Part 46
_To_ SHOP, _v. n._ To rap.
V. ~Chap~.
_R. Bruce._
SHORE, _s._ The prop used in constructing _flakes_ for inclosing cattle, S. A.
_Battle Flodden._
Teut. _schoore_, fulcimen, Isl. _skur_, suggrundia.
_To_ SHORE, _v. a._ To count, to reckon, S.
Su. G. _skor-a_, to mark.
~Shore~, _s._ Debt.
_Godly Sangs._
_To_ SHORE, _v. a._
1. To threaten.
V. ~Schor~, _v._
2. To offer, S. O.
_Burns._
SHORT, _adj._ Laconic and tart, S.
_R. Bruce._
SHOT, _s._
1. A stroke or move in play, S.
_Graeme._
2. Aim, object in view.
_Baillie._
SHOT, _s. To begin new shot, new bod_, to begin any business _de novo_, S. B.
SHOT. _To come shot_, to succeed, S.
Teut. _schot_, proventus.
_Gl. Shirr._
SHOT, _s. Shot of ground_, plot of land, Loth.
Su. G. _skoet_, angulus.
SHOT, _s._ The wooden spout by which water is carried to a mill, S.
SHOT, _s._ A kind of window.
V. ~Schott~.
SHOT, s.
1. The spot where fishermen are wont to let out their nets, S. B.
_Law Case._
2. The sweep of a net, S. B.
_Ibid._
Teut. _schote_, jaculatio.
SHOT, _s._
V. ~Elfshot~.
SHOT-ABOUT, _adj._ Striped of various colours, S. A. from _shooting_ shuttles alternately.
_Gl. Sibb._
SHOT-BLED, _s._ The blade from which the ear afterwards issues, S. _shot-blade_.
_Z. Boyd._
SHOTS, _s. pl._ The buckets of a mill-wheel, S. B.
SHOTT, _s._ An ill-grown ewe, S.O.
_Statist. Acc._
SHOTTLE, _adj._ Short and thick, S. B.
SHOTTLE, _s._ A drawer.
V. ~Shuttle~.
SHOULFALL, _s._ The chaffinch, S.
_Sibbald._
_To_ SHOWD, _v. n._ To waddle.
V. ~Schowd~.
SHOWERS, _s. pl._ Throes, S.
_Rutherford._
_To_ SHOWL, _v. a._ To showl one's mouth, to distort the face, S. B. _Shevel_, S. O.
Su. G. _skaelg_, Germ. _scheel_, obliquus.
SHUCKEN, _s._ Mill-dues.
V. ~Sucken~.
_To_ SHUE, _v. a._ To scare fowls, S.
Germ. _scheuch-en_, id.
SHUE, _s._ The amusement in E. called _Tettertotter_, S.
_To_ ~Shue~, _v. n._ To play at see-saw, S.
~Shuggie-shue~, _s._ A swing, S. from _shog_ and _shue_.
SHUIL, _s._ A shovel.
V. ~Schuil~.
SHUNNERS, _s. pl._ Cinders, Aberd.
_To_ SHUTE ~a-dead,~ to die, S. B.
SHUTTLE, SHOTTLE, _s._
1. A small drawer, S.
_Hamilton._
2. A till in a shop, S.
3. A box in a chest, S.
Isl. _skutill_, mensa parva.
SIB, SIBB, _adj._ Related by blood, S.
A. S. _sib_, consanguineus.
_Skene._
~Sibman~, _s._ A relation.
_Barbour._
~Sibnes~, _s._
1. Propinquity of blood, S.
_Reg. Maj._
2. Relation, metaph. used, S.
_Guthrie._
SIBBENS, _s._
V. ~Sivvens~.
SIC, SICK, SIK, _adj._ Such, S.
V. ~Swilk~.
_Douglas._
~Sickin~, ~Sikkin~, _adj._ Such kind of.
_Maitland P._
~Sicklike~, _adj._ Of the same kind, S.
~Sicklike~, _adv._ In the same manner.
_Baillie._
~Sicwyse~, _adv._ On such wise.
