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stannery, a. Now Sc.|ˈstænərɪ|
Forms: (5 stanry), 6 Sc. stanerie, (stendirrie), 8– stannery.
[f. stanner, stanners + -y.]
= stony a.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. iii. 708 A stanry pere [L. lapidosi generis pyra] is seyd to chaunge his mete In esy lond ygraffed yf he be. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. xlii, The beriall stremis rinnand ouir stanerie greis Made sober noyis. 1579Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 129 The ground..is sandy and stanerie. 1795Statist. Acc. Scot. XV. 316 One meets with boggy, stannery, croft, and clay ground, almost in every farm. 1805State, Leslie of Powis etc. 109 (Jam.) The said dike..lies upon a stannery and sandy bed.
fig.1563Winzet Wks. II. 54 Ar thai ony found..of sa stanerie stubburnes, quha suld not submit thame selfis to sa gret plentuousnes of thir heuinlie wordis. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 261 Perceiueng in how dangerous ane state now the Realme was, how Scopulous, stendirrie, or stanie, was the stedd, quhairon thay than stude. |