An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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_Sir Gawan._

O. Fr. _saint_, from _saind-re_, ceindre, environner.

SANDY-GIDDOCK, _s._ The launce, a fish, Shetl.

_Neill._

Probably a dimin. from Dan. _giedde_, Isl. _gedda_, a pike, from its resemblance in shape; q. the _little ged_ or pike.

SAND-LARK, The sea lark, Orkn.

_Barry._

_Sandy lerrick_, or _laverock_, of S.

SAND-LOWPER, _s._ A small species of crab, Fife.

_Sibbald._

_To_ SANE, _v. n._ To say.

V. ~Seyne~.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SANE, SAYN, SAINE, SEYN, _v. a._

1. To make the sign of the cross.

_Barbour._

2. To bless.

_Dunbar._

Germ. _segen_, a sign; _segn-en_, to bless.

~Sain~, _s._ Blessing, S. B.

SANG, _s._ Song, S. A. S.

_Wyntown._

SANGLERE, _s._ A wild boar; Fr. _sangliere_.

_Douglas._

SANGUANE, SANGUYNE, _adj._ Having the colour of blood; Fr. _sanguin_.

_Douglas._

SANOUROUS, _adj._ Healing.

_Houlate._

O. Fr. _san-er_, to heal.

SANRARE, L. _thesaurare_, treasurer.

_Houlate._

SANS, _prep._ Without, Fr.

_Douglas._

SAP, _s._ Liquid of any kind, taken with solid aliment, S.

Belg.

_Morison._

~Sapmoney~, _s._ Money allowed to servants for purchasing _sap_, S.

_Stat. Acc._

~Saps~, _s. pl._ Bread soaked or boiled in some nourishing liquid, as, _ale-saps_, _butter-saps_, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

Isl. _saup_, Gael. _sabhs_, soup.

_To_ SAR, _v. a._ To vex, to gall.

_Wallace._

A. S. _sar-ian_, dolere.

SARBIT, _interj._ A kind of exclamation, S. A.

Supposed to be corr. from _sorrow a bit_.

_To_ SARD, _v. a._ To rub, to chafe.

_Lyndsay._

Isl. _sard-a_, _serd-a_, cutem contrectare.

SARDE, _pret._ Galled.

V. ~Sar~.

SARE, _adj._ Sore.

V. ~Sair~, and _s_.

~Sare~, _s._

1. A sore, S.

_Douglas._

2. Mental pain, sorrow.

_Douglas._

A. S. _sar_, Sw. _saer_, dolor.

_To_ SARE, _v. n._ To soar.

_Douglas._

_To_ SARE, _v. n._ To savour.

V. ~Sawer~.

~Sareless~, _adj._ Unsavoury, S. B.

V. ~Sair~, _v._

_Ross._

SARGEAND, _s._ A squire.

_Bannatyne P._

O. Fr. _sergeant_, homme de guerre.

SARY, SAIRY, _adj._

1. Sorrowful.

_Douglas._

A. S. _sari_, _sarig_, tristis, moestus.

2. Sorry, wretched.

_Wyntown._

SARIOLLY, SARRALY, _adv._ Artfully.

_Barbour._

A. S. _searolice_, artificiose; _sear_ ars.

SARIT, _pret._ Vexed.

V. ~Sar~.

SARK, _s._ A shirt, S.

_Wallace._

A. S. _syrc_, Su. G. _saerk_, indusium.

~Sarked~, ~Sarkit~, _part. pa._

1. Provided with shirts or shifts, S.

_Gl. Shirr._

2. Covered with thin deals, S.

~Sarkin~, _s._ The covering of wood above the rafters, S.

~Sarking~, _adj._ A designation of cloth for making coarse shirts, S.

_Spalding._

SARRALY, _adv._

V. ~Sariolly~.

_To_ SASE, _v. a._ To seize; Fr. _sais-ir_.

_Douglas._

SAT, _s._ A snare.

_Sir Tristrem._

Su. G. _saett_, _sata_, id.

SATE, _s._ Omission, trespass.

_Douglas._

Fr. _saut_, a leap.

~Satoure~, _s._ A transgressor.

_King's Quair._

_To_ SATIFIE, _v. a._ To satisfy.

O. Fr. _sattifier_, id.

_Crosraguel._

SATTERDAY, SATERDAY, _s._ Saturday.

