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

Part 45

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Corr. from E. _scurvy_.

_Gl. Sibb._

~Scowrie~, _s._ A scurvy fellow, S. O.

_R. Galloway._

SCRAB, _s._

1. A crab-apple.

_Douglas._

Belg. _schrabb-en_, mordicare.

2. In pl. stumps of heath or roots, S. B.

_Ross._

SCRABBER, _s._ The Greenland dove.

_Martin._

_To_ SCRALL, _v. n._ To crawl.

_Hudson._

_To_ SCRAPE, _v. n._ To express scorn, Fife.

V. ~Scorp~.

SCRAPIE, _s._ A miser, S.

_To_ SCREED, SKREED, _v. a._

1. To rend, S.

_Ross._

2. To defame.

_Morison._

Isl. _skrida_, ruina montium; _skridn-a_, lacerari.

3. To talk frequently and facetiously, S.

_Farmer's Ha._

~Screed~, ~Skreed~, _s._

1. The act of rending, S.

2. The sound made in rending, S.

3. Any loud shrill sound, S.

_J. Nicol._

4. The thing that is torn off, S.

5. A dissertation, a harangue, S.

_Glenburnie._

6. A long list or catalogue, S.

_Beattie._

7. A hard bout at drinking, S.

8. Regarding immorality in general.

_Burns._

_To_ ~Screed aff~, _v. a._ To do any thing quickly, S.

_Ferguson._

SCREG, _s._ A cant term for a shoe, S.

_To_ SCREIGH, SKREIGH, _v. n._ To shriek, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _skrik-a_, vociferari.

~Screik~, ~Scryke~, _s._ Shriek, S. B.

_Douglas._

SCRENOCH, _s._

V. ~Scroinoch~.

SCRY, _s._ Noise.

V. ~Skry~.

SCRIBAT, _pret. v._ Jeered.

V. ~Scorp~.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SCRIBBLE, SCRABBLE, _v. a._ To tease wool, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Teut. _schrabb-en_, to scrub.

SCRIDDAN, _s._ A mountain torrent.

_Ross._

Isl. _skridn-a_, labascere.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCRIEVE, _v. a._ To scratch, scrape, Ang.

Flandr. _schraeff-en_, radere.

~Scrieve~, _s._ A large scratch, Ang.

_To_ SCRIEVE, SKRIEVE, _v. n._ To move swiftly along.

_Burns._

Isl. _skref-a_, gradi; _skref_, gressus, passus.

SCRIEVE, _s._ Any thing written, S.

Teut. _schrijv-en_, to write.

_To_ SCRIEVE, _v. n._ To talk familiarly in continuation, S.

~Scrieve~, _s._ A conversation of this kind, S.

Su. G. _skraefw-a_, to rant, to rattle.

_To_ ~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _v. n._ To magnify in narration, to fib, S.

Isl. _skraf-a_, fabulari, _scraef_, nugae.

~Scrift~, _s._ A fabrication, S.

_To_ ~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _v. n._ To rehearse from memory, Ang.

Isl. _skrift_, scriptura, q. to rehearse from writing.

~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _s._ A recitation, properly from memory, S.

_A. Nicol._

SCRIM, _s._ Very thin coarse cloth, used for making blinds for windows, buckram, &c. S. B.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCRYM, _v. n._ To skirmish.

_Barbour._

Germ. _schirm-en_, _scrim-en_, pugilare.

~Scrymmage~, _s._ A skirmish.

_Wallace._

_To_ SCRIMP, SKRIMP, _v. a._

1. To straiten, as to food or money, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To straiten, in a general sense, S.

_Ross._

Germ. _schrump-en_, Su. G. _skrump-a_, corrugari.

~Scrimp~, _adj._

1. Scanty, narrow, S. _scrimpit_.

_Ross._

2. Contracted; applied to clothes, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Limited, not ample.

_Wodrow._

4. Deficient, as to mind.

_Ramsay._

~Scrimply~, _adv._ Sparingly, S.

_Walker._

SCRYNOCH, _s._

V. ~Scroinoch~.

SCRIP, _s._ A mock.

V. ~Scorp~.

_Wallace._

SCRIPTURE, _s._ A pencase.

