stelln.1
/stɛl/, U.S. /stɛl/, Scottish English /stɛl/ Scottish and northern.
A place in a river provided with arrangements for spreading salmon-nets. In Cumberland (now a part of Cumbria), ‘a barrier placed across a river’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > part for fishing
stella1128
raik1477
salmon fishing1588
swim1828
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > fishing with net > using fixed nets > place for
stella1128
a1128 R. Flambard Charter in W. Greenwell Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis (1872) 98 (note) And haliware stelle ic habbe getyðed Sc̃e cuhtberht his agen into his cyrce.
1467 Dunfermline Reg. (Bannatyne Club) 358 Inquisicion..langand þe merchis..betwix þe fischingis of þe ald stell pertening to þe Abbot..and [etc.].
1574 in J. Stuart Rec. Monastery Kinloss (1872) 158 The remanent fischeingis of the yardis and stellis upoun the watter of Findorne.
1583 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 186/1 Salmonum piscaries de lie staillis et Yairis super aquam de Fyndhorne.
1595 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 77/2 Fretum de Kessok et piscariam ejusdem vocatam the Steill.
1707 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 363 The said stells..are deep ponds, pools and ditches in the river, where the salmon haunting are taken in nets spread beneath them.
1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Chron. 215/1 An action was brought against the corporation of Carlisle, for having a stell across the river Eden.
1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland II. 522 The river produces..excellent salmon (which are taken in draw-nets since the destruction of the stell at King-garth).
1874 A. Hislop Bk. Sc. Anecd. 542 A still means space in which to extend a net, and sweep round with a view to enclose fish.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
stell fishery n. (also stell salmon fishery)
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1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. III. 4 There is belonging to the public good of Dingwall, a stell salmon fishery on Conan.
1798 J. Grant & W. Leslie Surv. Province Moray 188 Mr. Brodie of Brodie has a still-fishery on the east side of the river.
stell fishing n.
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1707 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 363 Five stell salmond fishings in the river of Findhorn.
1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 270 The herrings are the only fish caught in this coast, except a few salmon caught at Stale fishing.
1806 W. M. Morison Decisions Court of Session XXXIII. 14258 The stell fishing in the ferry of Kessoch..is properly a sea fishing.
C2. † stell yair n. Obsolete a ‘yair’ or fish-lock built at the issue of a ‘stell’.
stell-net n. [compare West Flemish stelnet and stell v.] (see quot. 1870).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > net for salmon
stell-netc1303
ring net1505
weir-shot net1855
reef net1895
c1303 Reg. Pal. Dunelm. (Rolls) III. 40 Quatuor stelnettes, duo rednettes.
1564 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1584, 213/1 Cum piscationibus salmonum lie stell nettis, in dominio de Lorne.
1602 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 484/2 Piscationes salmonum vocatas lie Steill-nett of the Priore-schottis on the water mouth of Aw..cum piscatione vocata Staill-nett de Keanlochtive.
1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 557 A still net has been tried on the lake with some success.
1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 206 Salmon Fishery... The fish are chiefly caught with the stell-net.
1870 Law Rep.: Common Pleas Div. 5 695 A stell net, that is, a net fastened to stakes across the whole bed of the river.
1900 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 406 It is denied that toot and haul nets, or stell nets, or either of them, are fixed engines.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > weir
heck1424
weir-heckc1467
ebbing-weir1472
strite1537
ebbing-lock1539
stell yair1600
hedge1653
weir house1791
the Queen's share?1795
1600 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 341/1 Terras de Culmoir, cum lie stel-yair, halecum et salmonum piscationibus [etc.].
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† stelln.2
Obsolete.
A stand for a barrel.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > cask stand
stall1538
gantry1574
stillage1596
stilling1604
scantling1632
stella1658
settle1695
stilt1701
still-yard1725
stalder1736
stillion1803
stallage1838
a1658 J. Cleveland Sing-song xiv, in Poems (1659) 157 Her brests..Like swelling Buts of lively Wine Upon their ivory stells did shine.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 295 Stell, a stand or stall for beer barrels.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Stell, a stand or frame to support barrels.
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stelln.3
/stɛl/ dialect.
