stannin

Do as the cow o 'Forfar did, tak a stannin' drink.

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

"W'en ole Brer Rabbit git back home, he fine de do 'stannin' wide open en all de chilluns gone.

Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

"W'en ole Brer Rabbit git back home, he fine de do 'stannin' wide open en all de chilluns gone.

Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

The other sort is a "stannin' pie," made like a pork pie and often as hard to cut into as a brick.

From the archive, 26 December 1903: A farmer's Christmas in the Dales 2011

I wuz stannin unner teh porches chattin wiv mah naybour.

Happiest - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

Ai hafa sai dis very kyoot kitteh, stannin up on shelv aw defiant !

Me and *this* army, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

Den I went into de yuther room, en 'uz gone 'bout ten minutes; en when I come back, dah was dat do' a-stannin 'open yit, en dat chile stannin' mos 'right in it, a-lookin' down and mournin ', en de tears runnin' down.

The Atlantic | July/August 2001 | Mark Twain's Reconstruction | Blount Jr. 2001

Every night, from ten to 3, just as he were stannin '

A Song About the Bishop of Argyll 1997

"I can't stop a minit; but it's as cheap settin 'as stannin', I do suppose," replied the widow, with a nervous little laugh, as she seated herself in the proffered chair upon the clean red hearth, and commenced her business by saying, --

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

'One day, Mr. Penrose, as aw were peepin' through th 'hoile i' th 'warehaase dur at Betty, aw could see that there were summat wrong wi' one o 'th' warps, for hoo were reachin 'and sweatin' o'er th 'loom, an' th 'tackler were stannin' at her side, an 'a deal too near and o' for my likin ', aw con tell yo'.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather