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 51

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STOWN, STOWIN, _part. pa._ Stolen.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

STRA, STRAY, _s._

1. A straw, S. _strae_.

_Douglas._

2. A thing of no value.

_Douglas._

3. _To draw a strae before ane_, to attempt to deceive one, S.

_Godscroft._

Su. G. _draga straa for gamla kattor_, to deceive an old cat.

4. _To bind with a strae_, applied to one who is so overcome with laughter, as to be incapable of the slightest exertion or resistance, S.

~Strae-death~, _s._ A natural death on one's bed, as opposed to a violent or accidental one, S.

_Skinner._

Su. G. _straadoe_, morte sicca obire.

~Straein~, _adj._ Of or belonging to straw, S.

STRABBLE, _s._ Any thing hanging loosely; a tatter, S. B.

Germ. _straublein_, a fritter.

STRABUSH, _s._ Tumult, uproar, S.

Ital. _strabalz-are_, to hurry up and down, to abuse; _strapazz-are_, id. O. Fr. _strapass-er_, quereller.

STRACK, _adj._ Strict, S. B.

A. S. _strac_, id.

STRACUMMAGE, _s._ The same with _strabush_, Fife.

Ital. _stracciamento_, pulling to pieces.

STRAE, _s._ Straw.

V. ~Stra~.

STRAY. _On stray, adv._ Astray.

_Gawan and Gol._

STRAICT, STRAYTE, _s._ A narrow pass.

_Wyntown._

STRAIGHT, _s._ A straight line, S.

_Law Case._

_To_ STRAIK, STRAYK, _v. a._

1. To stroke, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _strac-an_, Germ. _streich-en_, molliter fricare.

2. To anoint with any unctuous substance, S.

_To straik bread_, to put butter on it.

3. Applied to the measurement of grain, S.

~Straik~, _s._

1. The act of stroking, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. The act of anointing, S.

STRAIK, STRAKE, _s._

1. A blow, S.

_Douglas._

Germ. _streich_, Sw. _streek_, ictus.

2. Metaph., remorse.

_R. Bruce._

3. Engagement in the field of battle.

_Wallace._

4. Coinage.

_Acts Ja. II._

STRAIK, _s._

1. _Upo' straik_, in a state of activity, S. B.

2. An extent of country, S. B.

3. Ground travelled over, S. B.

Belg. _streek_, Germ. _strecke_, a tract.

STRAIK, _pret. v._ Struck.

_Gawan and Gol._

STRAIKEN, _s._ Linen made of coarse flax, S. O.

_R. Galloway._

Isl. _stryge_, linum rarum et vile, linum vilissimum.

STRAITIS, _s. pl._ Coarse woollen cloth, or kersey.

_Chr. Kirk._

STRAK, _adv._ Straight.

_Barbour._

A. S. _strac_, right, direct.

STRAMASH, _s._ Disturbance, broil, Loth.

Fr. _estramaçon_, a blow; Ital. _stramayz-are_, to beat, to strike down.

_To_ STRAMP, _v. a._ To trample, S.

Germ. _strampf-en_, id. _Lyndsay._

~Stramp~, _s._ The act of trampling, S.

STRAMULLION, _s._ A strong masculine woman, Fife.

STRAND, _s._

1. A rivulet.

_Douglas._

2. A gutter, S.

_Wallace._

STRANG, _adj._

1. Strong.

_Minstr. Bord._

A. S. _strang_, Alem. _streng_, robustus.

2. Harsh to the taste, bitter, S. B.

Germ. _streng_, id., Isl. _straung_, asper.

_To_ STRANGE, _v. n._ To wonder, S.

_Shirrefs._

STRAPPING, STRAPPAN, _part. adj._ Tall and handsome, S.

_Burns._

STRATH, _s._ A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Gael. _srath_, a country confined by hills on two sides of a river.

_To_ STRAVAIG, _v. n._ To stroll, to go about idly, S.

_Ferguson._

Ital. _stravag-are_, Lat. _extravag-are_, to wander abroad.

STRAUCHT, _pret._ Stretched.

_Doug._

STRAUCHT, _adj._ Straight, S.

