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Halliwell, Wright, and others, but should be treated as a ‘* ghost-word,” 
and struck out of our glossaries. In Cunnington MS. it is written as 
Sprawny, q.v., but Britton when transcribing from that source would 
appear to have misread it as Sprawing, probably not being himself acquainted 
with the word, while Akerman and others must simply have taken it 
blindly on his authority. 
*Sprawny. A sweetheart. (Cunnington MS.) A form of Sprunny. See 
note on Sprawing. N.W., obsolete. 
‘‘ Whipped to some purpose will thy sprunny be.’’—Collins, Miscellanies, 
1762. 
*Squab. The ‘ darling” of a litter. N.W. (Lockeridge.) 
Stack. ‘‘A stack of elms ’’=ceither one score or two score of ‘‘elms.”  N.W, 
, (Clyffe Pypard.) 
*Standing, Stannin. A stall or small booth at a fair. 
Starky. dd :—Shrivelled up. 
Starve. “Starved with cold,” perished with cold. A.S. stearfan. 
Stean. Add :—(2) ‘To stean a well,” to line its sides with stone. S.W. 
*Stipe, Steip. A dozen and a half of “elms.” (H.Wr.) 
Stoach. Add :—In some counties stoach=poach, to trample into holes. 
Stobball-play. An old game, played with a withy-staff and a small ball, 
stuffed full of quills, said by Aubrey to be peculiar to North Wilts, 
North Gloucester, and the neighbourhood of Bath; but probably a form 
of stool-ball. N.W., obsolete. 
*Stone-bruise. A kind of corn on the foot. 
Stop. A hole in the ground—not in a hedge-row, but a few yards away, or 
on cultivated ground—where the doe rabbit has her young ; said to be from 
her ‘‘stopping”’ or covering it over when she leaves it. Also used in 
Hants. N.W., common. 
*Stritch, Strickle. A piece of wood used for striking off the surplus grain 
from a corn measure. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Succour. Add :—(2) v. To shelter. An old-fashioned bonnet is said to 
“succour” the ears. A cold wind cuts up cabbages, except where they 
are ‘‘succoured ” by bushes or walls. 
*Suffy. To draw a deep and quick breath. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Suggy. Wood that is soaked with wet is said to be “‘suggy.” See Sog. 
N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
T. Add :—After liquids d or ¢ will often be added, as varmint, vermin ; 
sarment, sermon; steart, a steer; dillard, thiller, 
