Chapter L: B. sclata, assula; Fr. esclat, id (2)

Su. G. _skri-a_, vociferari, _skri_, clamor.

~Skry~, ~Scry~, _s._

1. Noise.

_Wallace._

2. The crying of fowls.

_Douglas._

_To_ SKRIFT, _v. n._ To fabricate.

V. ~Scrift~.

Isl. _skraf-a_, fabulari, nugari, _skraef_, nugae.

SKRILLES, _s. pl._ Shrieks.

V. ~Skirl~.

To SKRIM, _v. a._ To scud, to move quickly, S.

SKRYMMORIE, _s._ Apparently, the name of a mischievous fairy.

_Pal. Hon._

Isl. _skrumari_, a braggart; O. Fr. _es-crimour_, a good tugger.

SKRINE, _s._ Unboiled _sowens_, Ang.

_Stat. Acc._

Teut. _krinse_, purgamentum frumenti.

SKRINKIE, SKRINKYT.

V. ~Skrankie~.

SKROPIT, _pret. v._ Mocked.

V. ~Scorp~.

SKROW, _s._ A scroll.

V. ~Scrow~.

SKROW, _s._ A slight shower, S. B.; Isl. _skur_.

V. ~Skarrach~.

SKRUFE, _s._

Wealth, acquired by parsimony or exaction.

_Bannatyne P._

Teut. _schrobb-en_, scalpere.

SKRUMPLE, _s._ A wrinkle.

_Dunbar._

Germ. _schrumple_, id. Su. G. _skrump-en_, to wrinkle.

_To_ SKRUNT, _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, Clydes.

Isl. _skruning-r_, _skrudning-r_, strepitus.

SKRUNTY, _adj._ Meagre, raw-boned, Fife, Loth.

Su. G. _skrin_, dried, Dan. _skranten_, infirm.

SKUBE, _s._ Any thing that is hollowed out, S. B.; allied to E. _scoop_.

Su. G. _skopa_, Arm. _scob_, haustrum.

SKUG, SCUG, SCOUG, _s._

1. A shade, what defends from the heat, S.

_Doug._

2. A shelter from storm, S.

_Spalding._

3. Protection, S.

_Pop. Ball._

4. Metaph. applied to ghosts, in relation to the place of their residence.

_Douglas._

5. A pretence, a cloak, S.

_Mellvill's MS._

Su.G. _skugga_, umbra; _skyggd_, tegmen.

_To_ ~Skug~, _v. a._

1. To shade, S.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Isl. _skygg-a_, obumbrare.

2. To shelter, to skreen, S.

3. _To skoog a shower_, to seek shelter from it, S. B.

4. In a moral sense, to expiate.

_Minstr. Bord._

_To_ ~Skug~, ~Scoug~, _v. n._ To flee for shelter.

_Ferguson._

~Skuggy~, _adj._ Shady.

_Ruddiman._

~Skugry~, _s._ _In skugry_, under covert.

_Henrysone._

SKUL, SKULL, SKOLL, _s._

1. A goblet or large bowl, for containing liquor.

_Douglas._

2. The salutation of one who is present, or the respect paid to an absent person, by expressing a wish for his health, when one is about to drink.

_Cromarty._

Isl. _skal_, _skaal_, Su. G. _skol_, Dan. _skaal_, a cup, a bowl, a drinking vessel. Su. G. _dricka skala_, bibere pateram, quando bibitur alicujus honori et memoriae; Loccen. _Dricka ens skol_, id. Ihre.

SKUL, _s._ A scullion.

_Godscroft._

Ir. _sguille_, id. Su. G. _skoel-ja_, eluere.

SKULE, _s._ An inflammatory disease affecting the palate of a horse, S.

Teut. _schuyl_, Su. G. _skalla_, id.

SKULE, SCULE, SKULL, _s._ A great collection of individuals, as of fishes, S.

_Burel._

A. S. _sceole_, coetus magnus, multitudo.

SKULES, _s. pl._ Stalls where cattle are fed, S. B.

Isl. _skiol_, Su. G. _skiul_, a covert.

SKULL, _s._ A shallow basket of a semicircular form, S.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _skiola_, vas quo arida vel liquida metiri consueverunt.

_To_ SKULT, _v. a._ To beat.

V. ~Scult~.

SKUR, _s._

1. A small horn, not fixed to the scull of an animal, but hanging by the skin, Ang.

2. The rough projecting part of a stone, Ang.

Su. G. _skoer-a_, rumpere.

SKUR, _s._ Perh. a scar, Mearns.

Isl. _skor_, incisura.

SKURYVAGE, _s._

1. A dissipated fellow, a lecher.

_Douglas._

2. A vagabond, Loth.

Lat. _scurra_ and _vag-or_.

SKURRIOUR, _s._ A scout.

V. ~Scurrour~.

SKUWES, _s. pl._ Groves.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _scua_, umbra.

_To_ SLA, _v. a._

1. To strike.

V. ~Slew~.

2. To slay, to kill.

_Wyntown._

Moes. G. _slahan_, Isl. _sla-a_, Belg. _sla_, to strike.

SLABBER, _s._ A slovenly fellow, Dumfr.

Teut. _slabber-en_, E. _to slabber_.

SLACK, _s._ An opening between hills.

V. ~Slak~.

* SLACK, _adj._

1. Slow, S. B.

2. Transferred to money, when payments are made slowly, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

3. Thinly occupied, regarding place, S.

4. Not trust-worthy; loose in conduct, S.

5. Reluctant to pay a debt, S.

A. S. _sleac_, Su. G. _slak_, remissus.

SLADE, SLAID, _s._ A hollow, a den, S. B.

_Douglas._

Isl. _slaed_, vallis; A. S. id. via in convallibus; Dan. _slet_,
Isl. _sletta_, planities.

SLAE, SLA, _s._ The sloe, S.

_Lightfoot._

A. S. _sla_, Belg. _slee_, Germ. _schleh_, id.

SLAG, _s._ A portion of any soft substance lifted up from the rest, S. B.

Isl. _slagi_, humiditas, _slagn-a_, humescere.

SLAG, SLOG, _s._ A gust.

_Maitland P._

Su. G. _slagg_, intemperies; Teut. _slegghe_, nebula.

SLAID, _s._ A valley.

V. ~Slade~.

To SLAIGER, _v. n._ To waddle in the mud, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _sleggerigh_, madidus; radically the same with _Laggery_.

_To_ SLAIK, SLAKE, _v. n._

1. To carry off and eat any thing clandestinely, especially sweetmeats, &c. S.

_Tannahill._

Germ. _schleck-en_, ligurire, suavia et dulcia appetere.

2. To kiss in a slabbering way, S.

_Lyndsay._

3. To bedaub, S.

_Glenburnie._

4. To lounge like a dog, and be content to feed on offals, S.

SLAINES, SLAYANS. _Letters of Slaines_, letters subscribed, in case of slaughter, by the wife or executors of one who had been _slain_, acknowledging that satisfaction had been given, or otherwise soliciting for the pardon of the offender.

_Acts Ja. VI._

_To_ SLAIRG, SLAIRY, SLARY, _v. a._ To bedaub, S.

Teut. _sloore_, sordida ancilla; Belg. _slorig_, sordidus; O. E.
_slorie_, sordidare.

~Slairy~, ~Slarie~, _s._

1. Any thing that bedaubs, S.

2. A part of one's food, taken so carelessly as to dirty one's clothes, S.

_To_ ~Slairt~ _about_, to go about sluggishly, S. B.

Teut. _sloordigh_, sordidus.

_To_ SLAISTER, SLYSTER, _v. n._

1. To do any thing in an awkward and dirty way, S.

_Antiquary._

2. To work in any thing moist or unctuous, S.

3. To move clumsily through a miry road, S.

Su. G. _slask-a_, humorem sordidum effundere.

_To_ ~Slaister~, _v. a._ To bedaub, S.

_Ferguson._

~Slaister~, ~Slyster~, ~Slaistery~, _s._ A heterogeneous mass, S.

_Ferguson._

SLAIT, _pret._ Slitted, cut.

_Evergreen._

_To_ SLAIT, _v. a._

1. To level.

Su. G. _slaet-a_, id.

2. To depreciate, W. Loth.

3. To abuse grossly, to maltreat.

_Guthrie._

4. To wipe.

_Ritson._

SLAITIT, _part. pa._ Exhausted with fatigue.

_Balnevis._

Teut. _slete_, tritus, _slet-en_, atterere.

SLAK, SLACK, SLAKE, _s._

1. An opening in the higher part of a hill or mountain, where it becomes less steep, and forms a sort of pass, S.

_Barbour._

2. A gap or narrow pass between two hills or mountains.

_Wyntown._

3. _The slack of the hass_, the narrowest part of the throat, Loth.

