v. dial. Also 6 stothe, 9 stooth. [f. STOOTH]
† 1. trans. To garnish with studs or knobs. = STUD v. Obs.
1530. Knaresb. Wills (Surtees), I. 26. A gyrdell stothed with sylver.
2. To furnish (a wall) with the framework on which the lath-and-plaster is fixed; to build with lath and plaster.
1825. Jamieson, Stooth.
1833. Loudon, Encycl. Archit., § 925. The whole of the insides of the external walls are to be properly stoothed (battened).
a. 1860. J. Younger, Autob. (1881), 365. I could only bring him to an agreement to stooth the bed-length of the damp back wall,… for which stoothing I engaged to pay him full five per cent. in advance of rent.
Hence Stoothed ppl. a.; Stoothing vbl. sb., the action of the vb.; concr. a wall or partition of lath and plaster; also attrib.
1770. Hutton, Mensuration, 591. Ceiling joists to both storys. Stoothed partitions. Deal flooring.
1788. W. H. Marshall, Yorksh., II. 356. Steathing; a lath and plaister partition.
1833. Loudon, Encycl. Archit., § 980. Roofing, lintels,… stoothings (stud-work, or quartering; that is, wooden framework for lath and plaster partitions). Ibid., § 982. The ceilings of all the rooms, passages, and of the staircase with stoothing partitions, to have two-coated lath-plaster.
1833. Raine, Brief Acc. Durham Cath., 108. Portions of the stoothing were removed.
1884. Congregational Year Bk., 401. The clerestory arches are constructed of rough framing and stoothing.
1893. S. O. Addy, Hall of Waltheof, 173. This wooden framework which fills up the interstices is locally known as ‘studding’ or ‘stoothing.’