Fr. _escriptoire_, id.

_Douglas._

SCROG, _s._ A stunted shrub, S.

_Lyndsay._

Germ. _schrag_, obliquus.

~Scroggy~, ~Skroggy~, _adj._

1. Stunted, S.

_Douglas._

2. Abounding with stunted bushes, S.

_Ramsay._

SCROINOCH, SCRYNOCH, _s._ Noise, tumult, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

Sw. _skraen_, clamor stridulus.

SCROOFE, SCRUFE, _s._

1. A thin crust of any kind, S.

_R. Bruce._

2. Money that is both thin and base.

_Knox._

Su. G. _skorf_, the _scurf_ of a wound.

~Scrufan~, _s._ A thin scurf; as, a _scrufan of ice_, S. B.

Su. G. _skrof_, glacies rara.

SCROPPIT, _adj._ Sordid.

_Bannatyne P._

Belg. _schrobben_, to scrub, _schrobber_, a mean fellow.

SCROW, SKROW, _s._ A scroll, S.

_Kennedy._

SCROW, _s._ The minute cancri observed in pools and springs, S.

_Sibbald._

SCRUBBIE, _s._

V. ~Scrab~.

SCRUBIE, _s._ The scurvy, S.

Su. G. _skoerbiug_, id.

~Scrubie-grass~, _s._ Scurvy-grass, S.

_To_ SCUD, _v. a._

1. To dust with a rod, S.

Su. G. _skudd-a_, excutere.

2. To beat with the open hand, S.

_To_ SCUD, _v. a._ To quaff. Loth.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _schudden_, Su. G. _skudd-a_, fundere.

SCUDLER, SCUDLAR, _s._ A scullion.

Teut. _schotel_, a plate, a dish.

_Wallace._

_To_ ~Scuff~, _v. a._

1. To graze, S.

_Ross._

Teut. _schuyv-en_, Su. G. _skuff-a_, E. _shove_.

2. To tarnish by frequent wearing, S.

3. _To scuff_, or _scuff about_, to wear as a drudge, S.

_To_ SCUG, _v. a._ To shelter.

V. ~Skug~.

SCULDUDRY, _s._ A term used in a ludicrous manner, to denote those causes which respect some breach of chastity, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _skulld_, a fault; Ir. _sgaldruth_, a fornicator.

SCULL, _s._ A shallow basket, S.

V. ~Skul~.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCULT, SKULT, _v. a._ To beat with the palm of the hand, S.

Isl. _skell_, _skellde_, diverbero palmis.

SCUM, _s._ A greedy fellow, a mere hunks, Fife.

SCUMFIT, _part. pa._ Discomfited.

Ital. _sconfigg-ere_, id.

_Wallace._

SCUNCHEON, _s._ A stone forming a projecting angle, S.

Germ. _schantse_, E. _sconce_, q. a bulwark.

_To_ SCUNNER, SCOUNER, _v. n._

1. To lothe, S.

_Cleland._

2. To surfeit, S. B.

3. To shudder at any thing.

_Pitscottie._

4. To hesitate from scrupulosity of mind.

_Wodrow._

5. To shrink back from fear.

_Barbour._

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

~Scunner~, ~Skunner~, ~Skonner~, _s._

1. Lothing, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _scunnung_, abomination.

2. A surfeit, S. B.

SCURDY, _s._ A moorstone, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Isl. _skord-a_, colloco firmiter.

SCURL, SKURL, _s._ A dry scab, S., from _scurf_.

SCURLY, _adj._ Opprobrious, Loth.

Fr. _scurrile_.

SCURROUR, SKOURIOUR, SKURRIOUR, s.

1. A scout.

_Wallace._

Fr. _escur-er_, to scour.

2. An idle vagrant.

_Ruddiman._

SCUSHIE, _s._ A cant term for money, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

SCUSIS, _pl._ Excuses.

_Burel._

Ital. _scusa_, an excuse.

SCUTARDE, _s._ One who has lost the power of retention.

V. ~Scout~.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SCUTCH, _v. a._

1. To beat.

_Baillie._

2. _To scutch lint_, to separate flax from the rind, S.

Ital. _scutic-are_, id. E. _Scotch_.