A. S. _saeter daeg_, the day of Saturn.

~Setterdayis slop~, a gap ordained to be left in the cruives for catching salmon, in fresh waters, from Saturday after the time of Vespers, till Monday after sun-rise.

_Acts Ja. I._

SAUAGE, SAWAGE, _adj._

Intrepid.

_Wallace._

SAUCH, SAUGH, _s._ The willow, S.

_Lightfoot._

Sw. _saelg_, A. S. _salh_, O. Fr. _saulg_.

SAUCHT, SAUGHT, _part. pa._

1. Reconciled.

_Barbour._

A. S. _saeht_, id. Su. G. _saett-a_, conciliari.

2. At ease, in peace.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _sackta_, tranquillus, pacificus.

~Saucht~, ~Saught~, _s._ Ease, tranquillity, S.

A. S. _sahte_, _saett_, peace.

_Ross._

~Sauchning~, ~Saughtening~, ~Sawchnyng~, _s._

1. Reconciliation.

_Douglas._

2. A state of quietness.

_Wallace._

SAUDALL, _s._ A companion.

_Burel._

Lat. _sodal-is_.

_To_ SAUF, _v. a._ To save.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _sauf_, safe.

SAUF, ~To Sauf~, _prep._ Saving.

_Wyntown._

~Saufe~, _s._ Salve.

_Douglas._

~Sauyn~, _s._ L. _saysin_, seizin.

_Douglas._

SAUL, SAWL, _s._ The soul, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _saul_, _sawel_, Moes. G. _saiwala_.

~Saules~, _adj._ Dastardly, mean, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

~Saull-prow~, _s._ Spiritual profit.

V. ~Prow~.

_Gawan and Gol._

SAULLIE, SAULIE, _s._ A hired mourner, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

From the repetition of _Salve Regina_.

_To_ SAUR, _v. n._

V. ~Sawer~.

* SAVOUR, _s._ Unction in preaching, S.

* ~Savoury~, _adj._ Possessing unction, S.

SAUT, _s._ Salt, S.

_Ramsay._

~Saut-fat~, _s._ A salt-cellar, S.

A. S. _sealt-faet_, id.

SAW, SAWE, _s._

1. A saying, a proverb, S. O. E.

A. S. _saga_, _sage_, dictum.

_Doug._

2. A discourse, an address.

_Barbour._

3. Language in general.

_Wyntown._

4. A legal decision.

_Dunbar._

Dan. _sag_, a suit.

5. An oracle, a prediction.

_Douglas._

A. S. _sage_, a foretelling.

_To_ SAW, _v. n._ To sow.

_Douglas._

A. S. _saw-an_, Su. G. Isl. _saa_, id.

_To_ SAW, _v. a._ To save.

_Douglas._

SAWCHYNG.

V. ~Sauchning~.

_Wallace._

SAWELY, L. _fawely_, few.

_Wallace._

_To_ SAWER, SAWR, SAUR, SARE, _v. n._ To savour.

_Barbour._

~Sawr~, _s._ Savour.

_K. Hart._

SAWSLY, _adv._ In pickle.

_Dunbar._

SAWT, _s._ Assault.

V. ~Salt~.

SAWTH, _p. v._ Saveth.

_Wallace._

SAX, _adj._ Six, S.

_Burns._

Moes. G. _saihs_, id.

~Saxt~, _adj._ Sixth.

_N. Burne._

~Saxté~, _adj._ Sixty, S.

_Wallace._

Moes. G, _saihstis_, id.

* SCAB, _s._ A gross offence.

_Z. Boyd._

SCAD, _s._ Any colour seen by reflection; or the reflection itself, S.

_Rutherford._

A. S. _scade_, umbra.

SCADLIPS, _s._ Thin broth, S. B.; hence more apt to _scald_ the _lips_.

_Ritson._

SCAFF, SKAFFIN, _s._

1. Food of any kind, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _skap_, provision.

2. Expl. merriment, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

~Scaffar~, _s._ A parasite.

_Bellenden._

Su. G. _skaffare_, one who provides food.

~Scafferie~, _s_.

V. ~Skafrie~.

SCAIL, _s._ A sort of tub.

V. ~Skeel~.

_Sir Egeir._

SCALDRICKS, _s. pl._ Wild mustard, Loth.