A. S. _straecc_, Germ. _streck_, rectus.

~Straucht~, _s._

1. A straight line, S. B.

2. A district, S. B.

~Straucht~, ~Strawcht~, _adv._

1. Straight.

_Wyntown._

2. Directly, immediately.

_K. Quair._

Germ. Belg. _strack_, cito.

STREAMERS, _s. pl._ The Aurora Borealis, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

STREAPE, _s._

V. ~Stripe~.

STREASE, _s. pl._ Straws.

_Leg. St Androis._

_To_ STREEL, _v. n._ To urinate forcibly, Fife.

V. ~Strull~.

STREICH, _adj._ Stiff and affected in speaking.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _estrechi_, contracted, restrained.

_To_ STREIK, STREEK, _v. a._

1. To stretch, S.

2. To lay out a dead body, S.

_Pop. Ball._

3. To engage in any work, S. B.

_Morison._

A. S. _strecc-an_, expandere.

_To_ ~Streik~, _v. n._ To extend.

_Douglas._

_To_ STREIK, STREEK, _v. n._ To go quickly, S. B.

_Ross._

Su. G. _stryk-a_, currere, vagari.

~Streik~, _s._

1. Speed, S. B.

Isl. _strok-a_, fuga.

2. Exertion in whatever way, S. B.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

3. Bustle, tumultuous noise, S. B.

STREIN, STREEN, _s._ _The strein_, yesternight.

V. ~Yistrene~.

_Sir Egeir._

STREK, _adj._ Tight, strait.

_Maitland P._

Germ. _strack_, tensus, intensus.

STREMOURIS, _s. pl._ Streams of light.

Q. resembling _streamers_ or flags.

_Doug._

STRENEWITÉ, _s._ Fortitude, stoutness.

Lat. _strenuit-as_.

_S. P. Repr._

_To_ STRENYIE, _v. a._

1. To strain, to sprain.

_Douglas._

2. To constrain.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _estraind-re_, Lat. _string-ere_.

~Strenyeabill~, _adj._ Applied to one who is possessed of so much property, that he can relieve his bail by being distrained.

_Quon. Att._

O. Fr. _estren-er_, _straind-re_, to force.

_To_ STRENKEL.

V. ~Strinkil~.

_To_ STRENTH, _v. a._ To strengthen.

_Bellenden._

~Strenthly~, _adv._ By main strength.

_Barbour._

STRESS, _s._

1. An ancient mode of taking up indictments for circuit courts.

_Erskine._

2. The act of distraining.

_Acts Ja. II._

A. S. _strece_, violentia; or O. Fr. _straind-re_.

STRESTELY, _adv._ Perh. for _trestely_, faithfully.

V. ~Traist~.

_Wallace._

_To_ STRY, _v. a._ To overcome.

_Sir Gawan._

O. Fr. _estri-er_, presser, empêcher d'échapper.

STRIAK. _Striak of the swesch_, sound of the trumpet.

_Stat. Gild._

Perh. for _straik_, q. stroke; or like ~Streik~, _s._ sense 2.

_To_ STRICK _lint_, to tie up flax in small handfuls, for being milled, S. B.

Teut. _strick-en_, nectare, connectare; Isl. _strik-a_, lineam ducere.

~Strick~, _s._ A handful of flax knit at the end, in order to its being milled, S. B.

Teut. _strick_, vinculum.

STRICT, _adj._ Rapid, applied to a stream, S.

_Z. Boyd._

Sw. _streke_, main current of a river.

_To_ STRIDDLE, _v. n._ To straddle, S.

Dan. _strett-a_, pedibus divaricare.

STRIDE-LEGS, _adv._ Astride, S.

_J. Nicol._

STRIDELINGIS, _adv._ Astride.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ STRYK _a battle_, or _field_; to fight.

_Wyntown._

STRYND, STREIND, _s._

1. Kindred, race.

_Wyntown._

E. _strain_, id., A. S. _strynd_, stirps, genus; _strin-an_, gignere.

2. A particular cast or disposition of any person, who in this respect is said to resemble another, generally used as to those related by blood, S.

_Rudd._

~Strynd~, _s._ A spring; shallow run of water; synon. _strype_.

