Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1723-1960
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STRONE, v., n.1 Also stron, stroan. [stron]
I. v. 1. To make water, micturate, tr. and absol., freq. of dogs (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Ags., Edb., Rxb. 1971).Sc. 1726 A. Pennecuik Sc. Poems (1769) 52:
We'll strone fine, among the rest.Per. 1735 Chrons. Atholl and Tullibardine Families (1908) II. 407:
He stron'd over Mrs Wat's hand into a basone that was too yeards off.Ayr. 1785 Burns Twa Dogs 21–22:
He wad stan't as glaid to see him, And stroan't on stanes an' hillocks wi' him.Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 70:
Let touzie tykes stroan on their graves.Abd. 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes 110:
We'll meet and stron a dam thegither.Sc. 1884 Stevenson Letters to Baxter (1956) 142:
The very weans strone upon the doorstep.Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums 43:
Do ye no ken that on Hallowe'en the deil stroans on the haws?Gall. c.1900 Gallovidian (1912) 186:
Yer dog inclined to slink ahin And stroan on ilka buss an' whin.Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie In Two Tongues 48:
Snowkin' where we've stroaned afore.
2. Of water or other liquid, a water-pipe, etc.: to spout, spurt, gush (s.Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gl.; Ayr. 1912 D. McNaught Kilmaurs 296; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Uls. 1953 Traynor).Sc. 1723 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 175:
For her as mony maids at Bught and Loan Gar milk in Torrents frae strute udders stroan.
¶3. To fill (a vessel) with gushes or spurts of liquid. Only in Ainslie.Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 65:
A sonsy kintra lass Cour down aneath her cow Syne stroan the leglan to the e'e.Ayr. 1892 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 186:
Bang'd out a bottle, syne a caup, An' stroan'd it reaming to the tap.
¶4. Fig. of sunshine: to stream, to pour, to radiate, prob. due to a misunderstanding of the word.e.Lth. 1885 S. Mucklebackit Rural Rhymes 48:
Yon Merkit Ha's lange gless ruif bra, On quhilk Sol strones.
II. n. 1. The discharge of urine (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Edb., Rxb. 1971).
2. A gush or spurt of any liquid; the stream of milk from a cow's teat (Slg., Bte., Kcb. 1971). Also in n.Eng. dial.Lnk. 1895 W. Stewart Lilts 58:
Ye see I'll — (ay, pour in a strone, No used wi' speakin' I'm quite herse, man).Abd. 1960:
After milking in a wooden cog, not to frighten the cow with the stroan of milk in a zinc pail.