Su. G. _slak_, remissus; also, the hollow of the side.

SLAKE, SLAIK, SLEEGH, SLOKE, _s._

1. The oozy vegetable substance in the bed of rivers, S. B. _slauk._

_Stat. Acc._

2. Navel laver, S. B.

_Lightfoot._

Su. G. _slak_, laxus; as being soft and flaccid.

SLAKE, _s._ A blow on the chops.

_Kelly._

A. S. _slaege_, Su. G. Belg. _slag_, ictus.

_To_ SLAIK, _v. n._ To slacken.

_Wallace._

SLAM, SLAMMACH, _s._ A share of any thing acquired by forcible or artful means, S. B.

Su. G. _slam-a_, coacervare; _slem_, craft.

_To_ ~Slammach~, _v. a._ To seize.

_To_ SLAMMACH, SLAMACH, _v. n._ To slabber, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

Su. G. _slem_, slime, _slemig_, slimy.

SLAMMIKIN, _s._ A drab, Loth.

Su. G. _slem_, turpis, eluvies, faex, id.

SLANG, _s._ A species of cannon coinciding with the culverine.

_Complaynt S._

Teut. _slanghe_, serpens, bombarda longior.

_To_ SLANGER, _v. n._ To linger, Berwicks.

Su. G. _slingr-a_, repere.

SLAP, _s._

1. A narrow pass between two hills, S. Gl. Shirr.

_Pennecuik._

Su. G. _slapp_, remissus; Isl. _sleppi_, praecipitium convallis.

2. A breach in a wall, hedge, &c. S.

_Law Case._

_To_ ~Slap~, _v. a._ To break into gaps, S.

_Law Case._

_To_ SLAP, v. a. To separate threshed grain from the broken straw, &c. by means of a riddle, S. B.

Su. G. _slaepp-a_, to permit any thing to escape.

~Slap~, _s._ A riddle for thus separating grain, S. B.

_To_ SLASH, _v. n._ To give a slabbering kiss, S.

Isl. _slefs-a_, allambo, alligurio.

_To_ SLASH, _v. n._ To work in what is wet or flaccid, Lanerks.

Dan. _slask-er_, to paddle, to puddle.

~Slash~, _s._ A great quantity of broth, or any other sorbillaceous food, Loth.

~Slashy~, _s._ Applied to work that is both wet and dirty, S.

Sw. _slask_, wet.

SLATE, _s._ One who is slovenly and dirty, Loth. Border; _slaid_, Clydes.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _sladde_, vir habitu et moribus indecorus.

_To_ SLATE, _v. a._ To let loose; applied to dogs in hunting.

_Pal. Hon._

A. S. _slaetinge_, vestigia ferarum.

SLAUKIE, _adj._

1. Flaccid, unctuous, S. B.

V. ~Slake~.

2. Slimy, covered with _slake_, S.

3. Slow, whether in speech or motion, Ang.

Isl. _slaeki_, foemina piger.

SLAUPIE, _adj._ Indolent and slovenly, S. B.

Su. G. _slapp_, remissus; Isl. _slap-r_, homuncio sordidus.

SLAW, _adj._ Slow, S.

_K. Ja. VI._

SLE, SLEY, _adj._

1. Sly, S. _slee_.

_Doug._

2. Skilful, dexterous.

_Barbour._

3. Ingenious.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _sloeg_, Isl. _slaeg-r_, id.

SLED-SADDLE, _s._ That which is borne by a horse yoked in a cart, S. from _sled_, a sledge.

SLEDERIE, _adj._

V. ~Sliddery~.

SLEEK, _s._ Mire, slime, S.

V. ~Slik~.

SLEEK, _s._ A measure of fruits, roots, &c. containing forty pounds, S.

Perh. originally a measure of liquids; Germ. _schlauch_, a jack, a
leathern bottle.

SLEEKIT, SLEKIT, _adj._ Parasitical, deceitful, S.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _sleker_, homo blandus; Isl. _slikiare_, parasitus.

SLEENIE, _s._ A guinea, Aberd.

_Skinner._

A. S. _slean_, to strike; _slaegen_, struck.

SLEEPERY, _adj._

V. ~Slippery~.

SLEEPIES, _s. pl._ Field brome grass, from its supposed soporific quality, S.

SLEETH, _s._ A sluggard, Aberd.

_Forbes._

A. S. _slaewth_, sloth; Isl. _sliar_, hebes, sleita, torpor animi.

_To_ SLEIF, _v. n._ To slip.

_K. Hart._

Alem. _sliaf-an_, to glide.

SLEITCHOCK, _s._ A nattering woman, Perths.

Dan. _sledsk-er_, to wheedle.

SLEKIT, _adj._ Deceitful.

V. ~Sleekit~.

SLENK, _s._ A piece of low craft.

_Sir Gawan._

Germ. _schlaenke_, doli; Isl. _slungin_, callidus.

SLEPERYE, _adj._

V. ~Slippery~.

_To_ SLERG, _v. a._ To bedaub, Loth.

Belg. _slorig_, sordidus.

_Ramsay._

SLETT, _s._ L. _flet_, q. v.

_Kelly._

SLEUTH, _s._ Sloth; A. S. _slewth_.

_Doug._

~Sleuth~, ~Slueth~, _adj._ Slothful.

_Diallog._

_To_ ~Sleuth~, _v. a._ To neglect, or to do work carelessly, S. B.

_Pitscottie._

_To_ ~Sleuth~, _v. n._ To linger.

_Douglas._

SLEUTH, _s._ The tract of man or beast, as known by the scent.

_Barbour._

~Sleuth-hund~, ~Slouth-hund~, ~Sloith-hund~, ~Sloth-brache~, ~Slough-dog~, _s._ A blood-hound.

_Barbour._

Isl. _slod_, semita, vestigia; Ir. _sliocht_, a tract.

SLEW FYR, struck fire.

_Barbour._

Teut. _vier-sla-en_, excutere ignem.

SLEWYT, _pret._ Slipped.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _slaa knut_, nodum nectere.

_To_ SLICHT, _v. a._ To contrive.

_Doug._

Isl. _slaegd_, fraus, dolus.

SLICHT, SLIGHT, _adj._ Worthless, S.

_Spalding._

Su. G. _slaet karl_, homo flocci.

SLICK-WORM, _s._ A worm bred in the ooze of rivers, S.

V. ~Slik~.

_Statist. Acc._

SLID, SLYD, SLIDE, _adj._

1. Slippery, S.

_Douglas._

2. Mutable, uncertain.

_Pal. Hon._

3. Cajoling, wheedling, S.

A. S. _slith_, sliddery.

~Slidness~, _s._

1. Slipperiness, S.

2. Smoothness of versification.

_Ramsay._

~Slidder~, _adj._ Unstable, variable.

_Lynds._

~Slidder~, _s._ Slipperiness.

_Pal. Hon._

_To_ ~Slidder~, _v. a._ To pronounce indistinctly, S.

Teut. _slidder-en_, celeriter tendere; Isl. _slodr-ar_, balbutio.

~Sliddery~, ~Sliddry~, ~Slederie~, _adj._

1. Slippery, S.

_Douglas._

2. Escaping one's grasp, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

3. Deceitful, S.

~Slidernes~, _s._ Slipperiness.

_Henrysone._

SLIDDER, _adj._ Slow, inactive.

_Maitland P._

Isl. _slidra_, torpor; _slidrulegr_, tardus, lentus.

SLIDDERY, _adj._ (pron. _slithry_) Loose and flaccid; a term applied to food, S. B.

Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere; _slodder_, laxus.

* _To_ SLIDE, _v. n._ To fib, S.

SLIEVE-FISH, _s._ The cuttle-fish. Loth.

_Sibbald._

_To_ SLIGHT, _v. a._ To dismantle.

_Wodrow._

Teut. _slicht-en_, solo aequare, diruere.

SLYGOOSE, _s._ The shieldrake, Orkn.

_Pennant._

SLIK, SLIKE, _s._

1. Slime, S. _sleek_.

_Barbour._

2. The slimy shore.

_Douglas._

Teut. _slyck_, Germ. _schlick_, coenum, lutum.

SLIK, Perhaps, slipped.

_Sir Gawan._

Su. G. _slink-a_, slip, from _slik-a_, to creep.

SLIM, _adj._

1. Slight, not sufficient, S.

2. Naughty, worthless, S.

Isl. _slaem-r_, vile, Dan. _slem_, bad, naughty.

_To_ ~Slim o'er~, _v. a._ To do anything carelessly and insufficiently, S.

_To_ SLING, _v. n._ To walk with a long step, S.

