullander or strainer (A.).

, -e, -eacha, f., a wry face, a grimace. See grainnc.

, g. id., pl. -éiridhe, m., a stranger (M. stróinséir).

, -ligh, -lighe, m., anything unkempt; rough straw; a lazy, able-bodied fellow; straipleach coirce, coarse oaten straw of irregular length.

, -e, -eacha, f., a sloe bush, the name of the letter "z" (also straif).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a lazy, contentious fellow.

, -a, f., laziness, indolence; strife, contention.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m. and f., a girth, a belt or garter; an untidy person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a loiterer, a slovenly person.

, -oige, -oga, f. See <<straoille>>.

, -leadh, v. tr., I pull, pluck, draw after, trail; tear in pieces.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a garter, a tape, a swathe or band; dim. of straoille.

, -áin, m., the after-birth of a Sow (sup.). See stropán.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a strap, a latchet (A.).

, -a, -aidhe, m., the stay between the topmast and the foremast.

, -ughadh v. tr., I spread.

, -aigh, m., a drag, a pull.

, -adh, v. tr., I drag, pull, tear; streachluighim, id.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a band, a gaiter, swaddling clothes; anything untidy, an untidy person (Don.).

, -uighthe, m., tearing, dragging, pulling; sport; streachladh, id.

(steallaim)

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I pour out, scatter, cast away; intr., I jump out.

, streangaire, 7c. See sreang, sreangaire, 7c.

, -áin, m., a tune, a lilt; also a rush, a flow, a quantity of fluid (milk, etc.) in a vessel; streanncán bainne, a considerable quantity of milk in a vessel (Ker.; also steanncán in this sense; it is the original form).

, -idh, -odha, m., a difficulty, an obstacle; níl streo ar bith air é dhéanadh = he finds it feasible; a delay, an agreeable diversion; streo do chongbháil ar dhuine, to delay one agreeably; streo do chur ar dhuine, to accost one who would prefer to be walking on, owing to his being in a hurry, etc.

, -aighe, -a, f., a harlot; as m. a fornicator.

, -ais, m., fornication, harlotry.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a long, lank, nerveless person (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, a garter; anything that dangles.

, -e, -idhe, f., a harlot (also striopáid).

, -íce, -íoca, f., a streak, stripe, strickle.

, -aighe, a., streaked, stroked, in lines.

, -ctha, m., act of falling, yielding, submitting, capitulating.

, -adh, v. intr., I fall; I desist from, yield, submit to (do).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a rag, a tatter, any worthless remnant; a windfall.

, -a, -aidhe, m., a small drop (Don.).

, -áin, m. See striog (Don.).

, stríopachas, 7c. See striapach, striapachas.

, -ála, f., act of taking off one's coat; act of undressing (A.).

, indec. a., stripped (e.g. of one's clothes); having one's coat off (A.).

, -ais, m., a stripe.

, indec. m., prodigality, extravagance, affluence, conceit; ná déan stró as, be not conceited about it (Aran); is mór an stró a raibh siad ann, they were in great affluence (Don.); gan mórá stró, without much ado (Con.); mo mhéadughadh i stró, to make me richer (P. O'Dornin); stró d'á shórt so ghlacas mar mheon, an extravagance of this kind did I take up as a notion (John O'Connell); ar bheagán stró, wretchedly poor, esp. in dress or appearance.

, -a, pl. id., m., an iron keel band (Tory).

, -óic, m., a stroke; ag siubhal ar a bhog-stróc, walking slowly or listlessly.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a prodigal, a spendthrift, a conceited or arrogant fellow.

, -mhla, a., prodigal, extravagant, conceited, arrogant.

, -a, f., prodigality, extravagance, conceit, haughtiness.

, -ócadh, v. tr., I rend; I strike, smite.

, p. ., torn, struck, smitten.

, g. id., pl. -sidhe, m., lubber, a good-for-nothing person; s. caillighe, an untidy, useless hag (strúinse in S. Con.).

, -áin, m., anything that hangs down; the afterbirth of a cow.

See <<stróinse>>.

, p. a., rigid, stiff from cold, or from remaining too long in the same position (Aran).

, -uis, m., capital, means, substance; níl aon strus ortha, they are not well off; mhaise, gan oiread mo bhotháinín de strus lá do bháis ort! ah, may you not have means to the amount of my little cabin on your dying day (said by a poor man whom a landlord evicted from his cabin).

, m., an ostrich (struth-chamhall, id.).