_Douglas._

_To_ STRING, _v. a._ To hang by the neck, S.

_Burns._

_To_ ~String~, _v. n._ To be hanged, S.

_Carnwath._

STRINGIE, (_g_ soft), _adj._ Stiff, affected, Loth.

O. Fr. _estrang-ier_, difficult of access; Lat. _extrane-us_.

_To_ STRINKIL, STRENKEL, _v. a._

1. To sprinkle, S.

_Douglas._

2. To scatter, to strew, S.

_Sir Gawan._

Teut. _strekel-en_, leviter tangere.

STRIP, STRYPE, STREAPE, _s._ A small rill, S.

_Bellenden._

Ir. _sreuv_, rivus; Lhuyd.

_To_ STROY, _v. a._ To destroy.

_Wyntown._

Ital. _strugg-ere_, id.

STROKOUR, _s._ A flatterer.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _striuk-a_, to flatter.

_To_ STROMMEL, _v. n._ To stumble.

V. ~Strummal~.

_Gl. Sibb._

STRONACHIE, _s._ A stickleback, S.

_Sibbald._

_To_ STRONE, STROAN, _v. n._

1. To spout forth as a water-pipe, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

2. To urine, to stale, S. synon. _strule_.

_Burns._

Isl. _streing-r_, cataracta; _stroningum_, sparsim.

STRONTLY, _adv._ Strictly.

_S. P. Repr._

Fr. _estreinct_, _estreint_, id.

STROP, STROAP, _s._ Treacle.

Belg. _stroop_, id.

STROUL, _s._ Any stringy substance found among sorbile food, Fife.

Isl. _strial_, rarum quid; _strial-ast_, dispergere; Gael. _strabil-am_, to draw after.

STROUNGE, STROONGE. _adj._

1. Harsh to the taste, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

2. Surly, morose, S.

Isl. _striug-r_, asper; O. Fr. _truang-er_, indignum in modum excipere.

STROUP, STROOP, _s._ The spout of a pump, tea-kettle, &c. S.

Su. G. _strupe_, Isl. _strup_, guttur.

STROW, (pron. _stroo_), _s._

1. A fit of ill-humour, a tiff, Ang.

2. A quarrel, a state of variance, S.

3. Bustle, disturbance, S. A.

_A. Scott._

Su. G. _strug, stru_, displeasure, secret hatred; O. Fr. _estrois_, fracas, bruit eclatant.

~Strow~, _adj._ Hard to deal with.

_Kelly._

STROWBILL, _adj._ Stubborn.

_Wallace._

Germ. _streubel_, _strobel_, id.

STROWD, _s._ A senseless silly song, S. B.

_To_ STRULE, _v. n._

1. To urine, S.

2. To pour water from one vessel to another, to emit any liquid in a stream, S. _streel_. Fife.

Fris. _struyl-en_, _strull-en_, _streyl-en_, reddere urinam, mejere.

STRUM, _s._ A pettish humour, S. B.

~Strum~, _adj._ Pettish, sullen, S. B.

From, _strow_, q. v. or Isl. _strembinn_, difficilis, superbus.

~Strummal~, ~Strummil~, _adj._ Stumbling, S. _stumral_.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _striemel-en_, cespitare, nutare gressu.

~Strummel~, ~Strumbell~, _s._ A person so feeble that he cannot walk without stumbling.

_Dunbar._

_To_ STRUNT, _v. n._

1. To walk sturdily, S.

_Burns._

2. To walk with state, to strut, S.

_Old Song._

STRUNT, _s._ Spirituous liqour of any kind, S. O.

_Burns._

STRUNT, _s._ A pet, a sullen fit.

_Ramsay._

O. Fr. _estront-oier_, attaquer, injurier; or, in contempt, from _estrouen_, L. B. _strunt-us_, stercus humanum.

STRUNTAIN, _s._ A sort of woollen network.

_Stat. Acc._

Sw. _strunt_, trash, refuse.

STRUNTY, _adj._ Short, contracted, Ang.

Fr. _estreint_, pinched, shrunk up.

