"stell" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stɛl/ Forms: stells [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Alteration of stall, after the verb to stell. Head templates: {{en-noun}} stell (plural stells)
  1. (archaic) A place; station. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-stell-en-noun-KoizyEAJ
  2. A stall; a fold for cattle.
    Sense id: en-stell-en-noun-M9mMKCZn
  3. (Scotland) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-stell-en-noun-w3MfvrJJ Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 29 27 34 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 3 22 26 24 4 3 4 4 0 5
  4. (Scotland) A still. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-stell-en-noun-fxY-olp0 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 29 27 34 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 3 22 26 24 4 3 4 4 0 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stall
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /stɛl/ Forms: stells [present, singular, third-person], stelling [participle, present], stelled [participle, past], stelled [past], stold [participle, past], stold [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (“to give a place to, set, place”), from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with Dutch stellen (“to set, put”), Low German stellen (“to put, place, fix”), German stellen (“to set, place, provide”), Old English steall (“position, place”). More at stall. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*stel-}}, {{inh|en|enm|stellen}} Middle English stellen, {{inh|en|ang|stellan|t=to give a place to, set, place}} Old English stellan (“to give a place to, set, place”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stalljan|t=to put, position}} Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, position”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*stel-|t=to place, put, post, stand}} Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”), {{cog|nl|stellen|t=to set, put}} Dutch stellen (“to set, put”), {{cog|nds|stellen|t=to put, place, fix}} Low German stellen (“to put, place, fix”), {{cog|de|stellen|t=to set, place, provide}} German stellen (“to set, place, provide”), {{cog|ang|steall|t=position, place}} Old English steall (“position, place”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=stold}} stell (third-person singular simple present stells, present participle stelling, simple past and past participle stelled or stold)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-stell-en-verb-NWzDFX19 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 29 27 34 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 3 22 26 24 4 3 4 4 0 5
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To portray; delineate; display. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-stell-en-verb-H7SJxAv9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1786, Robert Burns, The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer:",
          "text": "Paint Scotland greetin owre her thrissle;\nHer mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle;\nAn' damn'd excisemen in a bussle,\nSeizin a stell,\nTriumphant crushin't like a mussel,\nOr limpet shell!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1791, Robert Burns, Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation:",
          "text": "The English stell we could disdain,\nSecure in valour's station;\nBut English gold has been our bane—\nSuch a parcel of rogues in a nation!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A still."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "still",
          "still"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) A still."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/stɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stell"
}

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