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/ˈstɔːk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈstɔrk(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈstɔrk(ə)n/ Scottish and northern.
1. intransitive. To become stout, sturdy, strong; to grow, thrive, gain strength.
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > become strong (of the body or its parts) [verb (intransitive)]
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c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. xvi. 1528 This Iubiter..Scho gert be fosterit tenderly, Till he wes passit all ȝouthheid And storkynnit [MS. Cott. starkynnyt] in stout manheid.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 108 My stang dois storkyn [1568 torkin] with ȝour towdie.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 71 To Sturken; to grow, thrive.
1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Storken, to gain strength.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) Newly-hatched chickens are often kept under cover for a day or two until they are ‘weel storkened’.
2. To be stiffened with cold, to congeal. (Said esp. of blood or melted fat.)
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > become (more) dense or solid [verb (intransitive)] > by cold
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1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiiiv/2 To Storken, congelari.
1684 G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale (1685) 47 The Fatt's all storken'd here, a sham to see.
1684 G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale (1685) Clavis 108 To Storken, is to cool, or wax stiff or hard.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 149 To Storken. Gelu adstringi.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 97 Storken, to congeal, or coagulate like melted wax or tallow.
1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark (E.D.S.) 339 Your minister was freetned, the hairs of his head stood on end, his blead storkened.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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