STRUTE, STROOT, _adj._

1. Stuffed full, crammed, S.

2. Drunken, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Metaph. vain-glorious.

O. E. _strout_, to protuberate, Germ. _strotz-en_, turgere.

STUDY, STUTHY, STYDDY, _s._ An anvil; _stiddie_, S. _studdie_, S. B.

_Doug._

Isl. _stedia_, incus.

_To_ STUFF, _v. a._

1. To supply, to provide.

_Bannatyne P._

Fr. _estoff-er_, id. Germ. _stoff_, apparatus.

2. To supply with men; referring to warfare.

_Douglas._

~Stuff~, _s._

1. Corn or pulse of any kind, S.

_Burns._

2. Vigour, whether of body or mind; mettle, S.

O. Fr. _gens d'estoffe_, gens de courage.

3. The men placed in a garrison for its defence.

_Wyntown._

4. A reserve in the field of battle.

_Wallace._

STUFF, _s._ Dust, Ang.

Teut. _stuyve_, _stof_, pulvis.

STUFFET, _s._

1. A lackey, a foot-boy.

_Dunbar._

O. Fr. _estaffier_, id., Ital. _staffetta_, a courier.

_To_ STUG, _v. a._ To stab, to prick with a sword.

_Wodrow._

O. Belg. _stocke_, sica, ensis.

V. ~Stok~, _v._

STUGGY, _adj._ Applied to stubble of unequal length, in consequence of carelessness in cutting down the corn, S. B.

Germ. _stucke_, pars a toto separata; Isl. _stygg-r_, asper.

STUGHIE, _s._ What fills very much; as, food that soon distends the stomach, Loth.

~Stughrie~, _s._ Great repletion, ibid.

V. ~Stech~.

STULT, _adj._ Having the appearance of intrepidity, or of haughtiness.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _stolt_, Isl. _stollt-ur_, magnificus, fastuosus.

STUMFISH, _adj._ Strong, rank; applied to grain when growing, Loth. Tweed.

Germ. _stumpf_, blunt, denoting a trunk wanting the top.

_To_ STUMMER, _v. n._ To stumble.

Isl. _stumr-a_, cespitare.

_Douglas._

_To_ STUMP, _v. n._

1. To go on one leg, S.

Teut. _stompe_, mutilatum membrum.

2. To go about stoutly; at times implying the idea of heaviness, clumsiness, or stiffness in motion, S.

_Burns._

~Stumpie~, _adj._ Mutilated, S.

Su. G. _stumpig_, curtus, mutilatus.

~Stumpie~, _s._ Any thing that is mutilated, S.

_To_ STUNAY, _v. a._

V. ~Stonay~.

_To_ STUNGLE, _v. a._ Slightly to sprain any joint or limb, S. B.

E. _stun_, or Fr. _estonn-er_.

STUNKARD, _adj._

V. ~Stonkerd~.

STUPE, _s._ A foolish person, S. B.

Teut. _stuype_, defectio animi.

STURDY, _s._ A vertigo, a disease to which black cattle when young, as well as sheep, are subject, S.

_Stat. Acc._

O. Fr. _estourdi_, dizzy-headed, Su. G. _stort-a_, to fall or rush headlong.

STURE, STUR, STOOR, _adj._

1. Strong, robust, S.

_Barbour._

2. Rough in manner, austere, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

3. Rough, hoarse, S.

_Gl. Shirr._

Su. G. _stor_, anc. _stur_, ingens, Isl. _styrdr_, asper.

STURNE, _s._ Trouble, vexation.

_Barbour._

Belg. _stoor-en_, to trouble, _stoorenis_, disturbance.

STUROCH, _s._ Meal and milk, or meal and water stirred together, Perths.

Teut. _stoor-en_, to stir.

_To_ STURT, _v. a._ To vex, to trouble, S.

_Burns._

Su.G. _stoert-a_, Germ. _sturz-en_, praecipitare, deturbare.

~Sturt~, _s._

1. Trouble, vexation, S. B.

_Douglas._

2. Wrath, indignation, S. B.

_Chr. Kirk._

Dan. _stird_, _styrt_, strife.

_To_ ~Sturt~, _v. n._ To startle, S.

