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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1836, 1924
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STEND, n.2, v.2 Also sten.
I. n. In pl.: extent, dimensions. Nonce.Ayr. 1836 Galt in Tait's Mag. (Aug.) 516:
She showed the stends of the nip, black and blue.
II. v. To extend, stretch from point to point.Bnff. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 83:
For an onding o' women, an ondag o' men Hid cluttert the place as far's it cud sten'.
Comb. stenning twine, a soft twisted woollen twine about as thick as a man's little finger for attaching a herring trawl-net to the back- and sole-ropes of the net, Monish, q.v. (Arg.1 1940, Arg. 1949 Mitchison and Macintosh Men and Herring 51).
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