Su. G. _slaeng-a_, jactare, valide movere.

~Sling~, _s._ A long walk. Loth.

SLINK, _s._

1. The flesh of an animal prematurely brought forth, S.

_Stat. Acc._

2. Ill-fed veal in general, S.

Sw. _slyn-a_, carion; Germ. _schlenk-en_, abjicere.

3. A worthless character, S.

_Antiquary._

~Slink~, _adj._ Not fed.

_Statist. Acc._

SLINKIE, _adj._ Tall and slender, lank, S.

Dan. _slunken_, lank, scraggy.

SLINKIN, _s._ Deceit, Fife.

_A. Douglas._

~Slinkin~, _part. adj._ Deceitful, ibid.

A. S. _slinc-an_, to creep.

SLIP, _s._ A certain quantity of yarn, as it comes from the reel; containing twelve _cuts_, S.

SLIP, SLYP, _s._

1. A low draught carriage, a dray without wheels.

_Wallace._

Germ. _schleife_, traha, _schleif-en_, to draw.

2. A wooden frame set on the top of a cart, for enlarging its size, S. B.

SLYP, SLYPE, _s._ A coarse fellow, Aberd. Gl. Skinner.

_Journ. Lond._

Isl. _slap-r_, homuncio sordidus; _slaep-a_, longurio.

_To_ SLYPE, _v. a._ To fall over, as a wet furrow from the plough, Ayrs. E. _slip_.

Teut. _slipp-en_, delabi.

_Burns._

SLIPPERY, SLEPERYE, SLEEPERY, _adj._

1. Causing sleep.

_Doug._

2. Overpowered with sleep, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

Teut. _slaeperigh_, somnolentus.

SLYRE, _s._ A kind of fine lawn.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Germ. _schleyer_, a scarf, a vail.

_To_ SLYSTER.

V. ~Slaister~.

_To_ SLYTE, _v. n._ To move easily or smoothly, Loth.

Isl. _slitta_, aequare, planum reddere.

_To_ SLO, _v. a._ To slay.

_Maitland P._

SLOGAN, _s._ War-cry, or gathering word of a clan, S.

V. ~Slughorn~.

_Minstr. Bord._

SLOGG, SLAGG, _s._ A slough.

_Gl. Sibb._

A. S. _slog_, id.

~Sloggy~, _adj._ Slimy, marshy.

_Douglas._

SLOGGIS, _s. pl._ Blasts.

V. ~Slag~.

SLOITH, _s._

V. ~Sleuth-hund~.

SLOKE, _s._

V. ~Slake~.

_To_ SLOKIN, _v. a._

1. To quench, in regard to fire, S.

_Douglas._

2. To allay thirst, S.

_Hudson._

3. To assuage heat of passion.

_Dunbar._

4. To extinguish the claims of an opponent; in a forensic sense.

_Balfour._

Su. G. _slockn-a_, extinguere; from _slaeck-a_, id.

SLONG, SLOUNG, _s._ A sling; slung, S. B.

_Bellenden._

Isl. _slunga_, _sloengwa_, Su. G. _sliunga_, id.

SLONK, _s._ A mire, a ditch.

_Wallace._

Belg. _sleyncke_, lacuna, fovea.

_To_ ~Slonk~, ~Slunk~, _v. n._

1. To wade through a mire, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To sink in mind, S. O.

_To_ SLOOM, _v. n._ To slumber, S. B.

_Pop. Ball._

Teut. _sluym-en_, leviter dormire.

~Sloomy corn~, grain which is not well filled, S.; q. what slumbers in the growth.

_Callander._

SLOP, _s._ A gap.

V. ~Slap~.

_Barbour._

_To_ ~Slop~, _v. a._

1. To make a gap.

_Doug._

2. To hew down.

_Douglas._

3. _To slop throw_, to pierce.

_Bellenden._

SLOP, _s._ A compact body.

_Wallace._

Teut. _slepp_, agmen.

_To_ SLORP, _v. a._ To swallow ungracefully; making a noise with the mouth or throat, S. A.

Isl. _slupra_, id.; or O. Teut. _slorpe_, vorago.

SLORPING, _adj._ Tawdry, Roxb.

_Gl. Sibb._

Su. G. _slurfwig_, incuriosus, sordidus.

_To_ SLOT, _v. a._ To fasten by a bolt, S.

_Ruddiman._

Belg. _sluyt-en_, Su. G. _slut-a_, claudere.

~Slot~, _s._

1. A bar, a bolt, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _slot_, Belg. _sluyt_, sera, obex.

2. Applied to the mind.

_Rutherford._

3. A cross-spar fastening the _bulls_ of a harrow, Ang.

SLOT, _s._

1. _Slot of a hill_, a hollow in a hill, or between two ridges, S.

Isl. _slod-r_, res humilis et depressa.

2. _Slot of the breast_, pit of the stomach, S.

SLOT, _s._ Uncertain.

_Barbour._

SLOT, _s._ A sum of money, S. B.

_To_ SLOTH, _v. a._

V. ~Sleuth~, _v._

_To_ SLOTTER, _v. n._

1. To pass time sluggishly, S.

_Douglas._

2. To act in a slovenly manner, Loth.

_Douglas._

Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere.

~Slottry~, _adj._ Drowsy, inactive, Loth.

_Douglas._

SLOUNG, _s._ A sling.

V. ~Slong~.

_To_ SLOUNGE, _v. n._ To go about in an indolent way, especially as catering for a dinner, S.

Dan. _slong-er_, Germ. _schlungel-n_, to saunter.

~Sloungin-like~, _adj._ Having a downcast look; or moving like one much fatigued, S.

SLOUPE, _s._ A stupid silly fellow, S. A.

_Gl. Complaynt._

Isl. _sliov-r_, _sliof_, hebes; or the same with ~Slyp~, q. v.

SLOUSSIS, L. _floussis_.

V. ~Flouss~.

_Barbour._

SLOUTH-HUND, _s._

V. ~Sleuth-hund~.

_To_ SLUBBER, _v. a._

1. To swallow, so as to make a noise with the throat, S.

2. To do any thing carelessly.

_Z. Boyd._

Su. G. _slabbr-a_, avide deglutire, Isl. _slupr-a_, Dan. _slubr-e_,
mollia ingurgitare.

~Slubber~, _s._ The act of swallowing as described above, S.

~Slubbery~, _adj._ Applied to flaccid food, in swallowing which a noise is made by the throat, S.

Teut. _slobber-en_, flaccidum esse.

_To_ SLUDDER, (pron. _sluther_), _v. a._ The same with ~Slubber~, S. sense 1.

~Sluddery~, _adj._ Soft, flaccid, Fife.

Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere.

_To_ SLUDDER, _v. a._ To slur, to articulate indistinctly, S. B.

V. ~Slidder~, _v._

SLUGGIED, _pret._ Swallowed greedily, Moray.

_Pop. Ball._

Teut. _slock-en_, Su. G. _sluk-a_, Dan. _slug-e_, deglutire.

SLUGHORNE, SLOGGORNE, _s._

1. The watch-word used by troops in the field, S., _slogan_, S. A.

_Douglas._

2. Hereditary designation, appellation of a tribe.

_Bellenden._

Ir. _sluagh_, an army, and _corn_, a horn.

3. A peculiar quality viewed as inherent in those of one family or race.

_Ruddiman._

SLUMP, _s._ A remnant, S. B., Sw. id.

SLUMP, _s._ _By slump_, altogether, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _slump_, totum aliquod.

~Slump~, _adj._ Taken in gross, S.

_Wodrow._

~Slumpert~, _s._ A large quantity; properly, what is not measured, S. B.

SLUNG, _s._ A sling.

V. ~Slong~.

SLUNKIE, _s._ A tall thin person.

V. ~Slinkie~.

SLUSCH, SLUSH, _s._

1. Plashy ground, S.

_Ruddiman._

2. Snow, in a state of liquefaction, S.

_Gl. Complaynt._

Su. G. _slask_, humor quicunque sordidus.

SLUTE, _adj._ Slovenly.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _slodde_, sordida et inculta mulier.

~Sluttrie~, _adj._ Slovenly, Loth.

SMA, _adj._ Small, S.

Alem. _sma_, Su. G. _smaa_, tenuis.

SMACHRY, _s._ Trash; a hodge-podge, S. B.

_Journ. Lond._

Isl. _smaelke_, quisquiliae.

_To_ SMAD, _v. a._ To stain, to discolour.

_Houlate._

Su. G. _smet-a_, Belg. _smett-en_, to soil.

~Smad~, _s._ A stain of any kind, S. B.

Belg. _smette_, id.; Teut. _smadde_, convitium.

SMAICHER, _s._ (gutt.) A fondling term for a child, S. B.