_Burns._

~Sturtsumnes~, _s._ Crossness of temper.

_Maitland P._

_To_ STUT, _v. a._ To prop, to support with stakes or pillars, S.; _steet_, Aberd.

Isl. _styd-ia_, _stod-a_, id.

_Pop. Ball._

~Stut~, _s._ A prop, a support, S.

Belg. _stut_, A. S. _studu_, Isl. _stud_, id.

STUTHERIE, _s._ A confused mass, S. B. perhaps the same with ~Stouthrie~, _s._ 2.

STUVAT, STEWAT, _s._ A person in a state of violent perspiration.

_Lyndsay._

O. Fr. _estuv-er_, to stew; Ital. _stufat-o_, stewed.

SUAWE, SWAY, _conj. adv._ So.

V. ~Sa~.

_Barbour._

SUBCHETT, SUBDITT, _s._ A subject.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _soubject_; Lat. _subdit-us_.

SUBERBYLLIS, _s. pl._ Suburbs.

O. Fr. _suborbies_, id.

_Bellenden._

SUBMISSE, _adj._ Submissive; O. Fr. _soubmis_.

_Godscroft._

SUCCUR, SUCCURE, SUCCRE, _s._ Sugar, S. _sucker_.

_Compl. S._

Fr. _sucre_, Dan. _sucker_, id.

_To_ ~Succre~, _v. a._ To sweeten with sugar, S.

_Z. Boyd._

SUCKEN _of a mill_, _s._

1. The jurisdiction attached to a mill, S.

_Erskine._

2. The dues paid at a mill, S.; _shucken_, Moray.

_Pop. Ball._

A. S. _soc_, Su. G. _sokn_, exactio, jurisdictio.

~Suckener~, _s._ One who is bound to grind his grain at a certain mill, S.

SUCKIES, _s. pl._ The flowers of clover, S.

V. ~Souks~.

_A. Douglas._

SUCKUDRY, SUKUDRY, SUCQUEDRY, _s._ Presumption.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _surcuiderie_, _surquiderie_, id.; from _surcuid-er_, presumer.

SUDDAINTY, _s._

1. Suddenness, S.

_R. Bruce._

2. _Slauchter of suddantie_, accidental homicide.

_Acts Ja. III._

_To_ SUDDILL, SUDDLE, _v. a._ To sully, to defile, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _sodel-en_, Germ. _sudel-en_, inquinare.

SUDEREYS, _s. pl._ A name given to some of the Hebudae.

_Pennant._

Isl. _sudreyia_, id.; from _sudr_, south, and _ey_, island; as lying to the south of the point of Ardnamurchan.

SUELLIEG, _s._ Burning ague.

_Compl. S._

A. S. _swael-an_, urere, to burn, and _ece_, dolor.

SUERD, SWERD, _s._ A sword.

_Wallace._

Su. G. Belg. _swaerd_, Isl. Dan. _swerd_, id.

SUET, SWETE, _s._ Life.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _swett_, sudor; also sanguis.

* _To_ SUFFER, _v. n._ To delay.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _se souffr-ir_, to forbear.

~Suffer~, _adj._ Patient in bearing injurious treatment.

_Wallace._

SUFFISANCE, _s._ Sufficiency; Fr.

_K. Quair._

SUFRON, _s._ Sufferance.

_Houlate._

Fr. _soufr-ir_, to suffer.

_To_ SUGG, _v. n._ To move heavily, somewhat in a rocking manner, S.

Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.

SUGGIE, _s._

1. A young sow, S. B.

2. A person who is fat, S. B.

A. S. _suga_, Su. G. _sugga_, a sow.

SUGH, _s._ Whistling sound.

V. ~Souch~, _s._

_To_ SUIT, _v. a._ To sue for.

V. ~Soyt~.

_R. Bruce._

SUITH, _adj._ Credible, honest.

A. S. _soth_, true.

_Montgomerie._

SUKERT, _adj._ Sweet, sugared, fondled, caressed.

_Dunbar._

SUKUDRY, _s._

V. ~Suckudry~.

_To_ SULE, _v. a._ To soil.