An open ditch or brook.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > brook or brooklet
brookc888
ritheeOE
burnc1000
bournc1390
becka1400
brooketa1552
gill1635
stell1651
branch1663
turlough1686
brooklet1813
nant1923
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > watercourse or channel
runeOE
sitchOE
pipeOE
sichetc1133
guttera1300
siket1300
sikec1330
watergate1368
gole?a1400
gotea1400
flout14..
aa1430
trough1513
guta1552
race1570
lode1572
canala1576
ditch1589
trink1592
leam1601
dike1616
runlet1630
stell1651
nullah1656
course1665
drain1700
lade1706
droke1772
regimen1797
draught1807
adit1808
sluit1818
thalweg1831
runway1874
1651 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1887) V. 76 The inhabitants of Pottoe..[are presented] for not scouring their proportion of Traineham Stell.
c1783 Roxburghe Ballads (1890) VII. 94 When fully intending to lead the whole field, A damn'd Stell held 'em both 'till the Fox he was kill'd.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Stell, a large open drain in a marsh.
1825 Sporting Mag. 16 14 (note) A stell is the Durham name for a brook whose banks are not firm.
1827 Sporting Mag. 21 33 We shall never get over that stell.
1878 S. Phillips On Seaboard 164 Where Tees sweeps into the Northern main, And the glittering ‘stells,’ and the link's long range.
1885 Manch. City News 31 Jan. 2/4 I came upon a lane with a tiny brook crossing it, which in Yorkshire is called a stell.
1886 W. H. Burnett Old Cleveland 126 This stable was built on an open stell, which rose and fell with the tide.
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stelln.4
/stɛl/, U.S. /stɛl/, Scottish English /stɛl/ Scottish.
An enclosure for giving shelter to sheep or cattle, usually circular, smaller than a ‘fold’ and with higher walls. Also a ring of trees serving as a shelter for sheep or cattle.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > fold or pen
folda700
lockeOE
pen1227
foldingc1440
pend1542
cub1548
hull1570
corral1582
boolya1599
ree1674
crew1681
reeve1720
stell1766
pound1779
kraal1796
fank1812
poundage1866
forcing-yard1890
1766 State of Proc., Dk. Roxburghe v. Pringle 10 At replacing the Cauld, the Workers did take Stones from a Stell the Deponent had built.
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Stell, a fold or small enclosure for cattle.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 58 A stell may be formed of planting or high stone-wall. Either will afford shelter.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 126 ‘Stells’ were erected at various parts of the hills for sheltering the sheep.
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stelln.5
/stɛl/, U.S. /stɛl/, South African English /stel/ South African.
A trap for wild animals.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun]
grinc825
trapa1000
snarea1100
swikea1100
granea1250
springec1275
gina1300
gnarea1325
stringc1325
trebuchet1362
latch?a1366
leashc1374
snarlc1380
foot gina1382
foot-grina1382
traina1393
sinewa1400
snatcha1400
foot trapa1425
haucepyc1425
slingc1425
engine1481
swar1488
frame1509
brakea1529
fang1535
fall trap1570
spring1578
box-trapa1589
spring trapa1589
sprint1599
noosec1600
springle1602
springe1607
toil1607
plage1608
deadfall1631
puppy snatch1650
snickle1681
steel trap1735
figure (of) four1743
gun-trap1749
stamp1788
stell1801
springer1813
sprent1822
livetrap1823
snaphance1831
catch pole1838
twitch-up1841
basket-trap1866
pole trap1879
steel fall1895
tread-trap1952
conibear trap1957
conibear1958
1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. vi. 360 The animal had been shot through the body by a stell-roar or trap-gun, set by a Hottentot.
1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld viii. 116 As soon as he [the wolf] has seized the bait.., he tightens the string, releases the trigger, and if the stel is properly set, receives the bullet in his head.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting ix. 377 The lions had killed two zebras..and I set a stell (a spring gun) for them by the remains of one of the zebras.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting ix. 381 The Masaras set these spears (stells) for rhinoceros and other game.
1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt viii. 179 A ‘still’..consists of two rifles fixed to trees or posts.
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† stelln.6
Obsolete. rare.
? An outline.