Su. G. _smekr-a_, blandiri.

_To_ SMAICHER, _v. n._ To eat clandestinely, especially what is agreeable to the palate, Ang.

Alem. _smechare_, delicatus; _smak-a_, gustare.

SMAIK, _s._ A mean fellow, S.

_Chr. Kirk._

Isl. _smeik-r_, pusillanimis.

~Smaik~, _adj._ Small, puny.

_Dunbar._

~Smaikrie~, _s._

1. Pusillanimity.

_P. 16th Cent._

2. Roguery.

_Leg. St Androis._

SMAIR-DOKEN, _s._ Common dock, S. B.

Teut. _smaer_, Isl. _smyr_, unguentum.

_To_ SMAIRIE, _v. a._ To besmear, S. B.

Teut. _smeer-en_, linere, unguere.

SMALE FOLK, those of the lower class.

_Wyntown._

SMALIE, _adj._ Little, puny, S. B.

Isl. _smalig_, Germ. _smalik_, id.

_To_ SMASH, _v. a._

1. To shiver, S.

2. To hew down, in battle, S.

_Burns._

3. To beat severely, S.

Germ. _schmeiss-en_, to beat.

~Smash~, _s._

1. The state of being shivered, S.

_Journal Lond._

2. The shreds of any thing broken, S.

3. The sound of breaking, S.

Gael. _smuais_, broken in shivers.

SMATCHET, SMATCHED, SMATCHER, _s._

1. A contemptuous term for a man.

_Leg. St Androis._

2. Applied in the same sense to a child, S.; perhaps from _small_ and _chit_.

_Montgomerie._

_To_ SMATTER, _v. n._

1. To be busily engaged about trivial matters, S.

2. To deal in small wares, S.

3. _To smatter awa'_, to spend in a trifling way, S.

4. _To smatter awa'_, to consume victuals, by eating often, and little at a time, S.

~Smatters~, _s. pl._

1. Trifles. S.

2. Small sums, S.

SMATTIS, _s. pl._ New ale.

_Maitland P._

Teut. _smets_, praedulcis, mulseus.

SMEDDUM, _s._

1. The powder of ground malt, Ang.

2. Powder, of whatever kind, S. O.

_Burns._

3. Quickness of apprehension, S.

_Morison._

4. Spirit, mettle, S.

_Skinner._

5. Good sense and spirit united, S. B.

_Gl. Moray._

A. S. _smedma_, similago, pollen, the finest part of grain; thence
transferred to the mind.

_To_ SMEEK, _v. a._

1. To smoke, S.

A. S. _smec-an_.

_Ferguson._

2. To dry by smoke, S. B.

~Smeek, Smeik~, _s._ Smoke, S.

A. S. _smec_, id.

_Burns._

SMEETH, _adj._ Smooth, S. B.

A. S. _smethe_, id.

_Wyntown._

~Smeethly~, ~Smethely~, _adv._ Smoothly, S. B.

_Wyntown._

SMELT, _s._ The fry of salmon, S.

V. ~Smolt~.

SMERGH, _s._

1. Marrow, S. B.

2. Vigour of body in general, S. B.

3. Transferred to the mind, S. B.

_Beattie._

Gael. _smior_, id. Isl. pinguedo; Teut. _merghe_, with the
sibilation prefixed.

~Smerghless~, ~Smearless~, _adj._

1. Pithless, S. B.

_Ross._

2. Insipid, languid, S. B.

_Journ. Lond._

3. Senseless, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

SMERVY, _adj._ Savoury, S. B.

_Ross._

Dan. _marv_, marrow; _s_ prefixed.

SMEWY, _adj._ Savoury, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

Dan. _smag_, savour, _smag-e_, to taste.

SMY, _s._ Perhaps, flatterer.

_Dunbar._

Dan. _smy-er_, to fawn, to flatter.

SMIDDY, _s._ A smith's work shop, S.

_Ruddiman._

Sw. _smedia_, A. S. _smiththe_, fabrile.

_To_ SMIKKER, _v. n._ To smile in a seducing manner.

_Gl. Sibb._

Sw. _smikr-a_, Dan. _smigr-e_, blandiri.

SMIRIKIN, SMEERIKIN, _s._ A hearty kiss, S. _smurachin_, Fife.

Su. G. _smirk-a_, to caress.

_To_ SMIRKLE, SMIRTLE, SMURTLE, _v. n._ To laugh in a suppressed way, S.

_Knox._

A. S. _smerc-ian_, subridere.

SMIT, _s._ A clashing noise.

_Minstr. Bord._

Teut. _smete_, ictus concussio.

_To_ SMIT, SMYT, _v. a._

1. To stain.

_Wyntown._

2. To infect, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _smit-an_, Su. G. _smitt-a_, inquinare.

~Smittle~, _adj._ Infectious, S.

_Ramsay._

Belg. _smettelick_, id.

~Smit~, ~Smyt~, _s._

1. A stain.

_Bannatyne P._

2. Used in a moral sense.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _smitta_, Belg. _smette_, macula.

SMYTRIE, _s._ A numerous collection of small individuals, Ayrs.

V. ~Smatters~.

_Burns._

SMLEFANGER, _s._ Sibbald.

SMOKE, _s._ An inhabited house, S.

_Stat. Acc._

SMOLT, SMOUT, _adj._ Clear, mild; applied to the weather.

_Douglas._

A. S. _smolt_, Su. G. _smylter_, serenus.

SMOLT, SMELT, SMELTE, _s._

1. The fry of salmon, S. _smout_.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Su. G. _smol-a_, to crumble; _smotti_, frustulum.

2. Used to denote a child. S.

SMOOTRIKIN, _adj._ Tiny and active.

_Old Song._

Allied perhaps to _smiadr-a_, adulari.

_To_ SMORE, SMURE, SMOIR, _v. a._

1. To smother with smoke, S.

_Journ. Lond._

2. To choke, to suppress.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

3. To extinguish, Aberd.

4. To conceal, to hide, S.

_Douglas._

5. To prevent legal prosecution.

_Balfour._

A. S. _smor-an_, Teut. _smoor-en_, suffocare, extinguere.

_To_ ~Smore~, ~Smure~, _v. n._ To suffocate, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Smor'd thow.~

V. ~Thow~.

SMOT, SMOTE, SMOIT, _s._

1. A stain, in general, S. B.

_Bannatyne P._

2. The mouldiness which gathers on what is kept in a damp place.

_Ibid._

3. The distinguishing mark put on sheep, S. A.

4. Moral pollution.

_Knox._

Su. G. _smuts_, Germ. _schmutz_, macula.

_To_ ~Smot~, _v. a._

1. To stain.

V. ~Smad~.

_Douglas._

2. To mark with ruddle, tar, &c. S.

SMOTTRIT, _part. pr._ Besmeared.

V. ~Besmottrit~.

_Douglas._

SMOUPSIE, _s._ A stripling, S. B.

_To_ SMOUTTER, _v. n._ To eat often, although little at a time, S. B.

Su. G. _smutt-a_, pitissare, from _smaa_, parvus.

_To_ SMUE, or SMUDGE, _v. n._ To laugh in one's sleeve. Loth.

Germ. _schmuts-en_, subridere.

SMUGLY, _adj._ Amorous, sly, being at the same time well dressed.

_Gl. Sibb._

Su. G. _smyck-a_, Belg. _smuyck-en_, ornare.

SMULACHIN, _adj._ Puny, looking poorly, S. B.

Gael. _smeilag_, a pale puny female.

SMURACHIN, _s._

V. ~Smirikin~.

_To_ SMURE, _v. a._

V. ~Smore~.

SMURR, _s._ A drizzling rain, Ayrs. Lanerks.

Teut. _smoor_, fumus, vapor.

_To_ SMURTLE, _v. n._

V. ~Smirtle~.

SMURLIN, _s._ The Mya truncata.

_Neill._

SMUSH, _s._ A sulphurous smell, caused by smoke and dust, Fife.

Germ. _schmutz_, dirt, nastiness.

SNAB, _s._ The projecting part of a rock or hill, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Belg. _snabbe_, a beak or snout.

SNAB, _s._ A shoemaker's or cobler's boy, S. A. _snob_, S. B.

Teut. _snipp-en_, to cut.

SNACK, _adj._

1. Quick in action.

_Semple._

Isl. _snogg_, celer, citus.

2. Quick of apprehension, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Applied to the product of genius.

_Id._

~Snackly~, _adv._

1. Cleverly, S.

2. With intelligence, S.

_Ramsay._

~Snackie~, _adj._ Full of tricks and quirks.

_Pop. Ball._

SNACK, _s._ A slight repast, S.