V. ~Suddill~.

SULE, _s._ A ring with a _swivel_, S. B.

Isl. _sweif_, volva, Su. G. _soelia_, a ring into which a thong is put.

SULE, _s._ Perhaps for _scule_, school.

_Kennedy._

SULFITCH, _adj._ Suffocating, applied to smell, Ang.

Isl. _swael-a_, fumigare, suffocare.

SULYE, SOILYIE, _s._ Soil, ground, country; O. Fr. _soille_.

_Douglas._

SULYEART, _adj._ Clear, bright.

_Doug._

Fr. _soilier_, splendens, rutilus.

SUM, a termination of adjectives.

1. Denoting conjunction; as, _threesum_, three together, S.

_Compl. S._

Su. G. _sam_, plurium unitas.

2. Signifying similitude; as, _lufsum_, amiable, S.

A. S. _sum_, id., _sibsum_, pacificus, paci similis.

3. In some degree, S.

A. S. _sum_, Su. G. _sam_, id., _lang-sum_, diuturnus aliquantum.

SUM, _adj._ Some; used distributively, A. S. id.

_Bellenden._

SUMDELL, SUMDELE, _adv._

1. Somewhat, in some degree.

_Barbour._

2. Respecting quantity or number.

_Barbour._

A. S. _sum daele_, aliqua parte, partim.

SUMER, _s._ A sumpter-horse.

_Barbour._

O. Fland. Fr. _sommier_, id.

SUMMER-BLINK, _s._

1. A transient gleam of sunshine, S.

2. Used metaph. in relation to religious feelings.

V. ~Blenk~.

_Rutherford._

SUMMER-COUTS, SIMMER-COUTS, _s. pl._ The exhalations, seen to ascend from the ground in a warm day, S. B.

_Ross._

Perhaps q. _summer-colts_, in allusion to the frisking of young horses.

SUMMER-SOB, _s._ A summer storm, Ang.

_Ross._

Teut. _soeff-en_, flare; Gael. _siob-am_, id.; _siob-an_, drift, blast.

SUMMYN, _adj._ Some.

_Douglas._

_All and summyn_, all and every one.

A. S. _sumne_, aliquot.

SUMP, _s._ The pit of a mine.

_Stat. Acc._

SUMPH, _s._ A soft blunt fellow, S.

_Ramsay._

Germ. _sumpf_, Teut. _sompe_, a marsh; or Su. G. _swamp_, a spunge; also, a mushroom.

_To_ ~Sumph~, _v. n._ To be in a state of stupor.

_Cleland._

~Sumphish~, _adj._ Stupid, blockish, S.

_Ramsay._

SUMPHION, _s._ A musical instrument.

O. Fr. _symphonie_.

_Gl. Sibb._

SUNDAY'S CLAISE, dress for going to church in, S.

_Ferguson._

SUN-FISH, _s._ The basking shark, S.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SUNYE, _v. a._ To care.

V. ~Sonyie~.

SUNK, _s._ Sunks, _s. pl._

V. ~Sonk~.

SUNKETS, _s. pl._ Provision of whatever kind, S. A.

Perhaps a corr. of E. _somewhat_.

_Ramsay._

_To_ SUOUFE, _v. n._ To slumber.

V. ~Souf~.

_Burel._

_To_ SUP, _v. a._ To take food with a spoon, S.

_Rutherford._

Su. G. _sup-a_, sorbillare. Usurpatur de cibis jurulentis.

SUPERFLEW, _adj._ Superfluous.

Fr. _superflu,-ue_, id.

_Bellenden._

SUPERSAULT, _s._ The somerset.

Fr. _soubresault_, id.

_Mellvill's MS._

_To_ SUPIR, SYPYR, _v. n._ To sigh.

Fr. _soupir-er_, id.

_Burel._

_To_ SUPPEDIT, _v. a._ To supply; Lat. _suppedit-o_.

_Compl. S._

SUPPOIS, SUPPOSE, _conj._ Although, S.

_Douglas._

SUPPOIST, SUPPOST, _s._

1. A supporter, an abettor.

_Knox._

Fr. _suppost_, one put in the room of another.

