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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Stouk,) Stowk(e, v. Also: stouck-, stoulk. P.p. also stoukit, -(e)d, stukit, stookit. [e.m.E. stouke (1611), stooke (1641); Stouk n.1] tr. To set up (sheaves) in stooks.pres. 1625 Elgin Rec. II 190.
To be summondit … for stoulking corne on the Sabbath day 1660 Ure Rutherglen 74.
That no maner of persone … presume to sheir, stowke, takaway, or leid cornes, aff the ground whair the samyn groweth 1692 Falkirk Par. Rec. II 39.
One James Reddoch was binding and stoucking victuals on Saboth dayp.p. 1552 Prot. Bk. James Foulis 32.
[Corn] standing, shorn and stookit 1575 Edinb. Test. III 332.
Five scoir thrauis of infeild aittis stowkit estimat to fourtie bollis c1575 Balfour Pract. 146.
Weir standand betwixt this realme and Ingland, and the cornis of the bordouris beand schorne and stoukit, and the awneris … dar not leid nor put the samin in the barn ȝaird, for fear of burning thairof be the enemeis 1585 Reg. Privy C. IV 35.
xxxvii thraves of beir … stukit upoun the saidis lands 1631 Kirkcaldy Presb. 32.
[He] declaird that thair wer some cornes unshorne upon the Sabbath day, in the morneing and at noone wer shorne, and bund, and stouked 1633 Lithgow Poet. Remains 97.
When their cornes are shorne, stoukd, dead, and dry, They can not get them teinded 1641 Ritchie Ch. S. Baldred 87.
This day all my beans bound and stukit 1652 Lamont Diary 43.
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