V. ~Skelloch~.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCALE, _v. a._

V. ~Skail~.

SCALKT, _pret. v._ Bedaubed.

V. ~Skaik~.

_Dunbar._

SCALLIARD, _s._ A stroke, W. Loth.

Isl. _skell-a_, to strike, _skell-r_, a stroke.

SCALP, SCAWP, _s._

1. Land of which the soil is very thin, S.

_Ramsay._

A metaph. use of E. _scalp_.

2. A bed of oysters or muscles, S.

_Sibbald._

~Scalpy~, ~Scaupy~, _adj._ Having thinness of soil, S.

_To_ SCAM, _v. a._ To scorch, S.

V. ~Skaumit~.

SCAMP, _s._ A cheat, a swindler, Loth. Perths;

Teut. _schamp-en_, to slip aside.

_To_ SCANSE, SKANCE, _v. n._

1. To shine, to make a great show.

_Ferguson._

Su. G. _skin-a_, splendere.

2. To make a great shew in conversation, S. B.

3. To magnify in narration, S. B.

Su. G. _beskoen-a_, causam ornare verbis.

_To_ SCANCE, SKANCE, _v. a._

1. To reflect on, S.

_Philotus._

Su. G. _skoen-ia_, mentis acie videre.

2. To reproach; to make taunting or censorious reflections on the character of others, especially in an oblique manner, S.

_J. Nicol._

3. To give a cursory account of any thing, S.

_A. Douglas._

~Scance~, _s._

1. A cursory calculation, S.

2. A rapid sketch in conversation, S.

SCANSYTE, _part. pa._ Seeming.

Su. G. _skin-a_, apparere.

_Wallace._

SCANT, _s._ Scarcity.

V. ~Skant~.

SCANTLINGS, _s. pl._ Rafters which support the roof of a projection, Ang.

Teut. _schantse_, sepimentum muri.

~Scantlins~, _adv._ Scarcely, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

~Scantlishin~, _s._

1. Scanty increase, W. Loth.

2. Small remainder, ibid.

SCAPE, _s._ A bee-hive.

V. ~Skepp~.

SCAR, SKAIR, SCAUR, _s._

1. A bare place on the side of a steep hill, from which the sward has been washed down by rains, Loth.; also, _skard_.

_Lay Last Minstr._

2. A cliff, Ayrs.

_Burns._

Su. G. _skaer_, rupes, C. B. _esgair_, a ridge.

SCARCHT, _s._ A hermaphrodite, S. _Scart_.

A. S. _scritta_, id.

_Pitscottie._

SCARF, _s._ The corvorant; also, the shag, Orkn.

V. ~Scart~.

_Barry._

SCARMUS, _s._. A skirmish.

_Bellenden._

Ital. _scarramuccia_, L. B. _scaramutia_.

SCARPENIS, _s. pl._ Pumps; Fr. _escarpines_.

_Maitland P._

SCARSEMENT, _s._ The edge of a ditch on which thorns are to be planted, S.

_To_ SCART, _v. a._

1. To scratch, S.

_Cleland._

2. To scrape a dish with a spoon, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To scrape together money.

_More._

A. Norm. _escrat_; A. Bor. _scraut_.

~Scart~, _s._

1. A scratch, S.

_Ramsay._

2. A niggard, S.

3. A puny person, S.

~Scart-free~, _adj._ Without injury, S.

_Cleland._

~Scart~, _adj._ Puny.

_Dunbar._

~Scartle~, _s._ An iron instrument for cleaning a stable, Tweedd.

_J. Nicol._

SCART, SKART, SCARTH, SCARF, _s._ The corvorant, S.

_Houlate._

Norw. _skarv_, Isl. _skarf-ur_, id.

SCAS, _s._ Portion?

_Sir Gawan._

Alem. _scaz_, a penny; treasure.

_To_ SCASHLE, _v. a._ To use any piece of dress carelessly, S. B.

Isl. _skuasl_, quisquiliae.

SCATT, _s._ The name of a tax paid in Shetland.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. Isl. _skatt_, A. S. _sceat_, a tax, E. _shot_, _Scot and lot_.

SCAUD-MAN'S-HEAD, _s._ Sea urchin, S.

SCAUR, _s._

V. ~Scar~.

SCAURIE, SCOREY, _s._ The young of the herring-gull, Orkney.

