Sc. [Perh. f. stog- in stog-sword, var. stock-sword STOCK sb.3 Cf. STOCK v.2] † a. trans. To stab (a person); to prod or pierce (a thing) with a weapon. Also with through. Cf. STUG v. Obs.
a. 1572. Knox, Hist. Ref., Wks. 1846, I. 361. One of the Bischopis sonis stogged throuch with a rapper one of Dundie.
1576. Reg. Privy Council Scot., II. 553. He come upoun him with a drawin swerd, and purposing to have slane him he stoggit him be chance throw the oxtare. Ibid. (1607), VII. 449. [They] with drawin swordis, durkis, and daigaris barbarouslie stoggit the daskis of the said scoole.
† b. intr. To make a stab with a weapon. Obs.
c. 1590. J. Stewart, Poems (S.T.S.), II. 31. Quhyls stif thay stog, And quhyls they bend about To schaw tham maisters of the fensing art.
c. trans. To thrust the tool too deep in the wood in turning, chipping or planing.
1825. Jamieson.
d. To probe soil, a pool or marsh with a stick or pole.
1825. Jamieson.
