stane

American  

[stayn] / steɪn /

noun

Scot. and North England.

staned, staning

1. stone.

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stane British  

/ steɪn /

noun

1. a Scot word for stone

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Example Sentences

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stane staned

To which the singer responded— “‘Come down, come down, Lady Margaret,’ he says; ‘Come down and kiss me fairly Or before the morning clear day light I’ll no leave a standing stane in Airly.’

From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

Belinkin was as gude a mason As e'er pickt a stane; He built up Prime Castle, But payment gat nane.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

You that made the heaven and the earth and all that in them is, can You no set fire to some wet whins, or change this stane into a mill-dam?”

From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

I was allers teetotally down on it, an I thought I should persuade him out of it, an tharby save the great disgrace an stane it would be on our country.

From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith

He's built a bower, made it secure 30 Wi' carbuncle and stane; Tho' travellers were never sae nigh, Appearance it had nane.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

The boy's no' partial-like to ministers—ye'll excuse me for sayin'—ever since he fell oot wi' the minister's loon, and staned him aff the Drumquhat grund.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Then he staned the cats that cam' rinnin' to beg for milk an' cheese—cats that never war clodded afore.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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