_Neill._

Sw. _skiura_, Norw. _skiure_, id.

SCAWP, _s._

V. ~Scalp~.

SCELLERAR, _s._ One who has the charge of the _cellar_.

_Houlate._

L. B. _cellerar-ius_, id.

SCHACHT, _s._ Property.

_Henrysone._

Fland. _schacht lands_, a rood of land.

SCHAFTMON, SHAFTMON, SCHATHMONT, _s._ A measure of six inches in length.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _scaeft-mund_, half a foot.

SCHAGHES, _s. pl._ Groves.

V. ~Schaw~.

SCHAIFE, SCHEIF, _s._

1. A bunch of arrows, twenty-four in number.

Alem. _scaph_, a quiver.

_Stat. Rob. I._

2. A certain quantity of iron or steel.

_Skene._

SCHAIK, TO-SCHAIK, _pret._ Shook.

_Douglas._

SCHAKERIS, SHAIKERS, _s. pl._

1. Thin plates of gold, silver, &c. hanging down.

_Douglas._

Teut. _schaeckier-en_, alternare.

2. Moisture distilling from flowers.

_Id._

SCHAKER-STANE, _s._ The stone-chatter, S. _stane-chacker_.

_Burel._

SCHALD, _adj._ Shallow; _shaul_, S.

A. S. _scylf_, a shelve.

_Barbour._

~Schald~, ~Shauld~, _s._ A shallow place.

_Douglas._

SCHALIM, SHALM, SHALIN, SHAWME, _s._ The cornet.

_Houlate._

Su. G. _skalmeia_, Teut. _schalmey_, a pipe.

SCHALK, _s._

1. A servant.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _scalc_, Su. G. Isl. _skalk_, id.

2. A knight.

_Gawan and Gol._

SCHAMON'S DANCE, Some kind of dance anciently used in S.

_Peblis to the Play._

SCHAND, SCHANE, _adj._ Elegant.

V. ~Scheyne~.

~Schand~, _s._ Elegance.

_Houlate._

SCHANK, _s._

1. The leg.

_Douglas._

2. The trunk of a tree.

_Douglas._

3. The stalk of an herb, S.

_Ruddiman._

4. In pl. stockings, Aberd.

_Ruddiman._

A. S. _sceanc_, Su. G. _skank_, id.

_To_ ~Shank~, _v. a._

1. To travel on foot, S.

2. To knit stockings, Aberd.

_Ferguson._

~Shanker~, _s._ A female knitter of stockings, Aberd.

SCHANT, _part. adj._ Soiled.

_Maitl. P._

Teut. _schend-en_, to pollute.

_To_ SCHAPE, _v. n._

1. To contrive.

_Douglas._

2. To purpose, to intend.

_Id._

3. To endeavour.

_Id._

4. _v. a._ To prepare.

_Id._

5. To direct one's course.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _sceap-ian_, facere, ordinare.

~Schapyn~, _part. pa._ Qualified.

_Barbour._

A. S. _sceapen_, ordinatus.

SCHARETS

V. ~Scherald~.

SCHAVELLING, _s._ One who has the Romish tonsure, one _shaven_.

_Charteris._

_To_ SCHAW, _v. a._ To shew.

_Douglas._

A. S. _sceaw-an_, id.

SCHAW, SCHAGH, _s._

1. A wood, a grove.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _skog_, Ir. Gael. _saeghas_, id.

2. Shade, covert.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _skugga_, umbra.

~Schawaldouris~, _s. pl._ Wanderers in the woods, subsisting by hunting.

_Wynt._

_Schaw_, S. a wood, and A. S. _weallian_, to roam.

SCHAWME, _s._

V. ~Schalim~.

_To_ SCHED, _v. a._

1. To divide.

A. S. _scead-an_, id.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. _To sched the hair_, to divide the hair in combing, S.

_To_ ~Sched~, ~Shed~, _v. n._ To part.

_Burel._

~Sched~, _s._ One quantity separated from another.

_Douglas._

~Sched~, ~Schede~, _s._ The division of the hair, S.

_Hudson._

SCHEIDIS, _s. pl._ Distances.

_Gawan and Gol._

Germ. _scheide_, intervallum loci.

_To_ SCHEYFF, _v. n._ To escape.