V. ~Snak~.

_Ramsay._

_To_ SNACK, _v. n._ To snap as a dog.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ SNAG, _v. n._ To snarl, Fife.

Teut. _snack-en_, latrare, gannire; Isl. _snagg-a_, litigare.

~Snaggy~, _adj._ Sarcastical, Fife.

_A. Doug._

~Snaggin~, _s._ Raillery.

_A. Douglas._

_To_ ~Snagger~, _v. n._ To snarl.

_Ruddiman._

SNAK, _s._ The gnashing of a dog's teeth, when he aims at his prey, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _snack-en_, hianti ore captare.

_To_ SNAP _up, v.a._

1. To eat hastily, S.

2. To lay hold of suddenly, S.

_Baillie._

Su. G. _snapp-a_, to catch hastily.

_To_ SNAP, _v. n._ To make a hasty attempt to speak.

_A. Nicol._

Belg. _snapp-en_, to tattle impudently.

~Snapsy~, _adj._ Tart, S. B.

_A. Nicol._

~Snappert~, _adj._ Tart, hasty, S. B.

Isl. _snaefur_, tart, Teut. _snapper_, loquacious.

SNAP. _In a snap_, in a moment, S. B.

Belg. _met een snap_, id.

_Ross._

~Snaply~, _adv._ hastily, S. B.

_Ross._

Teut. _snap_, raptus.

SNAP DYKE, a stone fence, from four to six feet in height, strong and firmly locked together at the top, S. O.

Teut. _snap_, interceptio.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SNAPPER, _v. n._

1. To stumble, S.

_Kelly._

2. To get into a scrape, S.

_Maitland P._

Su. G. _snafw-a_, titubare; _snabb_, celer.

~Snapper~, _s._

1. A stumble, S.

2. A failure as to morals, S.

_R. Bruce._

SNAP-WORK, SNAPWARK, _s._ A firelock.

_Cleland._

Belg. _snaphaan_, a _cock_ that _snaps_.

SNARRE, _adj._

1. Tart, severe. S. B.

2. Rigid, firm to the grasp, S. B.

Isl. _snar_, acer; Belg. _snar_, snarling.

_To_ SNASH, _v. n._ To talk saucily, S.

Su. G. _snaes-a_, verbis asperioribus corripere.

~Snash~, _s._ Abuse, Billingsgate, S.

_Burns._

~Snash~, _adj._ Pert, saucy, S.

_Morison._

SNATCH, _s._ A hasty repast.

V. ~Snack~, _s._

_Boswell._

SNAW, _s._ Snow, S. _snauw_, S. B.

_Minstr. Bord._

A. S. _snaw_, id. Belg. _sneeuw_.

~Snaw-bru~, ~Snaw-broo~, _s._ Snow-water, S.

_Burns._

~Snawie~, _adj._ Snowy, S.

_Burns._

_To_ SNECK, SNEG, _v. a._

1. To cut with a sudden stroke of a sharp instrument, S.

_Ramsay._

2. _To sneg off at the web's end_, to cut off one's hopes, S.

_Ramsay._

Germ. _schneck-en_, scindere.

3. _To sneck_ with lime, to make indentations in a wall, filling the blanks with lime; or, in building, to insert a small quantity between the stones in the outer side, S.

~Sneck, Sneg~, _s._ A small incision, a cut suddenly given, S.

_Ross._

SNECK, SNICK, _s._

1. The latch of a door, S.

_Ross._

Teut. _snack-en_, captare.

2. A small bolt, S.

_To_ ~Sneck~ _the door_, to fix it by a latch, S.

_Ross._

~Sneck-drawer~, ~Snick-drawer~, _s._ _Auld sneck-drawer_, one who, from long experience, has acquired great facility in doing any thing; generally used in a bad sense, S.

_Pop. Ball._

~Sneck-drawin~, _adj._ Crafty, S.

_Burns._

_To_ SNED, _v. a._

1. To prune; S., _snath_, S. Bor.

_Ruddiman._

2. To lop off, S.

_Burns._

3. To remove excrescences.

_Z. Boyd._

4. To emasculate, S.

Teut. _snijd-en_, secare; castrare.

~Sneddins~, _s. pl._ Prunings, or twigs lopped off, S.

Teut. _snede_, a slice.

SNEER, _s._

1. The act of inhalation by the nostrils, Fife.

2. A snort, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

SNEESHIN, SNEEZING, _s._

1. Snuff, S.

_Ritson._

2. A pinch of snuff, S.

_Meston._

~Sneeshin-mill~, ~Snishin-box~, _s._ A snuff-box, S.

_Colvil._

_To_ SNEG, _v. a._ To cut.

V. ~Sneck~.

_To_ SNEIR, _v. n._ Perh. move swiftly.

_Bannatyne P._

Isl. _snar-a_, celeriter auferre.

SNEIRLY, _adv._ In derision.

_Burel._

SNEIST, _s._ A taunt, Loth.

V. ~Snisty~.

SNEITH, _adj._ Uncertain.

_Douglas._

SNELL, _adj._

1. Keen, severe, S.

_Wallace._

2. Sharp, piercing; applied to the temperature of the air, S.

_Douglas._

3. Sarcastic; transferred to language.

_Ross._

4. Firm, determined, S.

_Ramsay._

5. Acute; in relation to mind, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _snel_, Su. G. Teut. _snell_, acer, alacer.

~Snelly~, _adv._

1. Sharply, S.

_Shirrefs._

2. Keenly; applied to the weather, S.

_Ferguson._

_To_ SNERE, SNEER, _v. a._ To breathe forth.

Isl. _snerri_, sternutatio.

_Doug._

SNET. L. _suet_, q. v.

_Barbour._

_To_ SNIB _a door_, to fasten it with a small bolt, S.

E. and S. _snib_, q. to put a _check_ on it.

_To_ SNIB _a candle_, to snuff it, Loth.

Su. G. _snopp-a_, emungere; de candela.

_To_ SNIFFLE, _v. n._ To be slow in motion or action, S.

Belg. _snefel-en_, to hesitate.

SNIFTER, _s._

1. A severe blast, S.

_Ross._

Isl. _snaefur_, frigidus, austerus.

2. Any sudden reverse of fortune, S.

3. A cutting repartee, S. B.

4. The effect of a strong purgative, S. B.

_To_ SNIFTER, _v. n._ To sniff, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _snyfst-a_, id.

~Snifters~, _s. pl._ Stoppage of the nostrils from cold.

_To_ SNYP, _v. n._ To nip.

_Douglas._

Belg. _snipp-en_, id.

SNIPE, _s._ A sarcasm, Loth.

Isl. _sneipa_, convitium; _sneip-a_, contumelia afficere.

~Snippy~, _adj._ Tart in speech, S.

Isl. _snaef-ur_, acer, austerus.

SNIPPY, _s._ One who, in using the scissars, gives too short measure, Ang.

Teut. _snipp-en_, secare.

SNIPPIT, _adj._ Applied to a horse with a white face, S. B.

SNIPPIT, _adj._ _A snippit niz_, a snub nose, Ang.

Isl. _snoppa_, rostrum.

SNISTER, _s._ A severe blast in the face, Ang.

SNISTY, _adj._ Saucy in language or demeanour, S. B.

Su. G. _snaes-a_, Isl. _snefs-a_, to chide severely.

_To_ SNITE, _v. a._ To snuff; applied to a candle, S.

Su. G. _snyta liuset_, emungere lucernam.

SNYTH, _s._ The coot, Orkn.

_Barry._

Su. G. _snoed_, bald, from its head.

_To_ SNOCKER, _v. n._ To snort, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

Dan. _snorck-er_, Belg. _snork-en_, id.

~Snocker~, _s._ A snort, S.

SNOD, _adj._

1. Lopped, pruned, S.

_Hudson._

2. Neat; regarding the shape.

_Doug._

3. Trim, S.; synon. _trig_.

_R. Galloway._

4. Transferred to literary compositions.

The pret. of the _v._ ~Sned~.

_R. Galloway._

_To_ ~Snod~, _v. a._

1. To prune, S.

2. To put in order, S.

_Ferguson._

_To_ SNOIF, _v. a._ To whirl, applied to the spindle.

V. ~Snoove~.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _sno_, contorquere.

SNOIT, _s._ Mucus from the nose.

A. S. _snote_, id.

_Watson._

_To_ SNOKE, SNOOK, SNOWK, _v. n._

1. To smell at objects like a dog, S. Douglas.

2. To range, prying into every corner, S.

Su. G. _snok-a_, insidiose scrutari.

SNOOD, _s._ A short hair-line, to which a fishing-hook is tied, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _snod_, funiculus; _sno_, to twist.