2. A scholar in a college.

_Spotswood._

L. B. _suppositum_, id.

_To_ SUPPOSE, To substitute, in a supposititious way.

_Spotswood._

Fr. _suppos-er_, to suborn, to forge.

SUPPOWALL, _s._ Support.

_Barbour._

SURCOAT, _s._ An under-waistcoat, S.

_Ross._

O. Fr. _surcot_, changed, unmeaning.

SURFET, _adj._ Extravagant in price.

Fr. _surfaire_, to overprize.

_Bellenden._

SURGET, _s._ Perh. a debauched woman; O. Fr. _surjet_, id.

_Sir Gawan._

SURNOWME, SURNOWNE, _s._ Surname; Fr. _surnom_.

_Wyntown._

SURS, _s._ A hasty rising upwards.

_Doug._

Lat. _surg-o_, _surs-um_, to rise.

_To_ SUSHIE, _v. n._ To shrink, W. Loth.

SUSKIT, _adj._ Much worn, threadbare, S. B.

Dan. _siaske_, nastiness, _siasket_, nasty, negligent.

SUSSY, SUSSIE, _s._ Care, S.

_Pitscottie._

Fr. _souci_, id.

~Sussie~, _adj._ Careful, attentive to.

_Maitland P._

_To_ ~Sussy~, _v. n._ To care, S. B.

_Chr. S. P._

SUTE, _adj._ Sweet, pleasant.

_Wyntown._

SUTE, _s._ A company of hunters.

_Doug._

Fr. _suite_, a chace, pursuit.

SUTE HATE.

V. ~Fute Hate~.

SUTHFAST, _adj._ True.

_Barbour._

A. S. _sothfaest_, id.

~Suthfastnes~, _s._ Truth.

_Barbour._

SUWEN, _3 pl. v._ Attend; wait on.

Fr. _suivent_, id.

_Sir Gawan._

SWA, SWAY.

V. ~Sa~.

SWACK, _adj._

1. Limber, pliant, S.

_Ross._

2. Clever, active, nimble, S. B.

Teut. _swack_, flexilis; Isl. _sweigia_, incurvare.

SWACK, _s._ A large quantity, S. O.

Isl. _swack_, turba, motus.

SWADRIK, _s._ Sweden.

_Bannatyne P._

In Sw. _Swerike_, from _Swea rike_, i. e. the kingdom of the Suiones.

SWAGAT, _adv._ So, in such way.

A. S. _swa_, so, and _gat_, a way.

_Barbour._

_To_ SWAY, SWEY, _v. n._ (pron. _swey_).

1. To incline to one side. S.

_Doug._

Isl. _sweig-ia_, Su. G. _swig-a_, inclinare.

2. To swing, S.

~Sway~, _s._

1. A moveable instrument of iron, of a rectangular form, fastened to one of the jambs of a chimney, on which pots and kettles are suspended over the fire, S.

2. A swing, S.

SWAIF, _v._ Perh. ponder.

_Bannatyne P._

Isl. _sweif-a_, librari.

SWAIF, SUAIF, _s._ A kiss.

_Chr. S. P._

Lat. _suav-ium_, id.

_To_ SWAYL, _v. a._ To swaddle, S. B. _sweal_, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _swaethil_, fascia; _swed-an_, vin-cire.

SWAITS, _s._ New ale or wort, S. _swats_.

A. S. _swate_, ale, beer.

_Ramsay._

SWAYWEYIS, _adv._ Likewise.

_Acts Ja. I._

_To_ SWAK, SWAKE, _v. a._

1. To cast with force.

_Douglas._

2. To strike, S. B.

Teut. _swack-en_, vibrare.

~Swak~, ~Swake~, _s._

1. A throw.

_Ruddiman._

2. A hasty and smart blow.

_Wyntown._

3. A violent dash.

_Douglas._

4. Metaph. a little while.

_Douglas._

_To_ SWAK _away_, _v. n._ To decay, to waste.

_Bannatyne P._

Dan. _swackk-er_, to waste; Teut. _swack-en_, to fail.

SWAK, _s._ Errat. for ~Snuk~, q. v.

_Wallace._

SWALE, _part. pa._ Fat, plump.

