Chapter C: B. sathru, calcare, to tread; syth, solidus

5. Heavy, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

6. Weighty, applied to evidence.

_Buchanan._

7. Flat, close to the ground, S.

8. Denoting a grave colour.

_Inventories._

~Sadly~, _adv._

1. Steadily.

_Wallace._

2. Closely, compactly.

_Barbour._

_To_ ~Sad~, _v. n._ To become solid, S.

_To_ SAD, _v. a._ To make sad.

_Baillie._

SAEBIENS, SAEBINS, _conj._ Since, i. e. _being sae_, or _so_.

_Ramsay._

SAFER, _s._ Damages.

V. ~Sefor~.

_Spotsw._

SAFT, _adj._

1. Opposed to what is fatiguing, S.

_Ritson._

2. Pleasant.

_Ritson._

3. Tranquil, at rest, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _saft_, suavis, mollis.

~Saft~, ~Saftly~, _adv._ Softly.

_Ferguson._

2. Lightly.

_Minstr. Bord._

_To_ ~Saft~, _v. n._ To mollify.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SAGHTIL, _v. n._ To be reconciled.

A. S. _sahtl-ian_, reconciliare.

_Sir Gawan._

~Saghtlyng~, _s._ Reconciliation.

V. ~Saucht~.

_Ibid._

_To_ SAY, _v. n._ _I yow say_, I tell you.

A. S. _sege me_, dic mihi.

_Barbour._

_To_ SAY, SEY, _v. a._

1. To put to trial, S.

_Pitscottie._

2. _v. n._ To endeavour, S.

O. Fr. _say-er_, essayer, tenter.

SAY, SAYE, _s._ A water-bucket, Inverness, Orkn.; a milk-pail, Dumfr.

_Acts Ja. I._

Su. G. _saa_, vas quo aqua portatur.

SAYARE, _s._ A poetical writer.

_Doug._

A. S. _saeg-an_, narrare; _sage_, narratio.

SAIKYR, HALFSAIKYR, a species of cannon, smaller than a demi-culverine, named from a species of hawk.

_Complaynt S._

Fr. _sacre_, "the hawk, and the artillerie so called;" Cotgr.

SAIKLESS, SAYKLES, _adj._

1. Guiltless, S.

_Douglas._

2. Free, in a general sense.

_Douglas._

A. S. _sacleas_, Isl. _saklauss_, sine culpa.

SAIL-FISH, _s._ The basking shark, S., denominated from a large fin which it carries above water.

_Stat. Acc._

SAILYE, _s._ An assault.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _sail-ir_, to assault.

SAILL, _s._ Happiness.

V. ~Seile~.

SAYN, _s._ Narrative.

_Wallace._

Dan. _sagn_, saying.

_To_ SAIN, _v. a._ To bless.

V. ~Sane~.

SAYND, _s._ Message or messenger.

_Barbour._

A. S. _sand_, legatio; legatus.

_Send_, an embassy, S. B.

~Sayndis-man~, _s._ Messenger.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _sandes-man_, nuntius.

SAIP, _s._ Soap, S.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. Dan. _saepe_, id.

SAIR, SAYR, SARE, _adj._

1. Painful, S.

2. Sorrowful; as, a _sair heart_.

3. Violent.

_Wallace._

4. Severe; as _sair sickness_, S.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _saar_, A. S. _sar_, gravis, molestus.

5. Niggardly, as, _sair master_, _a sair merchant_, S.

~Sair~, _s._ A sore, a wound, S.

_Ferguson._

A. S. Isl. _sar_, Su. G. _saar_, dolor; vulnus.

~Sair~, ~Sar~, ~Sare~, _adv._

1. Sorely, S.

A. S. _sare_, graviter.

_Barbour._

2. In a great degree, S.

_Douglas._

Germ, _sehr_, Belg. _seer_, valde.

~Sair Head~, a headach, S.

_A. Nicol._

~Sairly~, _adv._ Sorely.

_Douglas._

_To_ SAIR, _v. a._

1. To serve, S.

_Ross._

2. To fit, to be large enough, S.

3. To satisfy; as, with food, S.

_Ross._

~Sairing~, _s._ What satisfies one, S.

_Ross._

SAIRLES, SARELESS, _adj._ Tasteless, S. B.

V. ~Sawr~.

_Diallog._

SAIT, _s._ The Court of Session in S.

_Dunbar._

SAK, SACK, _s._ The privilege of a baron to prosecute, try and judge his vassals in his own court.

_Reg. Maj._

A. S. _sac_, actio, causa forensis.

SAKE, _s._ Blame, guilt.

_Sir Tristrem._

Su. G. _sak_, guilt, crime.

SALE, SAIL, SAILL, _s._

1. A palace.

_Douglas._

2. A hall, a chamber.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. Su. G. _sal_, aula, palatium.

SALEBROSITY, _s._ A rough place.