_Wallace._

Teut. _schuyff-en_, to fly.

SCHEILD, _s._ A common shore.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _scelle_, terrae concavitas.

SCHEYNE, SCHENE, SCHANE, SCHAND, _adj._

1. Shining, bright.

_Douglas._

2. Beautiful.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _scen_, Su. G. _skon_, _skion_, id.

~Schene~, ~Schyne~, _s._ Beauty.

_Houlate._

SCHEIP-KEIPAR, _s._ Steward.

V. ~Scaff~.

_Bannatyne P._

SCHEL, SHEL, _s._ Shed for sheep.

V. ~Sheal~.

_Lyndsay._

SCHELL-PADDOCK, _s._ The land-tortoise.

_Watson._

Teut. _schild-padde_, testudo.

SCHELTRUM, _s._

V. ~Schiltrum~.

SCHENKIT, _part. pa._ Agitated.

_Gawan and Gol._

Germ. _schwenck-en_, motitare.

SCHENT, _part. pa._

1. Confounded.

_Douglas._

2. Overpowered, overcome.

_Id._

3. Degraded.

_Id._

A. S. _scend-an_, confundere.

_To_ ~Schent~, _v. a._ To destroy.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Schent~, _v. n._ To go to ruin.

_Evergr._

SCHERALD, SCHERET, SCHARET, _s._ A green turf; _shirrel_, _shirret_, Aberd. Banffs.

_Bellenden._

Germ. _scherr-en_, terras scalpere; _scharte_, fragmentum.

SCHERE, SHEER, _adj._ Waggish, S.

Teut. _scheer-en_, illudere, nugari.

_To_ SCHERE, _v. n._ To divide.

_Doug._

~Schere~, ~Shear~, _s._ The parting between the thighs, S.

_Douglas._

~Schere-bane~, ~Shear-bane~, _s._ The _os pubis_, S.

SCHERENE, _s._ Syren.

_Bannatyne P._

_To_ SCHETE, _v. a._ To shut.

_Douglas._

A. S. _scytt-an_, id.

SCHEWE, _pret._ Shove.

_Douglas._

SCHIDE, SCHYDE, SYDE, _s._

1. A billet of wood.

_Douglas._

2. A chip, a splinter.

_Id._

3. A large piece of flesh cut off.

_Id._

A. S. _scide_, a billet of wood.

~Schidit~, To ~Schid~, _part. pa._ Cloven.

Teut. _scheyd-en_, dividere.

_Douglas._

SCHIERE, _s._ Visage, mien.

_Gawan and Gol._

O. Fr. _chiere_, id.; Isl. _kioer_, conditio.

SCHILDERNE, SCHIDDEREM, _s._ A wild fowl.

_Acts Ja. VI._

SCHILTHRUM, SCHILTRUM, SCHYLTRUM, _s._ An host ranged in a round form.

_Barbour._

A. S. _sceoltruma_, coetus, cohors.

SCHILL, _adj._ Shrill, S.

_Douglas._

Alem. _scill-en_, _schell-en_, sonare; Belg. _schelle_, shrill.

SCHILL, SCHIL, _adj._ Chill. S. B.

_Douglas._

SCHYNBANDES, _pl._ Perhaps, armour for the ancles or legs.

_Sir Gawan._

Teut. _scheen-plaete_, ocrea.

SCHIP-BROKIN, _part. pa._ Shipwrecked.

Teut. _schip-broke_, shipwreck.

_Doug._

SCHIPFAIR, _s._ Navigation.

_Barbour._

A. S. _scip-fyrd_, navalis expeditio.

SCHIPPAR, _s._ A shipmaster.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

SCHIR, SCHYR, SYRE, SERE, _s._

1. Sir, lord.

_Wyntown._

2. In comp. in the sense of _father_, S.

V. ~Gudschyr~.

Goth. _sihor_, lord; Isl. _saera_, _Sira_, a praenomen expressive of dignity.

SCHIRE, SCHYRE, SHIRE, _adj._

1. Bright, E. _sheer_.

_Douglas._

2. Clear, not muddy, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

3. Thin in the texture, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

4. Pure, mere, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _scire_, Isl. _skir_, Germ. _schier_, purus.

_To_ SCHIRE, _v. a._ To pour off the thinner or lighter part of any liquid, Loth.

Su G. _skaer-a_, purgare, _skir-a_, emundare.

