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  • stoop low
    [cf. OED stoop to descend to something unworthy] v. phr. 1. to betray a confidence. (Black) 2. to humiliate a
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  • stool (up)
    [cf. Sra. stoeroe stools WST; OED stool v. to defecate medical; W3 idem arch.] v. to defecate: 1918 De man so scared,
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  • stoke
    [cf. OED stoke to thrust, drive home (a sword) obs. → 1513] v. to put a person in his place;
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  • stock-weeds
    [cf. OED stock to pull up (weeds, etc.) by the roots; now associated with plants growing from the seeds in the
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  • stirry
    [from stir + -EE?] v. 1. to stir (with a spoon): You stirrying up that food like cement (Nassau). 2. to move
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  • stink sore
    [Car.; DJE, a sore on the foot] n. a body sore with an unpleasant odor. (Black)
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  • stinking weed, stinking wood
    [DJE idem, cf. Scots stinking weed ragwort CSD] n. a plant, Cassia occidentalis, with an unpleasant odor: 1835 Stinking weed (Journal 45). 1889
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  • stinking-pea root
    [from unpleasant smell] n. a tree, Atelia cubensis: 1920 (Britton 177). 1977 A. gummifera (Patterson 103). (Black)
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  • stinking pea
    [cf. DJE stinking peas (C. emarginata)] n. a plant, Cassia occidentalis, with an unpleasant smell: 1835 (Journal 45). 1910 Cassia bahamensis
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  • stink ants, stinking ants
    [W Car.; from its unpleasant smell when crushed] n. an ant, Crematogaster sp? (Black)
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