e Latin sto;
for example, stand, stay, that is, to remain, or to prop; staff, stay,
that is, to oppose; stop, to stuff, stifle, to stay, that is, to stop;
a stay, that is, an obstacle; stick, stut, stutter, stammer, stagger,
stickle, stick, stake, a sharp, pale, and any thing deposited at play;
stock, stem, sting, to sting, stink, stitch, stud, stuncheon, stub,
stubble, to stub up, stump, whence stumble, stalk, to stalk, step, to
stamp with the feet, whence to stamp, that is, to make an impression
and a stamp; stow, to stow, to bestow, steward, or stoward; stead,
steady, stedfast, stable, a stable, a stall, to stall, stool, stall,
still, stall, stallage, stage, still, adjective, and still, adverb:
stale, stout, sturdy, stead, stoat, stallion, stiff, stark-dead, to
starve with hunger or cold; stone, steel, stern, stanch, to stanch
blood, to stare, steep, steeple, stair, standard, a stated measure,
stately. In all these, and perhaps some others, st denote something
firm and fixed.

Thr imply a more violent degree of motion, as throw, thrust, throng,
throb, through, threat, threaten, thrall, throws.

Wr imply some sort of obliquity or distortion, as wry, to wreathe,
wrest, wrestle, wring, wrong, wrinch, wrench, wrangle, wrinkle, wrath,
wreak, wrack, wretch, wrist, wrap.

Sw imply a silent agitation, or a softer kind of lateral motion; as
sway, swag, to sway, swagger, swerve, sweat, sweep, swill, swim, swing,
swift, sweet, switch, swinge.

Nor is there much difference of sm in smooth, smug, smile, smirk,
smite; which signifies the same as to strike, but is a softer word;
small, smell, smack, smother, smart, a smart blow properly signifies
such a kind of stroke as with an originally silent motion, implied in
sm, proceeds to a quick violence, denoted by ar suddenly ended, as is
shown by t.

Cl denote a kind of adhesion or tenacity, as in cleave, clay, cling,
climb, clamber, clammy, clasp, to clasp, to clip, to clinch, cloak,
clog, close, to close, a clod, a clot, as a clot of blood, clouted
cream, a clutter, a cluster.

Sp imply a kind of dissipation or expansion, especially a quick one,
particularly if there be an r, as if it were from spargo or separo: for
example, spread, spring, sprig, sprout, sprinkle, split, splinter,
spill, spit, sputter, spatter.

Sl denote a k