_Douglas._
SYCHT, _s._
1. Sight, S.
2. Regard, respect.
_Bellenden._
_To_ ~Sicht~, ~Sight~, _v. a._ To inspect, S.
_Baillie._
~Sicht~ _of the ee_, the pupil, S.
~Sight~, _s._ A station whence fishers observe the motion of salmon in a river, S.
_Law Case._
_To_ ~Sight~, _v. a._ To spy fish in the water from the banks, in order to direct the casting of the net, S. B.
_Ibid._
~Sightman~, _s._ A fisherman who watches the approach of salmon, S.
_Statist. Acc._
SICK, _s._ Sickness, S. B.
Su. G. _siuk-a_, Germ. _seuche_, id.
SICKER, SIKKER, SIKKIR, SIKKAR, SEKER, _adj._
1. Secure, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. Free from care.
_Douglas._
3. Denoting assurance of mind.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
4. Denoting the effect.
_Wallace._
5. Cautious in mercantile transactions, S.
_Pop. Ball._
6. Possessing a solid judgment, S. B.
_Ross._
7. Denoting preciseness in speech, S.
Su. G. _seker_, _siker_, Isl. _seigr_, Germ. _sicher_, Belg. _zeker_, C. B. _sicer_, id.
~Sickerly~, _adv._
1. Firmly, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. Smartly, regarding a stroke, S.
_Baillie._
~Sickerness~, _s._ Security, S. B.
_Bur. Lawes._
SICKRIFE, _adj._ Slightly sick, S.
SIDE, SYDE, _adj._
1. Hanging low, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sid_, Isl. _sidr_, demissus.
2. Late, S. B.
Moes. G. _seitho_, sero; A. S. _sidesta_, serissime.
SIDE-ILL, _s._
V. ~Sethill~.
_Pop. Ball._
SYDIS, _pl._ Cuts of flesh.
_Douglas._
SYDLINGIS, SIDELINS, _adv._
1. Side by side.
_Lyndsay._
2. Obliquely, not directly, S.
~Sideling~, _adj._
1. Having a declivity, S.
2. Oblique, as to discourse, S.
_Ross._
SYE, _s._ The sea.
_Douglas._
SYE, _s._ A coalfish.
V. ~Seath~.
_Stat. Acc._
SIERGE, _s._ A taper.
V. ~Serge~.
SIGNIFERE, _s._ The Zodiac, Lat.
_K. Quair._
SIGONALE, _s._ L. as in MS., _suponale_, perhaps a plate, or basket; Lat. _sup-pon-ere_.
_Houlate._
SYIS, SYISS, SYSS, SEIS, _s. pl._ Times; _fele syis_, _oft syss_.
V. ~Syith~.
_Barbour._
SYISS, SYSE, _s._ Sice, at dice;
Fr. _six_.
_Bannatyne P._
SYITH, SYTH, _s._ Times.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sithe_, Moes. G. _sintha_, vices.
SIKE, SYIK, SYK, _s._
1. A rill, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sic_, sulcus aquarius; Isl. _sijk_, rivulus.
2. A marshy bottom, with a small stream in it.
_Wyntown._
_To_ SIKE, _v. a._ To cause to sigh.
_K. Quair._
~Siking~, _s._ Sighing.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _sic-an_, id. Su. G. _sikt_, a sigh.
SIKKIN, _adj._
V. under ~Sic~.
SIL, SILL, _s._ A billet.
_Douglas._
A. S. _syl_, a post.
SILDER, _s._ Silver, Ang.
_A. Nicol._
_To_ SILE, SYLE, SYLL, _v. a._
1. To blindfold.
_More._
2. To hide, to conceal.
_Godly Sangs._
O. Fr. _cill-er_, _sil-ir_, _sill-er_, fermer les yeux; Lat. _cil-ium_.
~Syling~, _s._ Ceiling.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ SYLE, _v. a._
1. To circumvent.
_Dunbar._
2. To betray.
_Maitland P._
A. S. _syl-an_, to betray.
_To_ SILE, SYLE, _v. a._ To strain, Loth.
Su. G. _sil-a_, colare; _sil_, a strainer.
SILIT, _part. pa._ Perhaps, given; A. S. _syllan_, dare.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ SYLL, _v. a._ To cover.