_To_ SCUTLE, _v. a._ To pour from one vessel to another, often including the idea of spilling, S.

Isl. _gutl-a_, liquida moveo, et agito cum sonitu.

~Scutles~, _s. pl._ Any liquid that has been tossed from one vessel to another, S.

SE, _s._ Seat, residence.

_Douglas._

SE, _s._ The sea.

_Barbour._

SEA-COULTER, _s._ The puffin.

_Sibbald._

SEA-HEN, _s._ The lyra, a fish.

_Sibbald._

SEA-PIET, _s._ Pied oyster-catcher, S.

_Stat. Acc._

SEA-SWINE, _s._ The wrasse, S.

_Sibb._

SEA-TOD, _s._ A species of wrasse.

_Sibb_.

SEAM, _s._ The work at which a woman sews, S.

Fr. _seme_, id.

SEATER, _s._ A meadow, Orkn.

_Statist. Acc._

Norw. _saeter_, pasture for cattle; Isl. _saetur_, pascua.

SEATH, SEETH, SETH, SAITH, SEY, _s._ The coal-fish, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Isl. _seid_, fœtura asellorum minuta.

SECRET, _s._ A coat of mail concealed under one's usual dress.

_Cromarty._

SEDEYN, _adj._ Sudden.

_Wallace._

SEDULL, _s._ A schedule.

_Wallace._

SEED-BIRD, _s._ A sea-fowl, S. A.

_Statist. Acc._

SEED-FOULLIE, _s._ The wagtail. S.

Q. _seed-fowl_; Su. G. _saed_, and _fugl_.

_To_ SEEK, _v. a._ To attack.

V. ~Soucht~.

_To_ SEEK one's _meat_, to beg, S.

SEELFU', _adj._ Pleasant.

V. ~Seilfu'~.

To SEETHE, _v. n._ To be nearly boiling, S. B.

To SEFOR, _v. a._ To save.

V. ~Safer~.

_Priests Peblis._

_To_ SEG, SEYG, _v. n._

1. To fall down.

2. Metaph. applied to the influence of intoxicating liquor, S. B.

_Morison._

Su. G. Isl. _sig-a_, subsidere, delabi.

SEG, SEGG, _s._ The yellow flower-de-luce, S.

_Lightfoot._

A. S. _secg_, Fland. _segge_, id.

SEGE, _s._

1. A soldier.

_Wallace._

A. S. _secg_, id.

2. Man, in a general sense.

_Douglas._

SEGE, _s._

1. A seat; properly, of dignity; Fr. _siege_.

_Barbour._

2. A see.

_Acts Ja. V._

~Segyt~, _part. pa._ Seated.

_Wyntown._

SEGG, _s. Bull-seg_, an ox that has been gelded at his full age, S.

Isl. _sag-a_, secare; _sigd-a_, gramen secare falculo.

_To_ SEY, _v. a._ To assay.

V. ~Say~.

~Sey~, ~Say~, _s._

1. A trial.

_Wallace._

2. An attempt of any kind, S.

~Sey-piece~, ~Say-piece~, _s._ A piece of work performed by a craftsman, as a proof of skill, S.

_Ferguson._

SEY, _s._ The coal-fish.

V. ~Sye~.

_To_ SEY, _v. a._ To strain any liquid, S.

Isl. _sy-a_, A. S. _se-on_, percolare.

~Sey-dish~, _s._ The searce used for straining, S.

Isl. _sij_, Teut. _sijgh_, a strainer.

SEY, _s._

1. The seam which runs under the arm, S.

2. The back bone of a beeve being cut up, the one side is called the _fore-sey_, the other the _back-sey_. The latter is the surloin, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _sega_, portiuncula; Dan. _seje_, a muscle.

SEY, _s._ A woollen cloth, formerly made by families for their own use, S.

_Ritson._

SEY, _s._ The sea.

_Douglas._

~Sey-fair~, _adj._ Sea faring.

_Act Sed._

SEIBOW, SEBOW, _s._ A young onion, S.

O. Fr. _cibo_, id.

_Calderwood._

SEYD, _s._ A sewer, Ang.

Teut. _sode_, canalis; Su. G. _saud_, a well.