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > contour(s)
lineationa1398
lineament1570
line1590
purfle1601
lineature1630
stroke1638
stell1657
outline1662
profile1664
contour1770
lineamentation1890
galbe1899
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 82 So as the outmost stels, or profile of the figure, may be perfectly discern'd.
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stelln.7
a spurious word in Nares and subsequent dictionaries, explained as ‘place, station’, is due to a misprint for castell (= castle) in Danett tr. Comines (ed. 1, 1596), corrected in later editions.
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stellv.
/stɛl/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > regulate > establish (rule)
stellc893
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. ii. §1 Hwelce bisena he ðær stellende wæs.
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxviii. 191 Ðonne he oðrum yfele bisene steleþ.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 4 Þeo vttere riwle..for nan þing elles nis heo italt bute to seruin þe inre.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 8 Þeos..ne beoð nawt monnes fundles ne riwle þet mon stalde.
c1230 Hali Meid. 19 Wedlac ham ikepte þat ilke lahe þat godd haueð istald for þe unstronge.
c1275 Serving Christ 60 in Old Eng. Misc. 92 He wolde þe lawe leoflyche holde As god..i þis world stolde.
2.
a. Scottish. To fix, post, place; chiefly, to station (oneself, troops), to place (cannon) in position.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > place in assigned position
set971
stall1415
stell1488
fix1569
statea1590
stationize1598
post1609
station1685
plant1693
stance17..
possie1918
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > assign to position
lay1454
stell1488
station1748
possie1918
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 868 Heich in Cragmor he maid it [a decapitated head] for to stand, Steild on a stayne for honour of Irland.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 430 In a dern woode thai stellit thaim full law.
1559 Aberdeen Reg. (1844) I. 327 To desist and ceiss fra forther stelling and stenting of their netts athort the water.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 251 Thai..had with thame twa small cairted peices and stylled thame vpone the craigheid abone leith wynd.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 298 The Jnglismen..raiset thair camp, to stel cannounes, and thair feild peices, at the hil of the place namet Pinkincleuch.
a1605 R. Birrel Diarey 20 in J. G. Dalyell Fragm. of Scotish Hist. (1798) The Englisch cannone..began to shoute at ye castell of Edinburghe, being steillit at foure several places, viz. 5 at Egers hous..and uther 5 bezond the North Loche.
17.. Lads of Wamphray vii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 459 Twixt the Staywood Buss and Langside Hill, They stelld the broked cow and branded bull.
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 29 Yonder round hillock..whereon an enemy might stell such a battery of cannon as would make ye glad to beat a chamade within forty-eight hours.
1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 7 On the slope the horses were..forced to stell themselves back against the heavy propulsion of the carts behind.
b. To fix (one's eyes). Also passive and intransitive of the eyes: To have a fixed stare, to set rigidly.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > stare or gaze > of eyes
baitc1374
stellc1817
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > stare or gaze at > fix (eyes) on
setc1330
firm1590
nail1591
stellc1817
c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches IV. 57 John's eyes stelled in his head.
1888 A. Wardrop Poems & Sketches 201 Dinna stell yer een sae, but jest sit doon there.
1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 325 He tell't us aboot the deid man wi the glowerin' e'en—they were stell't in his heed.
3. To portray, delineate. Obsolete exc. archaic.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)]
workOE
shapea1375
express1382
marka1393
resemblea1393
portraya1398
devisea1400
makea1400
represent?a1425
counterfeitc1440
to set on write1486
porturea1500
emporturea1529
story1532
portrait1548
show1565
decipher1567
portraiture1581
to set forth1585
emblazea1592
stell1598
defigure1599
infigure1606
effigiate1608
deportract1611
deportray1611
rendera1616
image1624
configure1630
exiconize1641
effigies1652
to take off1680
mimic1770
paraphrase1961
1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge i. 16 Before you begin to Stell, delineat and tricke out the proportion of a man [It. prima che delinei, e disegni un' huomo], you ought to know his true quantity and stature.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxiv. sig. Cv Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath steeld [sic; rhyme held], Thy beauties forme in table of my heart. View more context for this quotation
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados Ded. Rough drawn, and unproportionably stell'd, though it be, I here present it.
1880 Bridges Portr. Grandfather in Poemt. Wks. (1912) 390 If truly A painter had stell'd thee there, with thy lips ready to speak.
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