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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1752
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STING, v.1, n.1 Also stinge. Sc. usages. For other Sc. forms see also Stang, v.1 n.1
I. v. As in Eng. Pa.t. stang (Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 13: Edb. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 21; wm.Sc. 1865 R. Buchanan Inverburn (1882) 38: Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; ne.Sc. 1971). Deriv. and comb. stinger, the lesser weever, Trachinus vipera, so called from its poisonous spines (ne.Sc. 1930 Fishery Board Gl.; Mry. 1971); stingin-ether, the dragon-fly (Slg., w. and m.Lth., Lnk. 1971).
II. n. 1. As in Eng. Adj. stingy, having a sting, in comb. stingy-Tam, the rock goby, Gobius paganellus (Wgt. 1971).
2. The pipe-fish, Syngnathus acus (Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fif. (1803) 127).
3. Appar. a tapering or V shape, a point.Sc. 1752 Caled. Mercury (2 Oct.):
A white Snip or Stroke from his Brows down his Nose to his upper Lip, where it ended in a yellow Stinge [of a horse].
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