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stirrage

stirrage noun: the act of stirring.

Noun

stirrage (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of stirring
  2. (obsolete) A stir; commotion.
    • The fulnesse of humors, corpus succiplenum, is the aliment or food of sleepe, as is to be seene in children and yong folkes; but the humors of old men are dried vp, as the stalkes of plants, and the corne in haruest, and their skinne rough, withered and wrinkled as old trees. Hence it is that they...1621, Thomas Granger, chapter 12, in A familiar exposition or commentarie on Ecclesiastes wherein the worlds vanity, and the true felicitie are plainely deciphered, page 320

Origin of stirrage

From stir + -age.

Questions about stirrage

What does stirrage mean?
Stirrage means the act of stirring.
What part of speech is stirrage?
Stirrage is a noun.

Words near stirrage in the dictionary

  1. stirplate
  2. stirplates
  3. stirps
  4. stirr'd
  5. stirrable
  6. stirrage
  7. stirred
  8. stirred curd cheese
  9. stirred curd cheeses
  10. stirred one's stumps
  11. stirred shit

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