_To_ SEYG, _v. n._ To sink.

V. ~Seg~.

_To_ SEIL, _v. a._ To strain.

_Kelly._

Su. G. _sil-a_, id. _sil_, a straining dish.

SEILDYN, SELDYN, _adv._ Seldom.

_Wallace._

A. S. _seldan_, Isl. _sialldan_, id.

SEILE, SEYLE, SELE, _s._ Happiness, S. B.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _saell_, happy, Isl. _saela_, happiness.

~Seily~, ~Seely~, _adj._ Happy.

_Seely Wights_, and _Seely Court_, name given to the fairies.

_Pop. Ball._

Teut. _seelig_, _selig_, beatus.

~Seilfu'~, ~Seelfu'~, _adj._ Pleasant, S. B.

_Ross._

To SEYN, _v. a._ To consecrate.

V. ~Synd~.

SEYNDILL, SEINDLE, SENDYLL, _adv._ Seldom; pron. _sindle_, Loth. _senil_, S. O. _seenil_, S. B.

_Bellenden._

Su. G. _saen_; _saender_, singulus.

~Seindle~, ~Sindle~, _adj._ Rare, S. _seenil_, S. B.

_Ramsay._

_To_ SEYNE, _v. a._ To see.

_Wallace._

SEYNE, _s._ A sinew.

_Wallace._

Germ. _sene_, id.

SEINYE, SENYE, SENYHÉ, SEINGNY, _s._ A synod, a consistory.

_Knox._

O. Fr. _sane_, A. S. _seonath_, a synod; Teut. _seyne_, id.

_To_ SEJOYNE, _v. a._ To disjoin.

Lat. _sejung-o_.

_R. Bruce._

SEIR, SERE, _adj._ Several.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _saer_, adv. denoting separation.

SEYNITY, L. _seynily_, signal.

_Gawan and Gol._

SEIR, _s._ Uncertain.

_Gawan and Gol._

SEIS, _pl._

1. Seats.

_Pal. Hon._

2. Thrones.

V. ~Se~, _s._ 1.

_Lyndsay._

SEIS, _s. pl._ Times.

V. ~Syis~.

SEISTAR, _s._ The sistrum.

_Burel._

Fr. _sistre_, a kind of brazen timbrell.

SEITIS, _s. pl._ Plants or herbs.

_Doug._

A. S. _seten_, planta.

_Sets_, S. slips of flowers.

SEKER, _adj._ Firm.

V. ~Sicker~.

SELABILL, _adj._ Delightful.

_Douglas._

SELCHT, SELCHIE, _s._ A seal, S. _selch_.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _selc_, _seolc_, phoca.

SELCOUTH, _adj._ Strange.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _sel-cuth_, rarus, insolitus.

SELE, _s._ Happiness.

V. ~Seile~.

SELE, _s._ A yoke for binding cattle in the stall, S.

Su. G. _sele_, a collar, a yoke.

SELF, SELFF, _adj._ Same.

_Barbour._

A. S. _self_, Su. G. _sialf_, ipse.

SELY, _adj._ Poor, wretched, S. _silly_.

Su. G. _selig_, id.

_Wallace._

SELY, _adv._ Wonderfully.

_Maitl. P._

A. S. _sellic_, id.

SELKHORN, _s._

V. ~Shilfcorn~.

SELLAT, _s._ A head-piece for foot-soldiers.

Fr. _salade_, Hisp. _celada_.

_Doug._

SELLOCK, _s._ A fish.

V. ~Silluk~.

SEMBLANT, SEMBLAND, _s._ Appearance, shew.

Fr. _semblant_, id.

_Douglas._

_To_ SEMBLE, _v. n._ To assemble.

_Doug._

~Semblay~, ~Semlay~, ~Semble~, ~Semele~, _s._

1. Meeting, interview.

_Wallace._

2. Act of assembling.

_Wallace._

3. An assembly.

_Wyntown._

4. Hostile rencountre.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _saml-a_, Dan. _saml-er_, id.

~Sembland~, _s._ An assembly.

_Wyntown._

_To_ SEMBYL, _v. n._ To make a wry mouth, in derision or scorn, S. _to shamble_.

