/stɜː(ɹ)t/
OriginFrom the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.
- In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.
- Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsoletedisturbance; annoyance; care
“Lift up your hart and be of gude curage,
Sturt in na way your leiknes can asswage”
- A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.
- Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitiveTo vex; to annoy; to startle.
- Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsoleteTo start with fear.
Formssturts(plural) · sturts(present, singular, third-person) · sturting(participle, present) · sturted(participle, past) · sturted(past)