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SPIRKET. A hook to hang things on. 



-SPOULT. Brittle, fnoken of wood, &c. 



SPURWAY. Bridle -road. 



SQUALLY. A crop of turneps, or of corn, which 

 is broken by vacant unproductive patches, is faid to 

 be fqually. 



To SQUINDER. To burn inwardly ; as charcoal 

 and the afhes of fern, &c. are burnt. 



STANDS. Young timber-trees under fix inches tim- 

 ber girt, or twenty-four inches in circumference. 



STARK, or STUCK. Tight, or ftiff. 



STATESMEN. Yeomen ; imall owners. 



STOCK. Species of a crop. See article TURNIPS, ore. 



STONDLE. A bearing tub. 



.STOPS. Small well-buckets. 



STOVER. A general term for the different fpecies of 

 fodder arifing from thrafhed corn, whether it be ftraw, 

 chaff, or " colder ;" a provincial term for the fhort 

 ftraws, ears, and rough chaff, which are feparated 

 from the corn-in-chaff, by the rake and the riddle, 

 after the ftraw is (hook off the floor j and which, in 

 every country, has a provincial term affigned it; but 

 totally different in different Diftricls. 



To STOW. To confine ; as cattle in a yard or 



pound. 



STUBWOOD. All wood which grows in hedgerows 

 and dees not come under the denomination of " tim- 

 bers," " pollards," or "thorns," is called " ftubwood." 

 STULP. A poft of any kind. 



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