V. ~Sile~.
SYLL, _s._ A seat of dignity.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sylla_, a seat, a chair.
SILLABE, _s._ A syllable, S. A. S.
_R. Bruce._
SILLER, _s._ A canopy.
_Sir Gawan._
O. Fr. _ciele_, a canopy.
SILLER, _s._
1. Silver, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Money in general, S.
_Mary Stewart._
~Siller~, _adj._ Belonging to silver, S.
_Statist. Acc._
SILLY, _adj._
1. Lean, meagre, S.
2. Weak, from disease, S.
_Montgomerie._
3. Frail, as being mortal.
_Z. Boyd._
4. In a state which excites compassion, S.
_Rutherford._
5. Fatuous, S.
V. ~Sely~.
_Wodrow._
6. Timid, pusillanimous.
_Spalding._
SILLIK, SILAK, SELLOK, _s._ The fry of the coal-fish, Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
SILLIST, _adj._ Released from labour for a time, Perths.
Moes. G. _sil-an_, tranquillus esse.
SYLOUR, _s._ Canopy.
V. ~Siller~.
_Gawan and Gol._
SILVER-MAILL, _s._ Rent paid in money.
V. ~Maill~.
_To_ SILVERIZE, _v. a._ To cover with _silver-leaf_, S.
SYMER, SIMMER, _s._ Summer.
_Bellenden._
~Simmer treis~, _s. pl._ May-poles.
_Acts Ja. VI._
SIMMONDS, _s. pl._ Ropes made of heath and of empetrum nigrum, Orkn.
Isl. _sime_, funiculus.
SYMPILL, SEMPILL, SEMPLE, _adj._
1. Low-born, S.
_Wallace._
2. Low in present circumstances.
_Wynt._
3. Not possessing strength.
_Barbour._
4. Mean, vulgar.
_Henrysone._
Fr. _simple_, common, ordinary.
5. A term exciting pity.
_Chr. S. P._
~Sympylly~, _adv._ Meanly.
_Barbour._
SINACLE, _s._ A vestige, S. B.
_Ross._
Fr. id. from Lat. _signacul-um_.
SYND, _s._ Appearance, aspect.
_Burel._
Su. G. _syn_, facies.
_To_ SYND, SIND, SEIN, _v. a._
1. To wash slightly, S. originally suggesting the idea of making the sign of the cross.
V. ~Sane~.
_Morison._
2. To dilute; as, _to synd down_ one's _meat_, S.
~Synd~, ~Syne~, _s._
1. A slight ablution, S.
_A. Scott._
2. Drink, as washing the throat, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ SINDER, _v. a._ To sunder, S.
_To_ ~Sinder~, _v. n._ To part, to separate, S.
A. S. _syndr-ian_, separare.
~Sindry~, _adj._
1. Sundry, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sindrig_, id.
2. In a state of disjunction, S.
~Syndrely~, _adv._ Severally.
_Wyntown._
~Syndrynes~, _s._ A state of separation or dispersion.
_Wyntown._
SINDILL, _adv._
V. ~Seindle~.
SYNE, _adv._
1. Afterwards, S.
_Barbour._
2. Late, as opposed to _soon_.
_Baillie._
A. S. _saene_, tardus; Teut. _sind_, post.
~Syne~, _conj._ Seeing, S.
_Wyntown._
_To_ SING, _v. a._ To singe.
_Cleland._
A. S. _saeng-an_, Germ. _seng-en_, id.
~Singit-like~, _adj._ Puny, shrivelled. S.
SINGIN-EEN, _s._ The last night of the year; from the carols sung on this evening, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
SINGLAR, _adj._ Unarmed.
_Wallace._
SINGLE, _adv._
V. ~Seindle~.
SINGLE, _s._ A handful of gleaned corn, S.; also _sindle_.
_Gl. Sibb._
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _sin_, singularis, and _del_, pars; or Lat. _singul-us_.
SINKIL, _s._ L. _finkil_, fennel.
_Compl. S._
SYNLE, _adv._ Seldom.
V. ~Seindle~.
SYNOPARE, _s._ Cinnabar.
