Chapter L: B. sclata, assula; Fr. esclat, id (1)

_To_ SCLANDER, SKLANDER, _v. a._ To slander, S. B.

_Scots Confess._

~Sclander~, ~Sklandyr~, _s._ Slander, S. B.

Fr. _esclaundre_, id.

_Wallace._

~Sclanderar~, _s._

1. A slanderer, S.

2. One who brings reproach on others, by his conduct.

_Crosraguel._

_To_ SCLATCH, _v. a._ To huddle up, S.

V. ~Clatch~.

_To_ SCLATCH, _v. n._ To walk heavily, S.

~Sclatch~, _s._ A lubberly fellow, S.

SCLATCH, _s._ A stroke with the palm of the hand, Ang.

V. ~Clash~.

SCLATER, _s._ The wood-loose, S.

_Sibb._

SCLAVE, _s._ A slave.

_Douglas._

Fr. _esclave_, L. B. _sclav-us_.

SCLENDER, _adj._ Slender, S. B.

_Knox._

_To_ SCLENT, SKLINT, _v. n._

1. To slope, S.

2. To move obliquely, S.

_Douglas._

3. To hit obliquely, S.

_Knox._

4. Denoting immoral conduct.

_Semple._

Sw. _slant_, obliquus; _slint-a_, lapsare.

~Sclent~, ~Sklent~, _s._

1. Obliquity, S.

2. Acclivity, ascent, S.

_Ross._

~A-Sklent~, _adv._ Obliquely.

_Polwart._

~Sclentine Ways~, _adv._ Obliquely, S. B.

_Morison._

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

_Wyntown._

Germ. _schleiss-en_, rumpere.

SCLITHERS, _s. pl._ Loop stones lying in great quantities on the side of a rock, or hill, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

Germ. _schlitz-en_, disjungere.

_To_ SCOB, _v. n._ To sew clumsily, S.

SCOB, _s._

1. A splint, S.

2. In pl. the ribs of a basket, Ang.

Teut. _schobbe_, squama.

_To_ ~Scob~ _a skepp_, to fix cross rods in a bee-hive, S.

SCOB, _s._ An instrument for scooping, Clydes.

SCOB-SEIBOW, _s._

1. An onion that is allowed to remain in the ground during winter, S.

2. The young shoot from an onion, of the second year's growth, S.

SCOLL.

V. ~Skul~.

SCOLDER, _s._ The oyster-catcher, Orkn.

_Barry._

SCOMER, SKOMER, _s._ A smell-feast.

Belg. _schuymer_, id.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SCOMFICE, SCONFICE, _v. a._

1. To suffocate, S.

_Ross._

2. _v. n._ To be stifled, S.

_Ibid._

Ital. _sconfigg-ere_, to discomfit.

SCON, _s._ A cake.

V. ~Skon~.

_To_ SCONCE, _v. a._ To extort, Ang.

_To_ SCONE, _v. a._ To beat with the open hand, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _skoyn-a_, Su. G. _sken-a_, leviter vulnerare.

SCOPIN, _s._ A quart-vessel.

V. ~Scoup~, _v._

_Dunbar._

SCOREY, _a._ The brown and white gull. Orkn.

V. ~Scaurie~.

_Barry._

_To_ SCORN, _v. a._ To rally a young woman, by pretending that such a one is in suit of her. S.

_Ritson._

~Scorning~, _s._ Rallying of this kind, S.

_To_ SCORP, SCROP, SKARP, SKRAP, SKRIP, _v. n._ To mock, to gibe; _scrape_, Fife.

_Knox._

Su. G. _skrapp-a_, jactare se; Teut. _schrobb-en_, convitiari.

SCOTCH-GALE, _s._ Myrica gale, S.

_Lightfoot._

Belg. _gaghel_, pseudo-myrtus.

SCOTTE-WATTRE, SCOTTIS-WATTRE, the Frith of Forth.

_Goodal._

SCOTTIS SE, the Frith of Forth.

A. S. _Scottisc-sae_, id.

_Barbour._

SCOTTISWATH, _s._ Solway Frith.

V. ~Scotte-wattre~.

_Pinkerton._

A. S. _wad_, a ford.

_To_ SCOUG, _v. n._

V. ~Skug~, _v._ 2.

_To_ SCOUNGE, _v. n._

1. To go about like a dog, especially as catering for food, S.

Su. G. _skynd-a_, procurare.

