A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1598, 1700
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Stem, n. [Stem v.1 Also in the later dial.] An instance of resistance, a check. —1598 Cal. Sc. P. XIII 231.
[Those of the town issued out. … The town got the] vor [compelled to retire … In this] carmusche [the Irishmen made the] stem [at such time that they had the sun and wind in their back] c1700 Select Biographies II 484.
There is something of a stem lately risen in my heart, by reason of a strong temptation … which Satan did present to my thought, which strake at the foundation of my comfort