_Douglas._

Lat. _simul-are_, to counterfeit.

SEMPLE, _adj._

V. ~Sympill~.

SEN, _conj._ Since, seeing, S.

_Douglas._

SEN, _prep._ Since, S.

_Douglas._

~Sen Syne~, since that time.

_Wallace._

Contr. from A. S. _seoth-than_, Su. G. _sidan_, postea.

SEN, _s._ Filth.

Lat. _san-ies_, id.

_Douglas._

SEND, _adv._ Then, thereafter.

_Priests Peblis._

Teut. _sind_; Su. G. _sendan_, deinde, the same with _Syne_, q. v.

SEND, _s._

1. Mission, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

2. The messengers sent for the bride at a wedding, S. B.

V. ~Saynd~.

SENDYLL, _adv._ Seldom.

V. ~Seindle~.

SENYHÉ, _s._ An assembly.

V. ~Seinye~.

SENYHÉ, _s._ Badge worn in battle.

O. Fr. _seingnie_, Lat. _sign-um_.

_Wynt._

SENON, _s._ A sinew, S.

_Wallace._

Belg. _senuwen_, Sicamb. _senen_, id.

SENS, _s._ Incense.

_Bellenden._

_To_ SENSE, _v. n._ To scent.

_Kelly._

SENSYMENT, SENSEMENT, _s._ Sentiment, judgment.

_Douglas._

SENSYNE, _adv._

V. ~Sen~.

SENTHIS, _adv._ Hence.

_Gl. Sibb._

SERD, _pret. v._ Served.

V. ~Sair~, _v._

_Wallace._

SERE, _adj._ Several.

V. ~Seir~.

SERE, _adv._ Eagerly;

A. S. _sare_, id.

_Douglas._

SERE, _s._ Sir, Lord.

V. ~Schir~.

_To_ SERF, _v. a._

V. ~Serve~.

_Douglas._

SERGE, SIERGE, _s._ A taper, a torch.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _cierge_, a large wax-candle, a flambeau.

SERGEAND, _s._

1. A squire; O. Fr. id.

_Wyntown._

2. An inferior officer in a court of justice.

_Skene._

SERYT, L. _cryt_, cried.

_Wallace._

SERMONE, SERMOND, _s._ Discourse.

O. Fr. id.

_Bellenden._

SERPLATHE, _s._ Eighty stones of wool.

Fr. _sarpilliere_, E. _sarp-cloth_.

_Skene._

_To_ SERS, SEIRS, _v. a._ To search.

_Douglas._

_To_ SERVE, SERF, SERWE, _v. a._ To deserve.

_Wallace._

SERUIABLE, _adj._ Active.

_Douglas._

SERVITE, SERVYTE, _s._ A table napkin, S.

_Spalding._

Fr. _serviette_, Teut. _servett_, id.

SESSION, SESSIOWN, _s._ The consistory, or parochial _eldership_ in Scotland, S.

_Knox._

~Sessioner~, _s._ A member of the _session_ or consistory.

_Wodrow._

_To_ SET, _v. a._ To lease, S.

_Wyntown._

~Set~, _s._ A lease, S.

_Spotswood._

~Setter~, _s._ One who lets out any thing for hire, S.

_Baillie._

_To_ SET, _v. a._

1. To beset.

_Wyntown._

2. To lay snares.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Isl. _saett-a_, insidias struere.

~Set~, _s._ A gin or snare.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _sata_, insidiae feris positae.

SET, _s._

1. The spot in a river, where stationary nets are fixed, S.

_Law Case._

2. The net thus set, S.

_Ibid._

Su. G. _saett-a ut et naet_, to spread a net.

SET, _s._ Attack, onset, S.

_Ross._

SET, _s._ Kind, manner, S.

Su. G. _saett_, id.

_To_ SET, _v. a._

1. To become one, as to manners, rank, merit, &c. S.

_Barbour._

2. To become, as to dress, S.

_Bannatyne P._

3. _Setting_, _part. pr._ Having a prepossessing appearance, or natural gracefulness of manner, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _saet-a_, convenire.

SET, _s._ The chartered constitution of a borough, S.

