Lexicographical Neighbors of Stirra
Literary usage of Stirra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"... sedge, rigid grass, growing by the sea or on moors, in E. provincially starr
or bent. It. stora, a mat or hassock made of bents or sedge. Sw. stirra ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... sedge, rigid grass, growing by the sea or on moors, in E. provincially starr
or bent. It. s tora, a mat or hassock made of bents or sedge. Sw. stirra ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... sedge, rigid grass, growing by the sea or on moors, in E. provincially starr
or bent. It. stora, a mat or hassock made of bents or sedge. Sw. stirra ..."
4. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1856)
"The sides of Ben stirra bear deep scars of the ravages of the winter torrents,
which have in many places torn up the soil to a great breadth, and replaced ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1852)
"... because it is brought down for tea after dinner among Ladyes, whereas my
escritoire never stirra out of my closet, but when it is brought for a sight. ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1817)
"... Whisht, stirra, that'll be auld Edie,' and the bits o' weans wad up, puir things.
.i'id toddle to the door, to pu' in the auld Blue-gown that minds a' ..."
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