stirragen.
/ˈstəːrɪdʒ/ dialect.
Stirring, movement, commotion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun]
winOE
disturbance1297
perturbingc1395
motiona1398
stirrage1513
turmoil1526
disquietness1535
buskling1546
jumbling1562
agitation1569
working1575
tumult1580
commotion1592
emotion1594
turbulence1598
bransle1603
pother1603
tumultuousnessa1617
unevennessa1637
unquietudea1639
disquietal1642
tumbling1660
disquietude1709
rouse1764
maelstrom1834
peacelessness1852
stir-up1900
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. xi. 82 And me..Ilk swouch of wynd, and every quhisper now, And alkyne sterage affrayit.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 660 To remane..Without sterage ay still as ony stone.
c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 27 He stabill stands, And dois no stirage mak.
1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. xii. 4. 320 Old men..cannot sleepe soundly,..euery small stirrage waketh them.
1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 128 My ivers, whot a stirridge yü make vur nort at awl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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