_Douglas._
SINSYNE, _adv._ Since, S.
V. ~Syne~.
_Burns._
_To_ SIPE, SEIP, _v. n._
1. To ooze, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. _v. a._ To let out any liquid, S.
_Magopico._
Teut. _sijpen_, id., stillare, manare.
~Sypins~, _s. pl._ Liquor that has oozed from an insufficient cask, S.
_To_ SYPYRE, SUPIR, _v. n._ To sigh.
Fr. _souspir-er_, id.
_Burel._
SIRDONING, _s._ The singing of birds.
_A. Hume._
Fr. _sourdine_, the pipe of a trumpet.
SYRE, _s._
V. ~Schir~.
SYRE, _s._ A sewer, S. _syver_.
V. ~Syver~.
_Watson._
SIR JOHN, a close stool, S.; _knight_, synon.
SIRKEN, _adj._ Tender of one's flesh, S.
Gael. _seirc_, affection; _seircin_, a darling.
_To_ SIRPLE, _v. a._ To sip often, S.
Sw. _sorpl-a_, Germ. _schurfl-en_, id.
SISE, SYSS, _s._
1. Assize, O. Fr.
_Barbour._
2. Doom, judgment.
_Montgomerie._
SYSE, _s._ Six at dice.
V. ~Syiss~.
_To_ SIST, _v. a._ To stop.
_To sist procedure_, to delay judicial proceeding, S.
Lat. _sist-ere_, id.
_Pardovan._
~Sist~, _s._ A suspension of diligence, a forensic term, S.
_Act Sed._
_To_ SIST, _v. a._
1. To cite, to summon, S.
_Wodrow._
2. To take a place, as at the bar of a court; generally used in regard to one's engagement in divine worship, S.
_To_ SIT, _v. n._
1. To stop in growth, S.
2. To shrink, S.
3. Applied to the sinking of a wall, S.
~Sit~, _s._ The state of sinking, as applied to a wall, S.
_To_ SIT _an offer_, not to accept of it, S.
_Guthrie._
_To_ SIT _to_, _v. n._ Applied to food dressed in a vessel, when, from not being stirred, it is allowed to burn, S.
_To_ SIT, SITT, _v. a._ To grieve.
_Wallace._
~Site~, ~Syte~, _s._
1. Grief, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _syt-a_, to mourn; _sut_, sorrow, _syting_, id.
2. Suffering, punishment.
_Douglas._
~Sitful~, ~Sitefull~, _adj._ Sorrowful.
_Palice Hon._
~Sitfully~, _adv._ Sorrowfully.
_Wallace._
SITFASTS, _s. pl._ Restharrow, S.
SYTH, times.
V. ~Syith~.
_To_ SITHE, SYITH, _v. a._
V. ~Assyith~.
SITHE, SYITH, _s._ Satisfaction.
_Sat. Invis. World._
~Sithement~, _s._
V. ~Assythment~.
SYTHENS, _conj._
1. Although.
_K. Hart._
2. Since, seeing.
_Balnavis._
SYTHYN, _adv._ Afterwards.
_Barbour._
SYVER, SIVER, _s._ A covered drain, S. also _syre_; E. _sewer_.
_Stat. Acc._
Teut. _suyver-en_, mundare.
~Rumbling Syver~, a drain filled with stones thrown loosely together, S.
SIVVEN, _s._ The Raspberry, S. Gael.
SIVVENS, SIBBINS, _s. pl._
1. A disease viewed as of the venereal kind, S.
From its resembling a raspberry; Gael. _sivven_.
_Pennant._
2. The itch, Orkn. pron. _sibbens_.
SYVEWARM, _s._ L. _Syvewarin_, the sovereign or first magistrate of a town.
_Sovereign_, quaestor, Kilian.
_Barbour._
SKADDINS, _s. pl._ Turfs, Banffs.
Teut. _scadde_, cespes, gleba.
_To_ SKAFF, SKAIFF, _v. a._ To collect by dishonourable means.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _skaff-a_, to provide food.
~Skaff~, _s._ Provision.