_Stat. Acc._

A. S. _saet-an_, constituere.

_To_ SET _after ane_, _v. a._ To pursue one, S.

Su. G. _saetta after en_, id.

_To_ SET _aff_, _v. n._ To go away, S.

SET, SETT, _conj._ Though.

_Wallace._

Perh. the imperat. of the _v._

* SET, _part. pa._ Disposed, S.

_Douglas._

_Ill set_, cross-grained.

_Ruddiman._

SETH, _s._ Coalfish.

V. ~Seath~.

SETHILL, _s._ A disease affecting sheep in the side, S. B.

A. S. _sid-adl_, lateris dolor; or q. _side-ill_.

SETT, _pret._ Ruled.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _sett-an_, disponere.

SETTING, _s._ A weight in Orkney, containing 24 marks.

_Skene._

SETTREL, SETTEREL, _adj._ Thickset, S.B.

_Journal Lond._

SETTRIN, SET RENT, _s._ The portion of a servant or cottager, consisting of different kinds of food, Ang. Perths.

_Ruddiman._

SETS, _s. pl._ Corn in small stacks, Loth.

Isl. _sate_, Su. G. _saata_, cumulus foeni.

SEUCH, SEWCH, _s._

1. A furrow, S.

_Douglas._

2. A gulf.

_Pal. Hon._

Sw. _sog_, colluvies, Lat. _sulc-us_.

_To_ ~Seuch~, _v. a._ To divide.

_Douglas._

Lat. _sulc-are_.

SEUIN STERNES, the Pleiades, S.

_Douglas._

SEW, _pret. v._ Sowed.

_Douglas._

SEWANE, _s._ Uncertain.

_Douglas._

SEWAN BELL, Perh. recollection-bell.

Fr. _souvient_.

_Dunbar._

SEWANS, L. _sewaris_, sewers.

_Houlate._

SEX, _adj._ Six.

V. ~Sax~.

_Wyntown._

SH. For words not found printed in this form, V. ~Sch~.

SHABLE, SHABBLE, _s._

1. A crooked sword, or hanger.

_Colvil._

Su. G. Dan. Belg. _sabel_, id.

2. An old rusty sword, S.

3. Any little person or thing, Strathm.

_To_ SHACH, _v. a._ To distort; pret. _shacht_, S.

Isl. _skag-a_, deflectere, _skack-ur_, obliquus.

~Shach-end~ _of a web_, the fag-end, S. B.

_To_ ~Shachle~, _v. a._ To distort from the proper shape or direction, S.

_Burns._

_Shachlin_, unsteady, infirm, S.

~Shachle~, _s._ Any thing worn out, S. B.

_To_ ~Shachle~, ~Shochel~, _v. n._ To shuffle in walking, S.

_Kelly._

SHACKLE-BANE, _s._

1. The wrist, S.

_Ramsay._

Q. the bone on which shackles are fixed.

SHAFT, _s._ A handle, S.

Su. G. _skaft_.

SHAFTS, _s._ A kind of woollen-cloth, Aberd.

_Stat. Acc._

SHAG, _s._ The refuse of barley, S.

Su. G. _shaegg_, hair.

_To_ SHAK _one's crap_, to give vent to one's ill humour, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

_To_ SHAK _a fa'_, to wrestle, S.

_Ross._

SHAKE-DOWN, _s._ A temporary bed made on the floor, S.

_Pop. Ball._

SHALE, _s._ Alum ore, S.

SHALLOCH, _adj._ Plentiful, Mearns.

Isl. _skiol-a_, operire, tegere.

_To_ SHAM, _v. a._ To strike, Loth.

_To_ SHAMBLE, _v. n._

1. To rack the limbs by striding, Ang.

2. To make a wry mouth, S.

_Shamble chafts_, wry mouth, S. B.

_Forb._

SHAMLOCK, _s._ A cow that has not calved for two years, W. Loth.

Gael. _simlach_, id.

SHAMS, _s. pl._ Legs.

Fr. _jambes_, id.

SHAN, _adj._ Silly, paltry, Loth.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _scande_, Teut. _schande_, dedecus.

SHANGAN, _s._ A stick cleft at one end, for putting the tail of a dog in, S.