SNOOD, SNOID, SNUDE, _s._ A fillet with which the hair of a young woman's head is bound up, S.

_Pennant._

A. S. _snod_, vitta.

_To_ ~Snood~, _v. a._ To bind up the hair with a fillet, S.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ SNOOK, _v. n._

V. ~Snoke~.

_To_ SNOOL, _v. a._ To subjugate by tyrannical means, pron. _snule_, S.

Dan. _snovl-er_, to snub.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Snool~, _v. n._ To submit tamely, S.

_Burns._

~Snool~, _s._ One who meanly subjects himself to the authority of another.

_Ramsay._

_To_ SNOOVE, (pron. _snuve_), _v. n._

1. To move smoothly and constantly, S.

2. To walk with an equal and steady pace, S.

_Burns._

3. _To snuve awa'_, to sneak off, S.

Ir. _snoimh-am_, nere, torquere.

SNORL, _s._ A difficulty, a scrape, S. B.

Su. G. _snoere_, Teut. _snoer_, funis.

SNOTTER, _s._

1. Snot at a child's nose, S.

2. Any thing that has no value.

_Cleland._

Fland. _snotter_, rheuma, catarrhus.

_To_ ~Snotter~, _v. n._ To breathe hard through the nostrils.

_Ramsay._

SNOW-FLAKE, SNOW-FLIGHT, SNOW-FOWL, _s._ Snow-bunting, S.

_Statist. Acc._

SNUDE, _s._

V. ~Snood~, _s._ 2.

SNUFFE, _s._ A disorder in the nostrils.

_Watson._

Teut. _snuf_, defluxio capitis ad nares.

_To_ SNUG, _v. a._

1. To push with the head or horn, Ang.

2. To reprimand with severity, Ang.

Isl. _snaegg-ia_, duris et asperis verbis excipere.

~Snug~, _s._ A stroke, a push, Ang.

SNUGS, _s. pl._ Small branches lopped off from a tree, S. B.

V. ~Sneck~.

SNUK, SNUKE, _s._ A small promontory.

Teut. _snoecks_, nasutulus.

_Wallace._

_To_ SNURL, _v. a._ To ruffle or wrinkle.

Dan. _snurd-a_, ruga.

_Ramsay._

_To_ SNURL, _v. n._ To contract like hard twisted yarn, S. O.

_Gl. Sibb._

Isl. _snurd-a_, id.

~Snurlie~, _adj._ Knotty, S. B.

SOAKIE, _adj._ Plump, in full habit, Loth.

SOAM, _s._

V. ~Sowme~.

SOB, _s._ A land-storm, S. B.

V. ~Summer-sob~.

SOBIR, SOBYR, SOBER, _adj._

1. Poor, mean, S.

Belg. _sobere_, id.

_Douglas._

2. Little, small, S.

_Rollocke._

3. Weak, feeble.

_Bannatyne P._

4. In a poor state of health, S.

5. Sometimes denoting a moderate state of health, S.

6. Applied to a person or thing that does not merit commendation, S.

_To_ ~Sober, Sobyr~, _v. a._ To compose, to keep under, S.

_Wallace._

SOC, SOCK, SOK, _s._ The right of a baron, to hold a court within his own domains, S.

A. S. _soc_, curia, jurisdictio.

~Soccoman~, ~Sockman~, _s._

1. One who holds lands by soccage.

_Reg. Maj._

2. A tenant subjected to certain restrictions, and bound to perform certain services, Aberd.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ SOCHER, (gutt.) _v. n._ To make much of one's self, to live delicately, particularly by the use of palatable draughts, S.

Gael. _socair_, ease, rest; _sogh_, delicacy.

SOCK, SOK, _s._ A ploughshare, S.

Fr. _soc_, id.

_Pal. Hon._

SODDIS, SODDS, _s. pl._ A sort of saddle used by the lower classes, made of cloth stuffed, S.

_Maitland P._

A. S. _seod_, pl. _seodas_, a sack.

SODIOUR, _s._ A soldier.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _sodoier_, id.

SODROUN, SUDROUN, SOTHROUN, _s._

1. Englishmen.

_Wallace._

2. The English language, as distinguished from the Scottish.

_Douglas._

Q. _southern_, A. S. _sutherne_.

SOY, _s._ Silk.

Fr. _soye_.

_Ritson._

SOILYIE, _s._ Soil.

V. ~Sulye~.

SOYME, _s._ A rope.

V. ~Sowme~.

SOIT, SOYT, _s._

1. An assize.

_Stat. Rob. II._

2. Attendance on an overlord by his vassals, in the court held by him.

_Skene._

Fr. _suite_, sequela.

~Soytour~, ~Soyter~, _s._

1. One appearing in a court, as the vassal of another.

_Skene._

2. One employed by another to manage his business in court.

_Quon. Att._

SOITH, _s._ Truth.

A. S. _soth_.

_Douglas._

~Soithfast~, _adj._

V. ~Suthfast~.

_To_ SOKE, _v. n._ To slacken, Pink.

Teut. _swijck-en_, to subside.

_K. Hart._

SOLACE, _s._ Sport.

_Douglas._

~Solacious~, _s._ Cheerful.

_Barbour._

SOLAND, SOLAND GOOSE, _s._ The gannet, S.

_Houlate._

Norw. _sule_, Isl. _sula_, id.

_To_ SOLD, _v. a._ To solder.

_Acts Ja. IV._

Fr. _soud-er_, Ital. _sold-are_, id.

SOLD, _s._

1. A weight, ingot, S. _sowd_.

_Douglas._

2. Money in general.

_Wallace._

Teut. _sold_, _soud_, stipendium; A. S. _seod_, a purse.

SOLESHOE, _s._ A piece of iron on that part of a plough on which the share is fixed, Fife.

Su. G. _sko_, denotes whatever strengthens the extremity of any
thing.

SOLYEING, _s._ The act of solving.

O. Fr. _sol-er_, soivere.

_Priests Peblis._

SOLIST, _adj._ Careful, anxious; Lat. _solicit-us_.

_Compl. S._

_To_ SOLIST, _v. a._ To solicit.

_Douglas._

~Solistare~, _s._ A solicitor.

_Acts Ja. V._

SON, _s_. The sun.

Belg. _son_, id.

_Douglas._

SONCE, _s._ Prosperity.

V. ~Sons~.

_To_ SONYIE, SUNYIE, _v. n._

1. To care, to regard.

_Bannatyne P._

2. To be anxious, as implying a fearful apprehension of the future.

_Wallace._

3. To be diligent.

_Lyndsay._

4. Denoting hesitation, in consequence of anxious thought.

_Bellenden._

Fr. _soign-er_, to care, to be diligent.

~Sonyhe~, ~Sunye~, _s._

1. Care.

_Wallace._

2. Anxiety.

_Priests Peblis._

3. Pains, industry.

_Montgomerie._

Fr. _soing_, care, diligence.

_To_ SONK, _v. n._ To drivel, to loiter.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _siunk-a_, to sink; _sink-a_, tardare.

SONK, _s._

1. Such a seat as may be used as a couch.

_Douglas._

A. S. _song_, Su. G. _saeng_, a couch.

2. A grassy seat, S.

_Douglas._

3. A wreath of straw, used as a cushion, or a load saddle.

_Godscroft._

SONOUNDAY, _s._ Sunday.

_Barbour._

A. S. _sunnan-daeg_, id.

SONS, SONCE, _s._

1. Prosperity, felicity, Loth.

_Dunbar._

2. Abundance.

_Wyntown._

Gael. Ir. _sonas_, prosperity, happiness.

~Sonsy~, ~Sonse~, _adj._

1. Lucky, fortunate, S. B.

_Lyndsay._

2. Good-humoured, well-conditioned, S.

_Pop. Ball._

3. Having a pleasant look, S.

_Burns._

4. Plump, thriving, S.

_Ramsay._

5. Denoting fullness, conjoined with cordiality in the host.

_Kelly._

_To_ SOOCH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To swill, S.

E. _swig_; Isl. _siug-a_, sorbeo.

~Sooch~, _s._ A copious draught, S.

_To_ SOOGH, _v. n._

V. ~Souch~, _v._

SOOTH, _adj._ True, S.

V. ~Soith~.

_Kelly._

SOOTY-SKON, _s._ A cake baked with _soot_, to be eaten on _Halloween_, S. B.

SOP, _s._ A slight meal.

V. ~Soup~.

_Barbour._

SOP, _s._ Juice, moisture.

_Douglas._

Teut. _sop_, liquamen, liquor.

SOP, SOPE, _s._

1. A crowd.

_Barbour._

2. Any body, consisting of a variety of parts or particles conjoined.

_Douglas._

Isl. _sopp-ur_, pila, sphaera.