_Baillie._

SALIKE, SAELIKE, _adj._ Similar, of the same kind, S. B.

Moes. G. _swaleiks_, Isl. _slyke_, talis.

SALER, _s._ A salt-cellar.

_Sir Gawan._

SALERIFE, _adj._ Saleable, S.

SALERYFE, _adj._ Abounding with sails or ships.

_Douglas._

SALL, L. _stal_, stole.

_Houlate._

SALSS, _s._ Sauce.

_Barbour._

Germ. _salz-en_, sale condire.

SALT, SAWT, _s._ Assault.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _saut_, id.

SALT, _adj._

1. Having bitter consequences, S.

_Douglas._

2. Costly, expensive, S.

~Salt Se~, or ~Sea~, the sea; from the ancient use of the term as denoting the sea itself.

_Douglas._

_To_ SALUS, _v. a._ To salute.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _salus_, salutation.

SALUT, _s._ Health, safety; Fr.

_Compl. S._

SAMBUTES, _s. pl._ Housing for a horse.

O. Fr. _sambue_, id.

_Sir Gawan._

SAMIN, SAMYN, _adj._ The same, S.

Abl. of Moes. G. _sama_, idem.

_Compl. S._

SAMYN, SAMIN, _adv._

1. Together.

_Barbour._

2. At the same time.

_Douglas._

3. As soon, with _as_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _samne_, Belg. _samen_, simul, una.

SANAPÉ, _s._ Mustard.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. Dan. _senep_, Gr. σιναπις, id.

SAND-BLIND, _adj._ Having that weakness of sight which often accompanies a very fair complexion, S. synon. _blind-fair_.

SANDE, _part. pa._ Girt.

_Sir Gawan._

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

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

_Neill._

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

SAND-LARK, The sea lark, Orkn.

_Barry._

_Sandy lerrick_, or _laverock_, of S.

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

_Sibbald._

_To_ SANE, _v. n._ To say.

V. ~Seyne~.

_Dunbar._

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

1. To make the sign of the cross.

_Barbour._

2. To bless.

_Dunbar._

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

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

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

_Wyntown._

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

_Douglas._

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

_Douglas._

SANOUROUS, _adj._ Healing.

_Houlate._

O. Fr. _san-er_, to heal.

SANRARE, L. _thesaurare_, treasurer.

_Houlate._

SANS, _prep._ Without, Fr.

_Douglas._

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

Belg.

_Morison._

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

_Stat. Acc._

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

_Gl. Sibb._

Isl. _saup_, Gael. _sabhs_, soup.

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

_Wallace._

A. S. _sar-ian_, dolere.

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

Supposed to be corr. from _sorrow a bit_.

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

_Lyndsay._

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

SARDE, _pret._ Galled.

V. ~Sar~.

SARE, _adj._ Sore.

V. ~Sair~, and _s_.

~Sare~, _s._

1. A sore, S.

_Douglas._

2. Mental pain, sorrow.

_Douglas._

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

_To_ SARE, _v. n._ To soar.

_Douglas._

_To_ SARE, _v. n._ To savour.

V. ~Sawer~.

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

V. ~Sair~, _v._

_Ross._

SARGEAND, _s._ A squire.

_Bannatyne P._

O. Fr. _sergeant_, homme de guerre.

SARY, SAIRY, _adj._

1. Sorrowful.

_Douglas._

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

2. Sorry, wretched.

_Wyntown._

SARIOLLY, SARRALY, _adv._ Artfully.

_Barbour._

A. S. _searolice_, artificiose; _sear_ ars.

SARIT, _pret._ Vexed.

V. ~Sar~.

SARK, _s._ A shirt, S.

_Wallace._

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

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

1. Provided with shirts or shifts, S.

_Gl. Shirr._

2. Covered with thin deals, S.

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

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

_Spalding._

SARRALY, _adv._

V. ~Sariolly~.

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

_Douglas._

SAT, _s._ A snare.

_Sir Tristrem._

Su. G. _saett_, _sata_, id.

SATE, _s._ Omission, trespass.

_Douglas._

Fr. _saut_, a leap.

~Satoure~, _s._ A transgressor.

_King's Quair._

_To_ SATIFIE, _v. a._ To satisfy.

O. Fr. _sattifier_, id.

_Crosraguel._

SATTERDAY, SATERDAY, _s._ Saturday.

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

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

_Acts Ja. I._

SAUAGE, SAWAGE, _adj._

Intrepid.

_Wallace._

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

_Lightfoot._

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

SAUCHT, SAUGHT, _part. pa._

1. Reconciled.

_Barbour._

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

2. At ease, in peace.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _sackta_, tranquillus, pacificus.

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

A. S. _sahte_, _saett_, peace.

_Ross._

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

1. Reconciliation.

_Douglas._

2. A state of quietness.

_Wallace._

SAUDALL, _s._ A companion.