V. ~Scaff~.
~Skafrie~, ~Scafferie~, _s._
1. Extortion.
_Acts Marie._
2. The contents of a larder; Sw. _skafferi_, cella penuaria.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Skaffay~, _adj._ Eager for gain.
_A. Hume._
SKAICHER, _s._ A term of gentle reprehension applied to a child, Ang.
Gael. _sgiogair_, a jackanapes.
_To_ SKAIK, _v. a._
1. To separate in an awkward or dirty manner, S. B.
2. To bedaub, S. B.
Isl. _skecke_, dispar facio.
_To_ SKAIL, SKAILL, SKALE, _v. a._
1. To disperse.
_Wyntown._
2. To dismiss, S.
_Acts Ja. III._
_To skail the byke_, to disperse an assembly, S.
3. To diffuse; applied to rumours.
_Doug._
4. To scatter, applied to the mind.
_Wyntown._
5. To spill, to shed, S.
6. To unrip, S. B.
_Ross._
7. _To skale doun_, to pour out.
_Doug._
8. _To skale doun_, to dishevel.
_Doug._
9. _To skail house_, to disfurnish.
_Rutherford._
10. _To skale a rig_, to plough ground so as to make it fall away from the crown of the ridge, S.
11. _To skale a sege_, to raise a siege.
_Poems 16th Cent._
12. _To skail a proclamation_, to recall it.
_Balfour._
13. _To skail a gun_, to empty it, S.
Su. G. Isl. _skil-ia_, separare; Gael. _scaoil-am_, id.
_To_ ~Skail~, ~Skale~, ~Scale~, _v. n._
1. To part one from another.
_Barbour._
Isl. _skil-iast_, unus ab altero recedere.
2. To be diffused.
_Wallace._
~Skail~, ~Scail~, _s._
1. A dispersion, S.
2. A scattered party.
_Barbour._
~Skailin~, ~Scailin~, _s._ Dispersion, S.
_J. Nicol._
~Skail-wind~, _s._ That which causes dispersion, S.
_M. Bruce._
SKAILDRAIK, SKELDRAKE, _s._ The shieldrake.
_Acts Ja. VI._
SKAILLIE, SKAILYIE, _s._ Blue slate. S. B.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Belg. _schalie_, id. Moes. G. _skal-jos_, tiles.
~Skillie pen~, a pencil of soft slate, S.
_To_ SKAIR, _v. n._
V. ~Skar~.
SKAIR, _s._ A share, Ang. Loth.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _skiaer_, id.; _skaer-a_, dividere.
SKAIR, _s._
1. One of the parts of a fishing-rod, S. B.
2. The slice at the end of each part, to which the sliced end of another is fastened, S. A.
Isl. _skar-a_, asseres reciproce adaptare.
SKAIR, _s._ A bare place on the side of a hill.
V. ~Scar~.
SKAIRS, SKARS, _s. pl._ Rocks through which there is an opening, S.
Su. G. _skaer_, a rock; _skaer-a_, to divide.
SKAITBIRD, _s._ The Arctic gull.
Su. G. _skit-a_, cacare.
_Kennedy._
SKAITH, _s._
1. Hurt, damage, S.
_Doug._
Isl. _skade_, Su. G. _skada_, id.
2. Injury supposed to proceed from witchcraft, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKAIVIE, _adj._ Harebrained, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Sw. _skef_, Dan. _skiaev_, obliquus; A. Bor. _scafe_, wild.
SKALLAG, SCALLAG, _s._ A kind of bond-servant, West. Isl.
_J. L. Buchanan._
Gael. _sgallag_, a man-servant; Isl. _skalk_, servus.
SKAMYLL, SKAMBLE, _s._
1. A bench.
A. S. _scaemel_, id.
_Wallace._
2. In pl. shambles; _skemmils_, S. B.
_Maitland P._
_To_ SKANCE.
V. ~Scance~.
SKANT, SCANTH, _s._ Scarcity.
_Doug._
Dan. _skan-a_, parcere; or Isl. _skam-r_, brevis.
SKAP, _s._ Head, _scalp_.
_Evergreen._
_To_ SKAR, SKAIR, _v. n._ To take fright, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skiar_, vitabundus; Su. G. _sky_, vitare.
