Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1957-1961
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STOOK, n.2, v.2 [stuk]
I. n. Short upstanding horns on an animal, often referring to horns that point backward like a goat's (Mry. 1825 Jam.). Hence adj. stookie, having such horns, used subst. as a nickname for an animal with such horns (Id.); also applied to a boy with stiff upstanding hair (Abd. 1920).
II. v. In ppl.adj. stookit, having such horns (Mry. 1825 Jam.); in gen., peaked, crested, cocked up.Fif. 1957:
A corn-stack has a stookit-up-tap when it is finished on top with a number of sheaves placed right round and converging to a point.Abd., Ags. 1961 Young Farmer 47:
In the Aberdeenshire-Angus areas, stacks could have either "stookit heids" or "hummle-heids," i.e. peaked or rounded, and different ways of roping the thatch were favoured for the different heads.
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