* SCHIREFF, _s._ A messenger.

_Buchanan._

SCHLUCHTEN, _s._ A hollow between two hills, Tweedd.

Su. G. _slutt_, declivis; Germ. _schluchte_, a ravine.

SCHO, _pron._ She, S.; _o_ as Gr. υ. _Barbour._

Moes. G. _so_, _soh_, Isl. _su_, A. S. _seo_, id.

_To_ SCHOG, _v. a._ To jog, S.

_Bannatyne P._

Teut. _schock-en_, _schuck-en_, id.

_To_ ~Schog~, ~Shog~, _v. n._ To move backwards and forwards, S.

_To_ ~Schog about~, _v. n._ To survive, S. B.

_Ross._

~Schog~, ~Shog~, _s._ A jog, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Schoggle~, _v. a._ To shake, S.

Teut. _schockel-n_, id.

_To_ ~Schoggle~, ~Shogle~, _v. n._ To dangle.

_Evergreen._

SCHOIR, _s._

V. ~Schor~, _s._

SCHONE, _pl._ Shoes, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _sceon_, Teut. _schoen_, id.

SCHONKAN, _part. pr._ Gushing.

Teut. _schenck-en_, fundere.

_Wallace._

SCHONKIT. _To schonkit_, shaken.

_Wallace._

Germ. _schwenk-en_, motitare.

SCHOR, SCHORE, SCHOIR, _adj._

1. Steep, abrupt.

_Barbour._

Isl. _skoer_, Germ. _schor-en_, eminere.

2. Rough, rugged.

_Wallace._

_To_ SCHOR, _v. a._ To soar.

_Douglas._

Fr. _essor-er_, Ital. _sor-are_, in altum volare.

_To_ SCHOR, SCHORE, SCHOIR, _v. n._ To threaten, S.

_Douglas._

~Schor~, ~Schore~, ~Schoir~, _s._ A threatening, Loth.

V. ~Schor~, _adj._

_Barbour._

SCHORE, _s._ Shower.

_Douglas._

SCHORE CHIFTANE, High chieftain.

_Gawan and Gol._

Germ. _schor_, altus, eminens.

_To_ SCHORT, _v. n._ To grow short.

Isl. _skort-a_, to be deficient.

_Dunbar._

_To_ ~Schort~, _v. a._

1. To curtail.

_Cleland._

2. To abbreviate, in regard to time.

_Douglas._

3. To amuse one's self, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Schorte~, _s._ A sneer; Teut. _scherts_, jocus.

_Douglas._

~Schortsum~, _adj._

1. Cheerful, S. B.

2. Causing cheerfulness, S. B.

_Rudd._

3. Applied to a pleasant situation.

_Buchan._

SCHOT, SCHOTE, SHOT, _s._ A projected window.

_Douglas._

Isl. _skirt-a_, prominere.

SCHOURE, _s._ A division in music.

Teut. _scheur_, _shore_, ruptura.

_Houlate._

SCHOURIS, SCHOWRIS, _s. pl._ Sorrows, throes.

_Philotus._

2. The pangs of childbirth, S.

Germ. _schaur-en_, tremere; _schaur_, tremor.

_To_ SCHOW, _v. a._

1. To shove.

_Doug._

2. _v. n._ To glide or fall down.

_Doug._

A. S. _scuf-an_, Belg. _schuyff-en_, trudere.

_To_ SCHOWD, SHOWD, _v. n._ To waddle in going, S. B.

_Ross._

Teut. _schudd-en_, quatere, agitare.

SCHREW, SCHROW, _s._ A worthless person.

_Douglas._

Germ. _be-schrey-en_, incantare; or A. S. _syrew-an_, insidiari.

_To_ SCHREW, SCHRO, _v. a._ To curse.

_Bannatyne P._

~Schrewit~, _part. adj._

1. Wicked, accursed.

_Douglas._

2. Unhappy, ill-boding.

_Id._

3. Poisonous, venomous.

_Id._

_To_ SCHRYFF, SCHRYWE, _v. a._ To hear a confession.

_Barbour._

A. S. _scryf-an_, Su. G. _skrift-a_, id.

SCHROUD, _s._ Apparel.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _scrud_, id.

_To_ SCHUDDER, _v. a._ To withstand.