~Skar~, ~Scar~, _adj._
1. Timorous; _skair_, S. B.
_Bannatyne P._
2. Shy, affectedly modest, S.
_Pop. Ball._
~Skar~, ~Skare~, _s._
1. A fright, S.; _skair_, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
2. A scarecrow.
_Lyndsay._
SKARRACH, _s._
1. A flying shower, a blast of wind and rain, Ang. Fife.
Moes. G. _skura_, procella magna.
2. A considerable quantity of drink, Loth.
SKARSMENT, _s._ Some kind of fortification.
_Pal. Hon._
Germ. _schaur-en_, to defend.
SKART, _s._ A cormorant.
V. ~Scarth~.
SKARTFREE, _adj._
V. ~Scart~, _v._
SKARTH, _s._ Puny creature, S. _scart_.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _skort-a_, deficere; _skard-a_, diminuere.
_To_ SKAT, _v. a._ To tax.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _schatt-en_; Su. G. _skatt-a_, taxare.
_To_ SKAUDE, _v. a._ To scald, S.
_Doug._
Fr. _eschaud-er_, Ital. _scald-are_, id.
_To_ ~Skaude~, ~Skad~, _v. n._ To be galled, from heat, S.
SKAUM, _s._
1. The act of singing clothes.
2. A slight mark of burning, S.
Sw. _skamm-a_, a stain; Isl. _kaam_, id.
~Skaummit~, ~Scamed~, _part. adj_. Having a mark produced by fire or a hot iron, S.
_Spalding_.
SKAW, _s._ A scall of any kind, S.
_Bellenden_.
SKEEBRIE, _s._ Thin light soil, Ang.
~Skeebroch~, _s._ Very lean meat, Galloway.
Ir. _scabar_, thin, lean.
_To_ SKEEG, _v. a._ To lash, S. B.
_Minstr. Bord._
Celt. _skig-ia_, to strike; Arm. _skei_, to bang.
~Skeeggers~, _s. pl._ A whip; properly one made of sedges, Ang.
SKEELY, _adj._ Skilful.
V. ~Skilly~.
SKEELING GOOSE, the shieldrake, Orkn.
_Sibbald_.
_To_ SKEY _off_, _v. n._ To fly.
_Wallace_.
Su. G. _sky_, Alem. _ski-en_, vitare.
SKEICH, SKEIGH, _adj._
1. Apt to startle, S.
_Douglas._
2. Unmanageable, skittish, S.
_Douglas._
3. Shy; applied to women, S.
_Ross._
4. Proud, disdainful, S.
_Burns._
Germ. _scheuch_, shy; Su. G. _skygg_, startling.
_To_ ~Skeich~, _v. n._ To startle.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skygg-a_, meticulose recedere.
_To_ SKEYG, _v. n._ To move nimbly in walking, S. B.
Moes. G. _skeu-jan_, iter facere.
~Skeyg~, _s._ _At the skeyg_, in a quick motion, Ang.
SKEIGH, _adv_.
V. ~Skeich~.
SKEIL, SKEILL, (pron. _skeel_), _s._
1. A tub for washing, S.
_Dunbar_.
2. A wooden drinking vessel with a handle, Orkn.
Isl. _skiola_, a milk-pail; mulctra, haustorium.
SKEIR, SKEER, _adj._ Hare-brained, S.
Isl. _skiar_, pavidus, id.
SKEITCHES, _s. pl_. Scates, S.
Teut. _schatse_.
_To_ ~Skeitch~, _v. n._ To scate, S.
~Skeitcher~, _s._ A scater, S.
SKELB, _s_. A splinter, S.
V. ~Skelve~.
SKELDRAKE, _s_.
V. ~Skaildrake~.
SKELF, _s._
1. A shelf, S.
A. S. _scelf_.
_Ross_.
2. A wooden frame, containing several shelves, S.
_Pennecuik, N._
SKELLAT, _s_.
1. A small bell.
_Dunbar_.
2. An iron rattle, used by public criers, Loth.
O. Fr. _eschelette_, id.; Su. G. _skaella_, nola, tintinnabulum.
SKELLIE, SKEELY, _s._ A squint look, S.