_Burel._

Lat. _sodal-is_.

_To_ SAUF, _v. a._ To save.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _sauf_, safe.

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

_Wyntown._

~Saufe~, _s._ Salve.

_Douglas._

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

_Douglas._

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

_Douglas._

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

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

_Acts Ja. VI._

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

V. ~Prow~.

_Gawan and Gol._

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

_Acts Ja. VI._

From the repetition of _Salve Regina_.

_To_ SAUR, _v. n._

V. ~Sawer~.

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

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

SAUT, _s._ Salt, S.

_Ramsay._

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

A. S. _sealt-faet_, id.

SAW, SAWE, _s._

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

A. S. _saga_, _sage_, dictum.

_Doug._

2. A discourse, an address.

_Barbour._

3. Language in general.

_Wyntown._

4. A legal decision.

_Dunbar._

Dan. _sag_, a suit.

5. An oracle, a prediction.

_Douglas._

A. S. _sage_, a foretelling.

_To_ SAW, _v. n._ To sow.

_Douglas._

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

_To_ SAW, _v. a._ To save.

_Douglas._

SAWCHYNG.

V. ~Sauchning~.

_Wallace._

SAWELY, L. _fawely_, few.

_Wallace._

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

_Barbour._

~Sawr~, _s._ Savour.

_K. Hart._

SAWSLY, _adv._ In pickle.

_Dunbar._

SAWT, _s._ Assault.

V. ~Salt~.

SAWTH, _p. v._ Saveth.

_Wallace._

SAX, _adj._ Six, S.

_Burns._

Moes. G. _saihs_, id.

~Saxt~, _adj._ Sixth.

_N. Burne._

~Saxté~, _adj._ Sixty, S.

_Wallace._

Moes. G, _saihstis_, id.

* SCAB, _s._ A gross offence.

_Z. Boyd._

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

_Rutherford._

A. S. _scade_, umbra.

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

_Ritson._

SCAFF, SKAFFIN, _s._

1. Food of any kind, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _skap_, provision.

2. Expl. merriment, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

~Scaffar~, _s._ A parasite.

_Bellenden._

Su. G. _skaffare_, one who provides food.

~Scafferie~, _s_.

V. ~Skafrie~.

SCAIL, _s._ A sort of tub.

V. ~Skeel~.

_Sir Egeir._

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

V. ~Skelloch~.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCALE, _v. a._

V. ~Skail~.

SCALKT, _pret. v._ Bedaubed.

V. ~Skaik~.

_Dunbar._

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

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

SCALP, SCAWP, _s._

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

_Ramsay._

A metaph. use of E. _scalp_.

2. A bed of oysters or muscles, S.

_Sibbald._

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

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

V. ~Skaumit~.

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

Teut. _schamp-en_, to slip aside.

_To_ SCANSE, SKANCE, _v. n._

1. To shine, to make a great show.

_Ferguson._

Su. G. _skin-a_, splendere.

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

3. To magnify in narration, S. B.

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

_To_ SCANCE, SKANCE, _v. a._

1. To reflect on, S.

_Philotus._

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

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

_J. Nicol._

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

_A. Douglas._

~Scance~, _s._

1. A cursory calculation, S.

2. A rapid sketch in conversation, S.

SCANSYTE, _part. pa._ Seeming.

Su. G. _skin-a_, apparere.

_Wallace._

SCANT, _s._ Scarcity.

V. ~Skant~.

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

Teut. _schantse_, sepimentum muri.

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

_Gl. Shirr._

~Scantlishin~, _s._

1. Scanty increase, W. Loth.

2. Small remainder, ibid.

SCAPE, _s._ A bee-hive.

V. ~Skepp~.

SCAR, SKAIR, SCAUR, _s._

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

_Lay Last Minstr._

2. A cliff, Ayrs.

_Burns._

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

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

A. S. _scritta_, id.

_Pitscottie._

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

V. ~Scart~.

_Barry._

SCARMUS, _s._. A skirmish.

_Bellenden._

Ital. _scarramuccia_, L. B. _scaramutia_.

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

_Maitland P._

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

_To_ SCART, _v. a._

1. To scratch, S.

_Cleland._

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

_Ramsay._

3. To scrape together money.

_More._

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

~Scart~, _s._

1. A scratch, S.

_Ramsay._

2. A niggard, S.

3. A puny person, S.

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

_Cleland._

~Scart~, _adj._ Puny.

_Dunbar._

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

_J. Nicol._

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

_Houlate._

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

SCAS, _s._ Portion?

_Sir Gawan._

Alem. _scaz_, a penny; treasure.

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

Isl. _skuasl_, quisquiliae.

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

_Statist. Acc._

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

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

SCAUR, _s._

V. ~Scar~.

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

_Neill._

Sw. _skiura_, Norw. _skiure_, id.

SCAWP, _s._

V. ~Scalp~.

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

_Houlate._