_To_ SOPE, SOUP, _v. n._ To become weary, to faint.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _swaif_, cessavit; A. S. _swaef-ian_, deficere.

SOPHAM, SOPHINE, _s._ A sophism; Fr. _sophime_.

_Wallace._

SOPPES DE MAYN, some restorative cordial.

_Sir Gawan._

SORDANE, _adj._ Perhaps, private.

Fr. _sourdine_, id.

Dunbar.

SORDES, _s._ Filth, S. B.

_Law Case._

Lat. _sordes_, id.; Isl. _saurd-a_, to defile.

~Sordid~, _pret._ Defiled.

_Barbour._

SORE, _adj._ A sorrel or reddish colour.

Fr. _saure_, id.

_Douglas._

SORY. L. _scry_, cry.

_Wallace._

SORING, _part. pr._ Bewailing.

_Burel._

A. S. _sorg-ian_, lugere.

_To_ SORN, SORNE, _v. n._

1. To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board, S.

_Macbean._

2. Denoting the depredations made by an invading army.

_Muse's Thren._

O. Fr. _sejourn-er_, commorari.

_To_ ~Soiorne~, _v. a._ To quarter, to lodge forcibly.

_Acts Ja. I._

~Sornare~, ~Sorner~, _s._ One who takes free quarters, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

SORROW, _s._ A term unwarrantably used in imprecations, or strong asseverations, equivalent to E. _plague_, _pox_, &c. or _fiend_, _de'il_.

_Leg. St Androis._

SOSS, _s._ A mixture of incongruous kinds of food, S.

O. Fr. Teut. _sausse_, condimentum, _sauss-en_, condire.

_To_ ~Soss~, _v. a._ To mix in a strange manner, S.

_To_ ~Soss~, _v. n._ To use incongruous aliments or medicines mixed together, S.

SOSS, _s._ The flat sound caused by a heavy but soft body, when it comes hastily to the ground, or squats down, S. _souse_, E.

_Ramsay._

SOT, _s._ A fool, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

_To_ SOTTER, _v. n._

1. To boil slowly, S.

A. S. _seoth-an_, Isl. _siod-a_, to boil.

2. Used to denote the bubbling noise made by any thing in boiling, S.

_To_ SOUCH, SOOGH, SWOUCH, (gutt.) _v. n._

1. To emit a rushing or whistling sound, S.

_Douglas._

2. To breathe long as in sleep, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Sough~, _v. a._ To con over a tune, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

A. S. _swog-an_, sonare, tinnire; part. pr. _swogend_, S.
_souchand_.

~Souch~, ~Sowch~, ~Sugh~, ~Swouch~, _s._

1. A rushing or whistling sound, S.

_Burns._

2. The sound emitted during profound sleep.

_Douglas._

3. A deep sigh, S. O.

_Burns._

4. Equivalent to E. _cant_, S.

_Meston._

A. S. _sweg_, _swege_, sonus, clangor.

SOUCH, _adj._ Silent, quiet, S. _To keep souch_, to be silent.

A. S. _swig-an_, _swug-an_, id.

~Souch~, _s._ Silence, S.

A. S. _swig_, id.

SOUCH, _pret. v._ Deserted.

_Barbour._

A. S. _swic-an_, to deliver up; or Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.

SOUCHT, _pret._ Assailed by arms.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _soek-a_, violenter invadere.

SOUCYE, _s._ The heliotrope, S.

_Compl. S._

Fr. _souci_, _soulsie_, a marigold, a heliotrope, q. _sol sequens_.

SOUD, _s._ A quantity, S. B.

V. ~Sold~.

_Stat. Acc._

SOUDIE, _s._ A gross heavy person, S.

Isl. _sodi_, homo sordidus.

SOUDLAND, _s._ One who comes from the south country, S. B.

SOUDLY, _adj._ Soiled.

V. ~Suddle~.

_Wall._

SOUDOUN LAND, the land of the Soldan or Sultan.

_Bannatyne P._

SOVER, SOVIR, _adj._ Secure; Fr. _seur_.

_Bannatyne P._

~Souerance~, _s._

1. Assurance.

_Wallace._

2. Safe conduct.

_Wallace._

SOVERANIS, _s._ L. _severanis_, difference; O. Fr. _sevr-er_, to separate.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SOUF, SOUFF, _v. n._

1. To sleep in a disturbed manner, S. B.

Su. G. _sofw-a_, A. S. _swef-an_, id.

2. To breathe high in sleep, S. B.

Teut. _soeff-en_, spirare; A. S. _seof-ian_, to moan.

3. To whistle in a low tone, S. A.

_Ferguson._

4. To con over a tune on an instrument.

_Ramsay._

~Souf~, ~Souff~, _s._

1. A disturbed sleep, S. B.

2. High breathing in sleep, S. B.

3. Low whistle, S.

_Gl. Shirr._

4. Strain, humour, S.

_To_ SOUFF, _v. n._ To strike, S. B.

Isl. _sweip-a_, percutere.

SOUKS, SOUKIES, _s. pl._ The flower of red clover, S., from being _sucked_ by children.

SOULDER CRAB, the cancer bernardus.

_Sibbald._

SOULE, _s._ A swivel.

V. ~Sule~.

_Lyndsay._

SOUM, SOWME, _s._ The relative proportion of cattle or sheep to pasture, or _vice versa_, S.

1. _A soum of sheep_, five sheep, in some places ten, S.

_Stat. Acc._

2. _A soum of grass_, as much as will pasture one cow, or five sheep, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Sw. _sum_ is equivalent to _tal_, number.

_To_ ~Soum~ _land_, to calculate and fix what number of cattle or sheep it can support, S.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ ~Soum~ and ~Roum~, to pasture in summer, and fodder in winter, S.

V. ~Rowme~, v.

_Stat. Acc._

SOUMS, _s. pl._ The _sounds_ of the cod dried for food, Shetl.

Dan. _swomm-e_, to swim.

SOUNDS (of a fish), _s. pl._ The swimming bladder, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Isl. _sund_, natatio.

_To_ SOUP, SOOP, _v. a._ To sweep, S.

Su. G. _sop-a_, id.

_Lyndsay._

SOUP, SUP, _s._

1. The quantity of spoonmeat taken into the mouth at once, S.

2. A mouthful of liquor, S.

_Dunbar._

3. A considerable quantity of drink, or of any thin food, S.

_Forbes._

Isl. _sope_, a draught, _saup_, spoonmeat.

SOUPAND, _part. pr._ Sobbing, or groaning.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _seof-ian_, ingemiscere.

SOUPLE, _s._ The part of a flail which strikes the grain, S.

_Pop. Ball._

Isl. _sweip-a_, to strike.

SOUR-KIT, _s._ A dish of coagulated cream, S.

_Compl. S._

SOURMILK, _s._ Buttermilk, S.

Sw. _sur mioelk_, id.

SOUROCK, SOURACK, _s._ Sorrel, S.

_Lightfoot._

Germ. _saurach_, Teut. _suerick_, id.

~Sheep's Sourock~, a species of sorrel.

_Lightfoot._

_To_ SOURSE, _v. n._ To rise.

_Douglas._

Lat. _surg-o_, _-exi_, id.

SOUSE, _s._ A French sol, O. Fr. _solz_.

_Evergreen._

SOUST FEET, cow-heel, S.

_Shirrefs._

SOUTAR, SOUTER, _s._

1. A shoemaker, S. A. S. _sutere_, Lat. _sutor_.

_Evergr._

2. One who makes _brogues_ or shoes of horse-leather, Ang.

~Souter's Brandy~, a cant phrase for buttermilk, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

SOUTH, _s._ A whistling sound.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _sucht_, a sigh; or a corr. of ~Souch~.

SOUTHRON, SOTHERON, SOUDRON, _s._ A contemptuous designation for an Englishman, corr. _Southern_.

V. ~Sodrown~.

_Minstr. Bord._

_To_ SOUTT, _v. n._ To sob, S. B.

Teut. _sucht-en_, suspirare, gemere.

SOW, _s._ A military engine anciently used in sieges, for covering those who were employed to undermine walls.

_Barbour._

Isl. _graf-suin_, q. the _digging sow_, as meant to cover those who
dug under the wall.

SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ A large stack of hay erected in an oblong form, S. pron. _soo_.

_L. Hailes._

Teut. _soeuw_, gleba qua agger conficitur.

_To_ ~Sow~, ~Soo~, _v. a._ To stack, S.

SOW, _s._

1. One who makes a very dirty appearance, S. B.

Teut. _souwe_, a common shore.

2. Any thing in a state of disorder, S. B.

_To_ SOW, _v. a._ To pierce, to gall.

