Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STOOTHE, v. Also stooth, and irreg. stove (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). To make or cover (a wall or partition) with lath and plaster (Ayr., Slk. 1825 Jam., Rxb. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 III. 324; Gall. 1904 E.D.D.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., Kcb., Dmf. 1971). Also in n.Eng. dial. Hence stoothed, made of lath and plaster, of a partition (Sc. 1952 Builder (20 June) 943), stoothin(g), lath and plaster (Ayr., Slk. 1825 Jam.; Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 155; Gall. 1904 E.D.D.; Sc. 1946 Spons' Pract. Builders' Pocket Bk. 442), the framework necessary for this. Also attrib. [stu:ð]Dmf. 1779 Dmf. Weekly Jnl. (19 Jan.):
The outer walls are stoothed.Dmf. 1804 C. K. Sharpe's Corresp. (Allardyce 1888) I. 202:
The dampness of the walls, tho' not to be cured by stoothing.Dmf. 1812 W. Singer Agric. Dmf. 84:
Stoothing styles, and lathe and plaister work over them.Rxb. a.1860 J. Younger Autobiog. (1881) 365:
To stooth the bed-length of the damp back wall, for which stoothing I engaged to pay him full five per cent. in advance of rent.