2. To pilfer, Strathmore.

SCOUNRYT.

V. ~Scunner~.

_Barbour._

_To_ SCOUP, or ~Skoup aff~, _v. a._ To drink off, S. B.

O. Teut. _schoep-en_, to drink.

~Scoup~, _s._ A draught of any liquor, S. B.

SCOUP, SCOWP, _s._

1. Abundance of room, S.

2. Liberty of conduct, S.

V. ~Scoup~, _v._

_Ferguson._

_To_ SCOUP, SCOWP, _v. n._ To leap or move hastily from one place to another, S. B.

_Burel._

Isl. _skop-a_, discurrere.

~Scoup-hole~, _s._ A subterfuge.

_Cleland._

~Scouppar~, ~Skouper~, _s._

1. A dancer.

_Knox._

2. A light unsettled person.

_Polwart._

SCOUR, _s._ The diarrhoea, whether in man or beast, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

_To_ SCOUR _out_, _v. a._ To drink off, S.

A metaph. use of the E. _v._

_J. Nicol._

_To_ SCOURGE _the ground_, to exhaust the strength of the soil, S.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCOUT, _v. a._

1. To pour forth any liquid substance forcibly, S.

_J. Nicol._

2. _v. n._ To fly off quickly, S.

_Ibid._

Su. G. _skiut-a_, jaculare.

SCOUTH, SCOWTH, _s._

1. Liberty to range, S.

_Dalrymple._

2. Freedom to converse without restraint, S.

_Ross._

3. Room.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

4. Abundance; as _scouth of meat_, &c. S.

Isl. _skott_, an uninterrupted course, jugis cursus; _skott-a_,
frequenter cursitare.

SCOUTHER, _s._ A flying shower, Loth.

Isl. _skiot-a_, cito vehere.

SCOUTI-AULIN, _s._ The Arctic gull, Orkn.

V. ~Skaitbird~.

_Neill._

_To_ SCOWDER, SKOLDIR, _v. a._ To scorch, S. pron. _scowther_.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _swid-a_, Dan. _swid-er_, Su. G. _swed-a_, adurere.

~Scowder~, _s._ A hasty toasting, so as slightly to burn, S.; Isl. _swide_, adustio.

SCOWMAR, _s._ A pirate, a corsair.

_Barbour._

Belg. _zee-schuymer_, a sea-rover.

SCOWRY, _adj._ Showery, S.

_Ferguson._

A. S. _scur_, imber.

SCOWRY, SCOURIE, _adj._

1. Shabby in appearance, S.

_Dunbar._

2. Mean in conduct, niggardly, S. O.

3. Appearing as if dried or parched, S. A.

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._

_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.

Isl. _skvett-a_, id. Sw. _skijt-a_, exonerare ventrem.

2. To squirt, to throw the spittle forcibly through the teeth, S.

~Skite~, _s._ The dung of a fowl, S. B.

~Skyte~, _s._ A nasty person, S. B.

Dan. _skyden_, sordidus.

_To_ ~Skyte~, _v. n._ To glide swiftly, S.

Su. G. _skiut-a_, id.

_Ramsay._

SKIVERS, SKEEVERS, _s. pl._ The leather now generally used for binding school books, which is sliced into two, S.

Su. G. _skifva_, a slice, pl. _skifvar_.

SKLAFFORD HOLES, apertures in the walls of a barn, Ang.

Perh. corr. from L. B. _sclopet-um_, a harquebuss, as originally
applied to the loopholes of a castle.

SKLAIF, _s._ A slave.

_Bannatyne P._

SKLAIT, _s._ Slate, S.

V. ~Sclaite~.

~Sklater~, _s._ A slater, S.

SKLANDYR, _s._ Slander.

V. ~Sclandyr~.

SKLEFF, _adj._ Shallow.

V. ~Skelve~.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ SKLENT, _v. n._

V. ~Sclent~.

_To_ SKLICE, _v. a._

1. To slice, S.

_J. Nicol._

2. Denoting the abbreviation of time.

_Z. Boyd._

_To_ SKLYRE, _v. n._ To slide, Loth.

~Sklyre~, _s._ A slide, ibid.

