HAMPSHIBE GLOSSARY. 89 Staddles [stad-lz], sh^ pi. stone or wooden supports which uphold rick-stands ; or on which granaries or hams stand. — N. H. *Ak. has the word. Staff [staaf], sb, a stick or rod. Ex. * To take the staff to 'un ' = To heat or thrash a naughty hoy. — ^N. H. Stale [stail], adj. dry, tasteless, not nutritive. Applied to grass. Ex. 'We may leave they heasts out till the grass oegins to get ttale.^ —KH. Stale-fEtllows [stail-faloaz], sh. pi. ground that has heen ploughed some time, and lies in fallow. — N. H. Stamwood [stam-wuodl, sb. i. e. stem-wood; the roots of trees removed from the earth. — Cooper. Starky [staak-i], adj. used of land that is stiff and unworkahle, especiaily after rain. — ^Wise, New Forest ; also *Ak. * *Twur starky moor nor stoachy;* stiff rather than muddy. — ^Blackmore's Cradock NoweU, L p. 226. See Stoachy. Startle-bob [staati-hoh], sb. the horse-fly. — 'N. H. Steanin [steenin], sb. a road made with small stones. A.S. siceiien, stony. *Ak. Stear [stee'ur], v. to gaze intently ; to view with astonishment. For Stare. Ex. 'I've got something as '11 make 'ee stear.* — N. H. Stem [stem], sb. a period of time. Ex. ' We have had a stem o' dry weather.' A.S. ste/eiiy stemn^ a sot time. ' Hi haefdon hiora atemn gesetenne,' they had stayed their appointed time; A.S. Chron. ann. 894, ed. Thorpe, p. 166, Stepper [step'ur], sb. a round of a ladder. — ^W. Still [stil], adj. quiet^ steady. Ex. ' A still lad,' a quiet^ well-con- ducted boy. — N. H. Stinge [stinj], sb. a sting. PL stinges [stinj'ez]. *Ak. Stitch-hySBOp [stich-his-up], sb. Genista anglica. — J. B. Stoachy [stoa-chi], adj. dirty; as 'a stoachy road.' — Cooper. So also < a dreadful stoachy piece of ground.' — Wise. See Stodge -full in Hal. Stock [stok], sb. * A rMA^rstock ' is a rabbit-burrow. — ^W. Stodgy [stodj-i], adj. thick, heavy. Ex. ^2^ stodgy pudding.' — J, Stolt [stoalt], adj, stout, strong. Ex. ^ The chicken are quite stoW Stomachy [stum-uki], adj. proud, haughty. — W. Used of a horse, high-tempered, fresh. — ^N. H. Stoneweed [stoan*weedl, sb. Polygonum aviculare. — ^Dr. Bromfleld's MSS.-J. B. Stool [stool], sb. a stump of a tree. — Wise, New Forest. Especially the stumps of a coppice ' See Snoulfl, and Moots. C j» — IT ' 7—' X ^ the stumps of a coppice which has been cut. — ^N. H. *Ak. has stouL
