Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1911
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STOOK, n.5 Also steuk and dim. form stookie. A straw receptacle for holding grain, of a somewhat cylindrical or churn-like shape, “it held about three or four sackfuls” (Ork. 1929 Marw., stookie) (see quot.). [stuk]Ork. 1911 J. Omond 80 Years Ago 20:
Oats were often kept in a corn steuk in the barn made by setting up a big straw flackie on edge and joining the ends together, forming a wide barrel open at the top, and having no bottom but the barn floor. This would hold six to ten sacks of oats poured in over the top.
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