_To_ SKLOY, _v. n._ To slide on ice, Loth.

Fr. _escoul-er_, id.

~Skloy~, _s._ A slide, Loth.

SKLOUT, SKLOUTER, _s._ Cows' dung in a thin state, Fife.

SKLUTE, _s._

1. In pl. large clumsy feet, S. B. Perhaps from _klute_, S. a hoof.

2. A lout, S. B.

_To_ ~Sklute~, _v. n._ To set down the feet clumsily, S.

SKODGE, SKODGIE, _s._ A kitchen drudge, S.

Su. G. _skoswen_, literally, a _shoe-servant_.

_To_ ~Skodge~, _v. n._ To act as a drudge, S.

SKOLDIRT, SKOWDERT.

V. ~Scowder~.

_To_ SKOLE, SKOLT, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.

V. ~Skul~.

_Ruddiman._

SKOMER, _s._

V. ~Scomer~.

SKON, SCONE, _s._

1. A thin cake of wheat or barley meal, S.

_Douglas._

2. Metaph. denoting a specimen, S.

Isl. _skaun_, cortex lactis.

_Kelly._

_To_ SKONCE, _v. a._ To guard.

_Evergr._

Su. G. _skans-a_, Teut. _schants-en_, munire.

SKORE, _s._ A line to mark the goal, S.

_Douglas._

SKORPER, _s._ A round kind of bread, Shetl.

Su. G. _skorpa_, pl. _skorper_, biscuits.

SKOUPER, _s._

V. ~Scouppar~.

SKOUR, _s._ A slight shower, Dumfr.

SKOUR _of wind_, a gust, S.

_Callander._

Isl. _skur_, nimbus, typhon.

SKOURIOUR, _s._

V. ~Scurrour~.

SKOUTT, _s._ A small boat.

_A. Hume._

Isl. _skuta_, Belg. _schuyt_, Ir. _scud_, id.

SKOWURAND, _part. pr._ Shuddering.

Germ. _schaur-en_, tremere.

_Barbour._

SKRAE, SKREE, _s._ A searce made of wire for cleansing grain, Loth.

Gael. _criathar_; a bolter, Su. G. _skraed-a_, to bolt, to sift.

SKRAE, _s._ A thin meagre person, S.

_Minstr. Bordr._

Su. G. _skraf_, a skeleton, _skral_, scanty.

SKRAE-FISH, SCRAE-FISH, _s. pl._ Fishes dried in the sun, without being salted, Orkn.

_Neill._

Isl. _skrael-a_, to dry; _skreid_, pisces indurati.

_To_ SKRAIK, SCRAIGH, _v. n._

1. Denoting the cry of a fowl when displeased, S.

_J. Nicol._

2. To cry with importunity and in a discontented tone, S.

Su. G. _skrik-a_, Isl. _skraeka_, id.

~Skraik~, ~Scraik~, _s._

1. The screaking of fowls, S.; also _skraich_.

_Douglas._

2. A loud or shrill sound, caused by musical instruments.

_A. Hume._

Isl. _skraek-r_, clamor, ploratus.

SKRAN, _s._

1. _Fine skran_, a phrase used by children, in commendation of any thing they are fond of, especially if edible, Lanerks.

Isl. _skran_, supellex leviusculus.

2. The offals or refuse of human food, thrown to dogs, Loth.

SKRANKY, _adj._

1. Lank, slender, S.

2. Applied to an empty purse.

_Ramsay._

Germ. _schrank-en_, to confine; A. S. _scrunc-en_, contracted.

SKRAPIT, _pret._ Mocked.

V. ~Scorp~.

_To_ SKREED, _v. n._ To cry, to scream.

_Watson._

Franc. _screiot_, Sw. _skrijt_, clamor.

_To_ SKREED, _v. n._ To lie, to magnify in narration, S.

Su. G. _skryt-a_, jactare, Isl. _skreit-a_, fingere.

~Skreed~, _s._ A lie, a fabrication, S.

SKREEK, SCREAK, _of day_, the dawn, S. B.; also _skrieh_.

V. ~Creek~.

_Ross._

_To_ SKREENGE, _v. a._ To scourge, S.

~Skreenge~, _s._ A lash, a stroke, Fife.

_To_ SKRY, _v. a._ To cry, to proclaim, S. B.

_Ruddiman._