Part 45
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._