, -aighe, a., gruff, lightheaded, boorish, stumpish, frivolous, conceited, excessively sensitive.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a fool, a dolt, a prying person.

, -a, f., act of playing the fool, going about aimlessly; act of prying.

, -áin, pl. id., a fig. word for a half-blind fool (Clare).

, -aighe, a., prone to take offence (Don.).

, -aidh, -adhacha, m., an arch, a rainbow, a volume, a text, a scroll, a sheet, a gable, a wall, a pinnacle, a ridge; a pen; a hero; a fig. expression for a tall, handsome person, esp. a female, whence stuadhaire or stuaire, and stuaidh-bhean.

, -dhaighe, a., vaulted, arched.

See <<stuaire>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a loop, a clasp, a hinge.

, -dighe, a., stiff-necked

, m., an arched castle.

, -e, -eanna, f., a little hill; a wall, a pinnacle, a small, projecting promontory; an inclining to one side; a huff; the crown of the head (Om.); the head (Don.); tá stuaic ort, your head is inclined to the side, also you have taken offence (Om.); táim im' stuaic = stobhach) aige, fig. he has struck me dumb, he has me in a corner; stuaic is applied to the slanting position oftennecessary in Irish dancing, esp. the reel. Thíos i mBáigh Uachtair tá an suarcas fá'n am seo, gan fiú Dhonnchaidh Ruaidh nach bhfuil stuaic air ag damhsadh. (Don. song).

, g. id., m., one prone to take offence (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little stake, a stump, a stumpy fragment of anything; the top or summit of a thing (stuaicle, id.).

, -e, f., a fair lady; abbr. of stuaidh-bhean.

, f., a fair lady; frequent in poetry.

, -ama, f., modesty, prudence; artifice, device, air, mien; ingenuity, wiles; bhain sé as a stuaim féin é, he invented or composed it himself (Om.); ag cur stuama ar an nganntan, planning to counteract the famine (Colm Wallace); tá sé as a stuaim, he is out of his senses, he is mad (Don.).

(stuadhaire)

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, f., a tall, handsome person, esp. applied to a female; a common poet. term for a beautiful and stately maiden.

, -ála, f., piling turf in big heaps (Mayo; C. S., Vol. I., p. 310.)

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a peak (Don.; also stolar; hence a visitor who does not show any sign of leaving his host's house at a late hour (Don.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a simpleton.

, -aighe, a., handy, accomplished; steady, firm, constant; ingenious; mí-stuamach, clumsy; Tá'n hármónium go huaigneach; ní sheinneann sé aon uair dúinn; níl duine ar bith chómh stuamach go mbainfeadh as ceol. (Don. caoineadh).

, indec. a., modest, discreet, demure, temperate; ingenious.

, -a, f., modesty, moderation, prudence, sobriety, temperance, discretion; ingenuity, cleverness.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a stook (of corn).

, -aighe, a., horned, stiff, rigid, hilly, rugged, stubborn, rude.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a stook (of corn, etc.), a pile of turf-sods in the form of a stook.

, -óige, -óga, f., a stook (of corn, turf, etc.).

, -éir, pl. id., m., meditation, a study; steadiness, sobriety; ag déanamh stuidéir ar, studying (as tr. v.); in N. Con., U. and Louth it becomes staideir (g. -eire?).

, -aighe, a., studious.

, -a, f., study, steadiness.

, g. id., pl. -eanna, m., matter, stuff, cloth; vigour, substance, grit of character; stuff of any kind; i n-aghaidh an stuif, against the grain: pl., stuifeanna, often applied to medical concoctions, as drugs, etc.; the word is old, and occurs in medical treatises in the sense of vigour, force (written stof or stuth); níl aon stuif ionnam, I have little vital power, I am unable to withstand hardship.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a young pollock, the fry of the pollock; a small tuft or thicket (Aran); a bush (stoithín), pl.

, trashy food (Con.).

, -éid, -éada, m., a mortar used for milling tobacco to snuff.

, -e, -eacha, f., pride, sulkiness, moroseness.

, -mhla, a., proud, stately, sulky, morose.

, -a, f., pride, sulkinesa, stateliness, moroseness.

, -aighe, a., cold, dry (of the weather), (Don.).

, -aighe, a., boisterous, windy; lá s., a stormy but dry day (Don.); lá s. gaoithe, id.; also stulpaidhe.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a stump, a stock, a post; stúmpa amadáin, a dolt, "a stump of a fool."

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a bold, impudent person (Don.).