单词 | stouth |
释义 | † stouthn. Scottish and northern. Obsolete. 1. Theft. Often coupled with reif: cf. stouthreif n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] theft688 stalec950 stealc1200 stoutha1300 stealing13.. stealtha1325 lifting1362 briberya1387 stoutheriec1440 larcenya1475 larcerya1500 conveyancea1529 thieving1530 bribing1533 larcinc1535 embezzling1540 embezzlement1548 thiefdom?1549 theftdom1566 bribering1567 milling1567 thievery1568 larcinry1634 panyarring1703 abduction1766 smugging1825 pickup1846 lurking1851 make1860 tea-leafing1899 snitching1933 lapping1950 a1300 Cursor Mundi 28461 Stulth o mete and drink did i. 1429 in Cal. Documents Scotl. (1888) IV. 405 Gif..he knew never of the stoutht of the hale gude no[r] of that pert that is fundin with him. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) iv. 67 Vnlautee engenderis outhir ref stouth—pillery or rubbery. 1497 Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 12/1 For the reif and stuth of the gudis and insicht being in the sammyn. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 101 With reif and stouth, spulȝe and oppressioun. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 529 in Wks. (1931) I Quhat stouith, quhat raif, quhat murther, & myschance! 1589–90 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. IV. 453 Manifest reiffis and stouthis committit upoun his Hienes peceable and gude subjectis. 1610 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 304 The frequent pykrie and stouthis in the cuntrie. 1652 in Cromwellian Union (1902) 61 The vnsufferable robberies and stouthis daylie committit on both sydes of the border. 1701 in W. R. Mackintosh Cur. Incid. Rec. Kirkwall (1892) 110 The crymes of thift, reiff, stouth, and ressate of thift are punishable by death. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 46 Great geer by stouth and rief, He's filcht frae mony Indian chief. 2. Stealth, clandestine transaction (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] night workOE stealth1297 surreptionc1400 stouth1513 creeping1565 trunk-worka1616 underdealing1649 stoldred1654 underwork1814 hole-and-cornerism1873 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 212 Sum rownys to hys fallow, thame betwene, Hys mery stouth and pastans lait ȝistrene. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1300 |
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