E. to _shoulder_.

_Douglas._

SCHUGHT, SHUGHT, _part. adj._ Sunk, covered, S. B.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

Su. G. _skygg-a_, obumbrare; or from _Seuch_. q. v.

SCHULE, SHUIL, SHOOL, _s._ A shovel, S.

Belg. _school_, id.

_Monroe._

SCHUPE, _pret. v._

V. ~Schape~.

SCHURDE, _part. pa._ Dressed.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _scrydde_, _scrud_, indutus.

SCHURLING, SHORLING, _s._ The skin of a sheep that has been lately shorn.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ SCHUTE, _v. a._

1. To push.

Su. G. _skiut-a_, Teut. _schutten_, propellere.

2. To put off. _To shute by_, to delay, S.

Su. G. _skiut-a upp_, differre.

3. _To shute by_, to pass any particular time that is attended with difficulty, S.

4. _To schute about_, to be in ordinary health, S.

5. _No ill to shoot by_, or easily _shot about_, satisfied with a slight or homely meal, S.

_To_ SCHWNE, _v. n._ To shrink.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _scun-ian_, vitare, timere.

V. ~Scunner~.

SCLADYNE, _s._ A chalcedony.

_Sir Gawan._

SCLAFFERT, _s._ A stroke on the side of the head, with the palm of the hand, S.

L. B. _eclaffa_, alapa; Languedoc, _esclafa_, to beat. Lat. _colaph-us_.

SCLAFFERT, _s._ The mumps, Loth.

SCLAITE, SKLAIT, _s._ Slate, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

L. B. _sclata_, assula; Fr. _esclat_, id.

_To_ SCLANDER, SKLANDER, _v. a._ To slander, S. B.

_Scots Confess._

~Sclander~, ~Sklandyr~, _s._ Slander, S. B.

Fr. _esclaundre_, id.

_Wallace._

~Sclanderar~, _s._

1. A slanderer, S.

2. One who brings reproach on others, by his conduct.

_Crosraguel._

_To_ SCLATCH, _v. a._ To huddle up, S.

V. ~Clatch~.

_To_ SCLATCH, _v. n._ To walk heavily, S.

~Sclatch~, _s._ A lubberly fellow, S.

SCLATCH, _s._ A stroke with the palm of the hand, Ang.

V. ~Clash~.

SCLATER, _s._ The wood-loose, S.

_Sibb._

SCLAVE, _s._ A slave.

_Douglas._

Fr. _esclave_, L. B. _sclav-us_.

SCLENDER, _adj._ Slender, S. B.

_Knox._

_To_ SCLENT, SKLINT, _v. n._

1. To slope, S.

2. To move obliquely, S.

_Douglas._

3. To hit obliquely, S.

_Knox._

4. Denoting immoral conduct.

_Semple._

Sw. _slant_, obliquus; _slint-a_, lapsare.

~Sclent~, ~Sklent~, _s._

1. Obliquity, S.

2. Acclivity, ascent, S.

_Ross._

~A-Sklent~, _adv._ Obliquely.

_Polwart._

~Sclentine Ways~, _adv._ Obliquely, S. B.

_Morison._

SCLAYS, _s._ A slice, S. B.

_Wyntown._

Germ. _schleiss-en_, rumpere.

SCLITHERS, _s. pl._ Loop stones lying in great quantities on the side of a rock, or hill, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

Germ. _schlitz-en_, disjungere.

_To_ SCOB, _v. n._ To sew clumsily, S.

SCOB, _s._

1. A splint, S.

2. In pl. the ribs of a basket, Ang.

Teut. _schobbe_, squama.

_To_ ~Scob~ _a skepp_, to fix cross rods in a bee-hive, S.

SCOB, _s._ An instrument for scooping, Clydes.

SCOB-SEIBOW, _s._

1. An onion that is allowed to remain in the ground during winter, S.

2. The young shoot from an onion, of the second year's growth, S.

SCOLL.

V. ~Skul~.

SCOLDER, _s._ The oyster-catcher, Orkn.

_Barry._

SCOMER, SKOMER, _s._ A smell-feast.

Belg. _schuymer_, id.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SCOMFICE, SCONFICE, _v. a._

1. To suffocate, S.

_Ross._

2. _v. n._ To be stifled, S.

_Ibid._

Ital. _sconfigg-ere_, to discomfit.