V. ~Shangie~.

_Burns._

_To_ ~Shangie~, _v. a._ To inclose in a cleft piece of wood, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

SHANGIE, _s._ A shackle that runs on the stake to which a cow is bound in the _byre_.

SHANGIE, _adj._ Thin, meagre, S.

Gael. _seang_, small, slender.

SHANK _of a hill_, the projecting point of a hill, S.

SHANK _of a coal mine_, the pit sunk for reaching the coals, S.

A. S. _senc-an_, to sink.

SHANKS, _s. pl._

V. ~Schank~.

~Shankum~, _s._ A man or beast that has long small legs, Orkn.

SHANNACH, _s._ A bonfire lighted on Hallow-eve, Perths.; also _shinicle_.

Gael. _samhnag_, _samh'-in_, the great festival observed by the Celts at the beginning of winter.

_To_ SHAPE _away_, _v. a._ To drive away.

_Godly Sangs._

Germ. _schieb-en_, _schupf-en_, to drive.

SHARGAR, SHARGER, _s._

1. A lean person, a scrag.

Belg. _scraghe_, id.

_Ross._

2. A weakly child, S.; also _shargan_.

_Ross._

Gael. _seirgne_, sickly; _seirg_, a consumption.

SHARN, SHEARN, _s._ The dung of oxen or cows, S.

_R. Galloway._

A. S. _scearn_, Fris. _scharn_, dung.

~Sharny~, _adj._ Bedaubed with cows' dung, S.

_Ramsay._

~Sharny-peat~, _s._ A cake of cows' dung mixed with coal-dross. S.

SHARRACHIE, _adj._ Cold, chill, Ang.

SHATHMONT, _s._ A measure of six inches.

V. ~Schaftmon~.

_Ritson._

SHAVE, SHEEVE, _s._ A slice, S.

Belg. _schyf_, a round slice.

_Ramsay._

_To_ SHAVE, _v. a._ To sow, Aberd.; _shaw_, Buchan.

SHAVER, _s._ A wag, S.

_Gl. Shirr._

SHAULING, _s._ The act of killing salmon by means of a leister, S. A. from E. _shallow_.

_Stat. Acc._

SHAUP, _s._

1. The husk, S.

2. An empty person.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _schelp_, putamen, Isl. _skalp_, vagina.

SHAWS, _pl._ The foliage of esculent roots, S.

_Courant._

Teut. _schawe_, umbra.

SHEAL, SCHELE, SHEIL, SHIELD, SHIELLING, SHEELIN, _s._

1. A hut, or residence for those who have the care of sheep, S.

_Pennant._

2. A hut for fishermen, S.

_Law Case._

3. A shed for sheltering sheep during night, S.

4. A cottage for sportsmen, S.

_Statist. Acc._

5. _Wynter schelis_, winter quarters.

_Bellenden._

6. A nest for a field mouse.

_Henrysone._

Isl. _sael_, domuncula aestiva in montanis; Su. G. _skale_, Isl. _skali_, a cottage.

_To_ ~Sheal~, ~Shiel~, _v. a._ To put sheep under cover, S.

_Ross._

_To_ SHEAL, _v. a._ To take the husks off seeds, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Belg. _scheel-en_, A. S. _sceal-ian_, to shell.

_To_ SHEAR, SCHEIR, _v. a._

1. To cut down corn with the sickle, S.

2. To reap, in general, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Shearer~, _s._

1. One employed in cutting down corn, S.

_Hudson._

2. In a general sense, a reaper, S.

Su. G. _skaer-a_, metere, falce secare.

~Shearin~, _s._

1. The act of cutting down corn, S.

_A. Douglas._

2. Harvest in general, S.

SHEAR-KEAVIE, _s._ The cancer depurator. Loth.

SHEARN, _s._

V. ~Sharn~.

SHEAVE, _s._ A slice, S.

V. ~Shave~.

SHED, _s._ A portion of land, as distinguished from that which is adjacent, S.

A. S. _scead-an_, Teut. _scheyd-en_, separare.

SHED, _s._ The interstice between the different parts of the warp in a loom, S.

_Adam._

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

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ ~Sheed~, _v. a._ To cut into slices, S. B.

