A stick carried in the hand as an aid in walking or climbing [OED]

stag as a verb = To observe; to take particular notice of; to watch; also, to find out or discover by observation, to detect

To behave in the manner of a stock market Stag i.e. A person who applies for an allocation of shares in a joint-stock concern solely with a view to selling immediately at a profit. ((Stock Exchange Usage) [OED].

A person who applies for an allocation of shares in a joint-stock concern solely with a view to selling immediately at a profit. [(Stock Exchange Usage): OED].

A landing-stage, wharf; esp. a waterside depôt for coals brought from the collieries for shipment, furnished with staging and shoots for loading vessels.

Stones (Scottish)

A 'verse' or stanza of a poem, song, etc. [OED]

To cease going forward; to stop, halt; to arrest one's course and stand still. The OED

A horse-race across country or on a made course with artificial fences, water-jumps, and other obstacles. Formerly, a race having a church steeple in view as goal, in which all intervening obstacles had to be cleared
[OED]

The part of a passenger ship allotted to those passengers who travel at the cheapest rate. Usually on a lower deck [i] Often placing hundreds together in a single large hold [ii]
References:
[i] OED
[ii] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steerage

Staith : A landing-stage, wharf; esp. a waterside depôt for coals brought from the collieries for shipment, furnished with staging and shoots for loading vessels. [OED]

George Stephenson 1871-1848 Railway engineer and inventor

He began work in the mine his father worked at. He gained a reputation for managing the primitive steam engines employed in mines, and worked in a number of different coalmines in the northeast of England and in Scotland. He is best known for building the locomotive the Rocket for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 

References:
BBC History website http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stephenson_george.shtml

Any attendant who waits upon the passengers, often with defining word indicating rank or special function, as bath-, cabin-, deck-, table-steward; captain's steward, chief steward, paymaster's steward, etc. [OED]

A measure of length for cloth, esp. for cloth imported from Flanders, equal to approximately three-quarters of a yard. [OED]

This seems to be a slight variation on "like bricks" meaning with great force or violence; very vigorously; (hence) with great enthusiasm [OED].  The meaning here seems to be "immovably".

Stirk: A sturdy young man (figurative from a steer or bullock) [Dictionary of the Scots Language]

The framework on which a ship or boat is supported while in process of construction [OED]

A sweet-scented flowering plant often grown in cottage gardens. [CPB]