A. S. _sceol-age_, Isl. _skialg-ur_, id.
_To_ ~Skellie~, _v. n._ To squint, S.
Isl. _skael-a_, Germ. _schiel-en_, limis intueri.
SKELLY, _s._ The chub, a fish, Roxb.
_Stat. Acc._
Ital. _squaglio_, Lat. _squal-us_, id.
SKELLY, _s._ Slate.
V. ~Skaillie~.
SKELLYIS, _s. pl._ Rugged rocks.
V. ~Skelve~.
_Douglas._
SKELLOCH, SKELLIE, _s._
1. Wild mustard, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Ir. _sgeallagach_, id.
2. Sometimes, wild radish, S. A.
_To_ SKELLOCH, _v. n._ To cry with a shrill voice, S. B.
Isl. _skell-a_, clangere.
~Skelloch~, _s._ A shrill cry, S. B.
_To_ SKELP, _v. n._
1. To beat, as a clock.
_Ramsay._
2. Denoting strong pulsation, S. B.
Isl. _skialf-a_, Dan. _skiaelv-e_, tremere.
3. To move quickly on foot, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _skialf-a_, concutere, quatere.
_To_ ~Skelp~, _v. a._
1. To strike with the open hand, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To beat, to drub, S.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _skelf-a_, id., percello.
~Skelp~, _s._
1. A stroke, a blow, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. A misfortune in trade or otherwise, S.
_Burel._
~Skelpie-limmer~, _s._
An opprobrious term applied to a female, S.
_Burns._
SKELT, _part. pa._ Unript.
V. ~Skail~, _v._
_To_ SKELVE, _v. n._ To separate in _lamina_, S. B.
Su. G. _skaell-a_, Isl. _skel-iast_, in tenues laminas dissilire; _skil-ia_, separare.
~Skelve~, _s._ A thin slice, S. B.
Teut. _schelve_, segmen.
~Skelvy~, _adj._
1. Having various _lamina_, S. B.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. Shelvy, S.
_Burns._
SKEO, _s._ A hut for drying fish, Orkn.
Isl. Norw. _skia-r_, id. pergula siccatoria.
SKEP, SKEPPE, SCAPE, _s._
1. A bee-hive made of twisted straw, S. A.
_Hume._
2. Transferred to industry.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _skaepp-a_, a seed-vessel; Gael. _sgeip_, a bee-hive.
SKER, perhaps, a rock.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _skaer_, scopulus maris.
SKERRY, _s._
1. An insulated rock, Orkn.
_Barry._
2. A flat rock, over which the sea flows when the tide rises.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _skaer_, a rock, and _ey_, an island.
SKERTER, _s._ The sea-belt, a fucus, Orkn.
_Neill._
SKET. _Ful sket_, full hastily.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _on scyte_, in praecipiti; Isl. _skiot-ur_, celer.
SKEW, SKEU, _s._ The oblique part of a gable, S.
V. ~Shach~.
_J. Nicol._
_To_ ~Skew~, _v. a._
1. To build in an oblique form, S.
2. To cover gables with sods, Tweedd.
SKEW'D, _adj._ Acting like one deprived of reason, Perths.
V. ~Skaivie~.
SKEW, _s._ _Skew and reskew_; q. "take and retake."
_Wallace._
Fr. _secou-er_, to move violently; O. Fr. _rescou-er_, to take again.
_To_ SKEWL, _v. a._ To distort, S. B.
V. ~Showl~.
SKY, _s._ A small board, used in the Shetland plough in place of a _mould-board_.
_Stat. Acc._
SKY, _s._ Shadow.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sky_, nubes, nebula.
SKYBALD, _s._ A mean worthless fellow, S.
_Knox._
Dan. _skabhals_, a rascal, a base man.
~Skybald~, _adj._
1. Mean, low.
_Polwart._
2. Tattered, in rags, Clydes.
SKIBE, _s._ A low or niggardly fellow, West and South of S.
V. ~Skybald~.
_To_ SKIFF, SKIFT, _v. n._ To move lightly and smoothly along, S.