SHEEN _of the ee_, the pupil of the eye, S. B.

SHEEVE, _s._ A slice.

V. ~Shave~.

SHEIMACH, _s._ A kind of bass made of straw or _sprot_-ropes plaited, on which panniers are hung, Mearns.

_Gl. Sibb._

Gael. _sumag_, a pack-saddle, A. S. _seam_, sarcina jumentaria.

SHEIMACH, _s._ A thing of no value, S. B.

SHEEP-ROT, _s._ Butterwort, an herb, S. B.

SHEEPS-SILLER, _s._ Common Mica, S.

SHELL. _Scarcely out of the shell yet_; applied to young persons who affect something beyond their years, S.

SHELLYCOAT, _s._

1. A spirit, supposed to reside in the waters, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

2. A bum-bailiff, Loth.

_Ferguson._

SHELM, _s._ A rascal.

Fr. id.

_Melvil._

SHELTIE, _s._ A horse of the smallest size, S.

_Martin._

Perh. corr. from _Shetland_, Dan. _Hialtland_.

SHEPHROA, _s._ A piece of female dress.

_Watson._

SHEUCH, _s._ A furrow, S.

V. ~Seuch~.

_To_ ~Sheuch~, ~Shugh~, _v. a._ To lay plants in the earth, before they are planted out, S.

_To_ SHEVEL, _v. a._ To distort, S.

_Shevelling-gabbit_, q. having a distorted mouth.

V. ~Showl~.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Shevel~, _v. n._ To walk in an unsteady and oblique sort of way, S.

SHIACKS, _s. pl._ Light black oats, variegated with grey stripes, having beards like barley, S. B.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. _skaeck_, variegated.

SHILFA, SHILFAW, _s._ The chaffinch, S.

_Mary Stewart._

SHILFCORN, S.; SELKHORN, _s._ A thing which breeds in the skin, resembling a small maggot. S.

_Colvil._

SHILLING, SCHILLING, SHILLEN, _s._ Grain that has been freed from the husk, S.

_Dunbar._

~Shillin Seeds~, the outermost husk of corn that is ground, after being separated from the grain, S.

SHILMONTS, SHELMENTS, _s. pl._

1. The frame or rail laid on a common cart, for carrying a load of hay, S.

2. The longitudinal bars of the sides of a muck-bodied or close cart, Loth.

SHILPIE, SHILPIT, _adj._

1. Insipid, applied to fermented liquors, S.

_Waverly._

Su. G. _skaell_, insipidus, aquosus.

2. Of a sickly colour, often _shilpit-like_, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

3. Applied to ears of corn not well filled, S. B.

Teut. _schelp_, putamen.

SHILVINS, _s. pl._ Rails that fixed the _rungs_ which formed the body of a cart, Ang.

Su. G. _skelwing_, paries intergerinus.

_To_ SHIMMER, _v. n._ To shine.

V. ~Skimmerin~.

_Ritson._

SHINICLE, _s._

V. ~Shannach~.

SHINTY, _s._

1. An inferior species of _golf_, S.

_Stat. Acc._

2. The club or stick used in playing, S.

Ir. _shon_, a club.

SHIPPER, _s._ A shipmaster.

_Pitscottie._

SHIRLES, _s. pl._ Turfs for fuel, Aberd.

V. ~Scherald~.

SHIRROT, _s._ A turf or _divot_, Banffs.

V. ~Scherald~.

SHIRT, _s._ Wild mustard.

_Gl. Sibb._

SHIRRAGLIE, _s._ A broil, Loth.

Su. G. _skurigla_, increpare.

SHIT, _s._ A contemptuous designation for a child, S.

_Polwart._

E. _chit_; Ital. _cito_, puer, puella.

SHOCHLING, _part. pr._ Used metaph., apparently in the sense of mean, paltry.

V. ~Shachle~.

_Ramsay._

SHODE-SHOOL, _s._ A wooden shovel, shod with iron, S. B.

_Watson._

SHOES, _s. pl._ The rind of flax, S., same with _shaws_.

_To_ SHOOT, _v. n._ To push off from the shore in a boat, or to continue the course in casting a net, S. B.

_Law Case._