_Douglas._

Isl. _swell-r_, tumidus.

_To_ SWALL, SWALLY, _v. a._ To devour.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _swaelg-a_, A. S. _swelg-an_, devorare.

SWALME, _s._ A tumor, an excrescence.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _swam_, Teut. _swamme_, tuber, fungus.

SWAMP, _adj._

1. Thin, not gross, S.

2. Not swelled, S.

SWANE, SWAYN, _s._

1. A youngman, S.

2. A man of inferior rank.

_Douglas._

Isl. _swein_, Su. G. _swen_, juvenis; servus.

SWANGE, _s._ Perh. groin.

_Sir Gawan._

Su. G. _swange_, ilia.

SWANK, _adj._

1. Slender, not big-bellied, S.

2. Limber, pliant, agile, S.

_Ferguson._

Dan. _swang_, lean, meagre; Germ. _schwank-en_, motitare.

~Swanky~, _s._ An active or clever young fellow, S.

_Douglas._

~Swanky~, _adj._

1. Perh. empty, hungry.

_Dunbar._

2. Applied to one who is tall, but lank, Fife.

_To_ SWAP, _v. a._ To exchange, S.

Isl. _skipt-a_, mutare.

_To_ SWAP, _v. a._

1. To draw.

_Barbour._

2. To throw with violence.

_Barbour._

3. To strike.

_Wallace._

Isl. _swip-a_, vibrare; _sweip-a_, percutere.

~Swap~, _s._ A sudden stroke.

_Sir Gawan._

SWAP, SWAUP, _s._ The cast or lineaments of the countenance, S.

Isl. _swip-ur_, imago apparens; _swipad-r_, vultu similis.

_Sax. and Gael._

~Swapit~, _part. adj_. Moulded.

_Dunbar._

SWAPPIS, Perh. sedges.

_Pal. Hon._

Teut. _schelp_, carex.

SWAPPYT, _part. pa._ Rolled or huddled together.

_Wallace._

Isl. _sweip-a_, Su. G. _swep-a_, involvere.

SWAR, _s._ A snare.

_Wallace._

Moes. G. _swer-an_, insidiari.

SWARE, SWIRE, SWYRE, _s._

1. The neck.

_Douglas._

2. The declination of a mountain or hill, near the summit, S. corr. _squair_.

_Dunbar._

3. The most level spot between two hills, Loth.

A. S. _sweor_, a pillar; cervix, the neck.

_To_ SWARF, _v. n._

1. To faint, to swoon, S. _swarth_, Ang.

_Ross_.

2. To become languid.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _swoerfw-a_, in gyrum agitari.

~Swarff~, ~Swerf~, _s._

1. Stupor, insensibility.

_Wallace._

2. A fainting-fit, a swoon; _swarth_, Ang.

_Cleland._

SWARFE, _s._ The surface.

_Rollocke._

SWARYN, _s._

V. ~Syvewarm~.

SWARRACH, _s._ A large unseemly heap, Ang.

Su. G. _swaer_, gravis.

SWARTBACK, _s._ The great black and white gull, Orkn.

_Barry._

Norw. _swartbag_, id.

SWARTH, _s._ A faint.

V. ~Swarf~.

SWARTRYTTER, _s._ Properly, one belonging to the German cavalry.

_G. Buchanan._

Teut. _swerte ruyters_, milites nigri.

SWASH, _s._ The noise made in falling upon the ground S.; _squash_, E.

_Ruddiman._

_To_ SWASH, _v. n._ To swell.

_Z. Boyd._

Su. G. _swassa_, to walk loftily.

~Swash~, _s._

1. One of a corpulent habit, S.

2. A large quantity viewed collectively, S.

~Swash~, ~Swashy~, _adj._

1. Of a broad make, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

2. Fuddled; q. swollen with drink, S.

_Ramsay._

SWATCH, _s._

1. A pattern, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

2. A specimen of whatever kind, S.

_Wodrow._

3. Metaph. a mark, S.

SWATHEL, _s._ A strong man.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _swithlic_, ingens, vehemens.

SWATS, _s. pl._ New ale, S.

V. ~Swaits~.