_Maitland P._
Q. to move as a _skiff_; or Isl. _skaf-a_, _skef_, radere, q. to graze.
_To_ ~Skiff~, _v. a._ To cause a flat stone _skip_ along the surface of a body of water, S.
_To_ ~Skift~, _v. a._ To glide over, S. B.
SKIFFIE, _s._ The tub used for bringing up coals from the pit, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKIFT, _s._ A flying shower, S. B.
Su. G. _skifw-a_, mutare; _skift_, intervallum.
SKIFT, _s._ Facility in operation, S. B.
Moes. G. _ga-skaft_, making; _skap-an_, facere.
SKIFT, _s._ A broad ridge of land, Orkn.
Su. G. _skift_, intervallum.
SKYLAND, _part. pr._ Not retaining.
Dan. _skyll-a_, eluere.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SKYLE, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _skyl-a_, Dan. _skyl-er_, occultare.
SKILL, _s._ Return.
_King Hart._
Isl. _skill_, redditio.
SKILL, SKYLL, _s._
1. Reason.
_Barbour._
2. Proof.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _skil_, ratio, probatio.
3. Approbation, or regard, S. B.
~Skilly~, ~Skeely~, _adj._ Intelligent, skilful, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _skaelig_, rational; Isl. _skiallig-r_, prudent.
_To_ SKILT, _v. n._ To move quickly and lightly.
_Cleland._
From the sound made; Isl. _skell-a_, _skelldi_, verberando sonum edere.
SKIMMERIN, _part. adj._ Denoting that peculiar look which characterises an idiot or a lunatic, S. B.
Germ. _schimmer_, a dim or faint glare.
SKINY, _s._ Packthread, pron. q. _skeengyie_, E. _skain_, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
SKINK, _s._ Strong soup made of cows hams, S.
A. S. _scenc_, potus.
_Shirrefs._
_To_ SKYNK, _v. a._
1. To pour out liquor for drinking.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skaenk-a_, Franc. _skenk-en_, potum infundere.
2. To make a libation to the gods.
_Douglas._
3. To serve drink.
_Douglas._
4. _To scink over_, to renounce.
_Rutherford._
_To_ SKINKLE, _v. n._ To sparkle, S.
_Burns._
~Skinklin~, _s._
1. The sparkling of a bright irradiation, Ayrs.
2. A small portion, ibid.
_Burns._
SKIP, a termination denoting state or condition;
Su. G. _skap_, A. S. _scipe_, E. _ship_, id., from Su. G. _skap-a_, creare, &c.
SKIPPARE, SKIPPER, _s._
1. A shipmaster, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skeppare_, anc. _skipare_, A. S. _scipar_, id.
2. Now generally appropriated to the master of a sloop, barge, or passage-boat, S.
3. In the fisheries, one of the men who superintends other four, having the charge of a _coble_, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKIRDOCH, _adj._ Flirting, Fife.
Isl. _skryd-a_, ornare; _skreitt-r_, ornatus; _skart-a_, magnifice vestiri.
SKYRE, _s._ A schirrus.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _scyre_, id.
SKYRIN, _part. pr._
1. Shining, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Making a great show, S.
_Burns._
A. S. _scir_, Su. G. _skir_, shining.
_To_ SKIRL, SKIRLE, _v. n._ To cry with a shrill voice, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _skrall-a_, sonum streperum edere.
~Skirl~, _s._ A shrill cry, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skrall_, Dan. _skraal_, vociferatus.
_To_ SKYRME, _v. n._ To make a feint.
Isl. _skrum-a_, fingo.
_Houlate._
_To_ SKIRP, _v. a._ To mock.
V. ~Scorp~.
SKIST, _s._ Chest; for _kist_.
_Gl. Sibb._
SKIST, _s._ Perhaps, _skift_, art.
_K. Hart._
SKIT, _s._
1. A vain, empty creature, S.
_Dancing skit_, a contemptuous designation for a female dancer on a stage.
_G. Buchanan._
Isl. _skiot-r_, celer, citus.
2. A piece of silly ostentation, S.
SKIT, _s._ An oblique taunt, S.
Isl. _skaeting-r_, dicteria acerba.
_To_ SKITE, SKYTE, _v. a._
1. To eject any liquid forcibly, S.