SCON, _s._ A cake.

V. ~Skon~.

_To_ SCONCE, _v. a._ To extort, Ang.

_To_ SCONE, _v. a._ To beat with the open hand, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _skoyn-a_, Su. G. _sken-a_, leviter vulnerare.

SCOPIN, _s._ A quart-vessel.

V. ~Scoup~, _v._

_Dunbar._

SCOREY, _a._ The brown and white gull. Orkn.

V. ~Scaurie~.

_Barry._

_To_ SCORN, _v. a._ To rally a young woman, by pretending that such a one is in suit of her. S.

_Ritson._

~Scorning~, _s._ Rallying of this kind, S.

_To_ SCORP, SCROP, SKARP, SKRAP, SKRIP, _v. n._ To mock, to gibe; _scrape_, Fife.

_Knox._

Su. G. _skrapp-a_, jactare se; Teut. _schrobb-en_, convitiari.

SCOTCH-GALE, _s._ Myrica gale, S.

_Lightfoot._

Belg. _gaghel_, pseudo-myrtus.

SCOTTE-WATTRE, SCOTTIS-WATTRE, the Frith of Forth.

_Goodal._

SCOTTIS SE, the Frith of Forth.

A. S. _Scottisc-sae_, id.

_Barbour._

SCOTTISWATH, _s._ Solway Frith.

V. ~Scotte-wattre~.

_Pinkerton._

A. S. _wad_, a ford.

_To_ SCOUG, _v. n._

V. ~Skug~, _v._ 2.

_To_ SCOUNGE, _v. n._

1. To go about like a dog, especially as catering for food, S.

Su. G. _skynd-a_, procurare.

2. To pilfer, Strathmore.

SCOUNRYT.

V. ~Scunner~.

_Barbour._

_To_ SCOUP, or ~Skoup aff~, _v. a._ To drink off, S. B.

O. Teut. _schoep-en_, to drink.

~Scoup~, _s._ A draught of any liquor, S. B.

SCOUP, SCOWP, _s._

1. Abundance of room, S.

2. Liberty of conduct, S.

V. ~Scoup~, _v._

_Ferguson._

_To_ SCOUP, SCOWP, _v. n._ To leap or move hastily from one place to another, S. B.

_Burel._

Isl. _skop-a_, discurrere.

~Scoup-hole~, _s._ A subterfuge.

_Cleland._

~Scouppar~, ~Skouper~, _s._

1. A dancer.

_Knox._

2. A light unsettled person.

_Polwart._

SCOUR, _s._ The diarrhoea, whether in man or beast, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

_To_ SCOUR _out_, _v. a._ To drink off, S.

A metaph. use of the E. _v._

_J. Nicol._

_To_ SCOURGE _the ground_, to exhaust the strength of the soil, S.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCOUT, _v. a._

1. To pour forth any liquid substance forcibly, S.

_J. Nicol._

2. _v. n._ To fly off quickly, S.

_Ibid._

Su. G. _skiut-a_, jaculare.

SCOUTH, SCOWTH, _s._

1. Liberty to range, S.

_Dalrymple._

2. Freedom to converse without restraint, S.

_Ross._

3. Room.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

4. Abundance; as _scouth of meat_, &c. S.

Isl. _skott_, an uninterrupted course, jugis cursus; _skott-a_, frequenter cursitare.

SCOUTHER, _s._ A flying shower, Loth.

Isl. _skiot-a_, cito vehere.

SCOUTI-AULIN, _s._ The Arctic gull, Orkn.

V. ~Skaitbird~.

_Neill._

_To_ SCOWDER, SKOLDIR, _v. a._ To scorch, S. pron. _scowther_.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _swid-a_, Dan. _swid-er_, Su. G. _swed-a_, adurere.

~Scowder~, _s._ A hasty toasting, so as slightly to burn, S.; Isl. _swide_, adustio.

SCOWMAR, _s._ A pirate, a corsair.

_Barbour._

Belg. _zee-schuymer_, a sea-rover.

SCOWRY, _adj._ Showery, S.

_Ferguson._

A. S. _scur_, imber.

SCOWRY, SCOURIE, _adj._

1. Shabby in appearance, S.

_Dunbar._

2. Mean in conduct, niggardly, S. O.

3. Appearing as if dried or parched, S. A.