_Barbour._

_To_ ~Sow~, _v. n._ To smart, to feel tingling pain, S.

_Wyntown._

Sw. _swid-a_, Dan. _swi-e_, to smart.

~Sowing~, _s._ The act, or effect, of piercing or galling, S. _sooin_; tingling pain.

_Barbour._

SOW-BACK, _s._ A head-dress worn by old women, Ang. probably denominated from its curved shape.

SOWCE, _s._ Flummery; such as _brose_, _sowens_, or oat-meal pottage.

_Gl. Sibb._

SOW-DAY, _s._ The name given to the 17th of December, in Sandwick, Orkney, from the custom of killing a sow, on that day, in every family that has a herd of swine.

_Statist. Acc._

SOWE, _s._ A winding-sheet.

_Second Sight._

Gael. _soadh_, a bed.

SOWEN, _s._ The paste employed by weavers for stiffening their yarn in working, S.

A. S. _seawe_, Belg. _sogh_, paste.

~Sowens~, _s. pl._ Flummery, S.

_Stat. Acc._

~Sowens-porridge~, _s._ Pottage, made of cold _sowens_, by mixing meal with them while on the fire, Ang.

SOWERIT, _part. pa._ Assured.

_Wallace._

SOWLIS, _s. pl._ Swivels.

_Lyndsay._

SOWLPIT, drenched.

V. ~Sowp~.

_To_ SOWME, _v. n._ To swim, S.

_Philotus._

SOWME, _s._ Number.

_Wyntown._

SOWME, _s._ A load carried by a horse.

_Wallace._

Teut. _somme_, A. S. _seom_, onus.

~Sowmir~, _s._ A sumpter-horse.

_Wallace._

Fr. _sommier_, id.

SOWME, SOYME, _s._

1. The rope or chain that passes between the horses, by which the plough is drawn, S. _soam_.

_Douglas._

2. The rope by which hay is fastened on a cart.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _soem_, that which conjoins two bodies.

_To_ SOWP, _v. a._

1. To drench, S.

_Doug._

2. Metaph. in reference to grief.

_Houlate._

3. Applied to one who is much emaciated, S.

Teut. _sopp-en_, intingere; Fr. _soupi_, dull.

_To_ SOWTH, _v. n._ To whistle in a low tone, S. O.

V. ~Souch~.

_Burns._

SPAAD, _s._ A spade, Aberd.

Dan. _spaad_.

_To_ SPACE, _v. a._

1. To measure by paces, S.

2. To take long steps with a solemn air.

_Knox._

Belg. _pass-en_, to measure; with _s_ prefixed.

~Space~, _s._ A pace, S. B.

_Law Case._

_To_ SPACIER, _v. n._ To walk, S.

Belg. _spacier-en_, id.

_Complaynt S._

_To_ SPAE, SPAY, _v. n._

1. To foretel, S.

_Shirrefs._

2. To foretoken.

_Douglas._

3. To bode, to forebode.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _spa_, Dan. _spaa-er_, to foretel.

~Spae-book~, _s._ A book of necromancy.

_Minstr. Bord._

~Spae-craft~, _s._ The act of foretelling. S.

_Ramsay._

~Spayman, Spaman~, _s._

1. A prophet, a diviner.

_Bellenden._

2. A male fortuneteller, S.

_Kelly._

Isl. _spamadr_; Dan. _spaamand_, vates.

~Spaywife~, _s._ A female fortuneteller, S.

_Ferguson._

Isl. _spakona_, Dan. _spaakone_, q. a _spay-quean_.

SPAIG, _s._ A skeleton, Clydes.

Teut. _spoocke_, Su. G. _spok_, phantasma.

SPAIK, SPAKE, _s._

1. The spoke of a wheel, S.

_Douglas._

2. A bar (or lever) of wood.

_Acts Ja. III._

Teut. _spaecke_, vectis; radius rotae.

3. In pl. the wooden bars, on which a dead body is carried to the grave, S.

_Spalding._

4. Metaph. a personal designation, S.

_Lyndsay._

SPAIL, _s._

V. ~Spale~.

_To_ SPAIN, SPANE, SPEAN, To wean, S.

_Monroe._

Germ. _spen-en_, Belg. _speen-en_, ablactare.

~Spaining-brash~, _s._ A disorder of children, in consequence of being weaned, S.

_To_ SPAYN, SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.

_Barbour._

Isl. _spenn-a_, amplecti, arripere.

_To_ SPAIRGE, _v. a._

1. To dash, applied to liquids, S.

2. To bespatter by dashing any liquid, S.

3. To sully by reproach, S.

_Burns._

Lat. _sparg-ere_, Fr. _asperg-er_, to besprinkle.

~Spairge~, _s._

1. A sprinkling, S.

2. The liquid that is sprinkled, or squirted, S.

3. A dash of contumely, S.

SPAIT, SPATE, SPEAT, _s._

1. A flood, S.

_Douglas._

2. Any thing that hurries men away like a flood.

_More._

3. Fluency of speech, S.

_Ruddiman._

Gael. _speid_, a great river flood; perh. from _spe_, froth.

SPALD, SPAULD, SPAWL, _s._

1. The shoulder.

_Polwart._

2. A joint; as, _lang spauls_, long limbs, S.

_Douglas._

Fr. _espaule_, C. B. _yspolde_, the shoulder.

~Black spauld~, a disease of cattle, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

SPALE, SPAIL, SPEAL, _s._

1. A lath used in wooden houses for filling up the interstices betwixt the beams, S. B.

Su. G. _spiaell_, segmentum, lamina.

2. A chip; Sw. _spiaela_, id.

_Douglas._

3. A shaving of wood, S.

Fr. _spolla_, the shavings of wood.

_To_ SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.

V. ~Spayn~.

_To_ SPANG, _v. n._

1. To leap with elastic force, to spring, S.

_Douglas._

2. _v. a._ To cause to spring.

_Douglas._

3. _To spang o'er_, metaph. to overleap.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _spenn-a_, Germ. _spann-en_, to extend.

~Spang~, _s._

1. The act of springing, S.

_Douglas._

2. A fillip.

_Ruddiman._

~Spangie~, _s._ The game in E. called _Boss and Span_.

~Spangie-hewit~, _s._ A barbarous operation of boys to young yellow-hammers, S.

SPANGIS, _s. pl._ Spangles.

_K. Quair._

Teut. _spanghe_, Isl. _spaung_, lamina.

SPANYEART, _s._ A spaniel.

_Douglas._

_To_ SPANYS, _v. n._ To blow fully.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _espanouissement_, full blow of a flower.

_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To move with quickness and elasticity, S.

From _Spang_, v.; or Isl. _spink-a_, decursitare.

~Spanker~, _s._

1. One who walks with a quick and elastic motion, S.

2. _Spankers_, in pl. long and thin legs, S.

_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To sparkle or shine.

Teut. _spange_, lamina.

_Gl. Sibb._

SPAR, ~A-Spar~, _adv._ In a state of opposition, S. B.

_Ross._

Isl. _sperr-a_, distendere; repagulis munire.

SPARE, _s._

1. An opening in a gown or petticoat.

_Skene._

2. The slit, formerly used in the forepart of breeches, S. _spaiver_, S. B.

SPARE, _adj._

1. Barren.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. Lean, meagre.

_Morison._

A. S. _spaer_, parcus.

_To_ SPARK, To soil, by throwing up small spots of mire, S.

~Spark~, _s._

1. A small spot of mire, S.

2. A small portion of any thing.

_Wife of Auchtermuchty._

SPARKLE, _s._ A spark.

SPARKLIT.

V. ~Spreckled~.

SPARLING, SPIRLING, _s._ A smelt, S.

_Sibbald._

Germ. _spierling_; Lat. _eperlan-us_, id.

_To_ SPARPELL, SPERPLE, _v. a._ To disperse; Fr. _esparpill-er_.

_Douglas._

_To_ SPARS, _v. a._ To spread, to propagate.

_Knox._

Lat. _sparg-o_, _spars-um_, id.

_To_ SPARTLE, _v. n._ To move with velocity and inconstancy, S. B.

_Ruddiman._

V. ~Sprattle~.

SPAT, _s._ The spawn of oysters, Loth.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _spad_, jus, humor.

_To_ SPAVE, _v. a._ To spay, Galloway.

_Statist. Acc._

Lat. _spad-o_, C. B. _dyspaddu_, id.

SPAUL, _s._ A limb.

V. ~Spald~.

SPEANLIE, _adv._ Uncertain.

_Houlate._

SPECHT, _s._ A wood-pecker, S.

_Houlate._

Germ. _specht_, Sw. _specke_, id.

SPECIALTÉ, _s._ Peculiar regard.

_Barbour._

SPECTACLES (of a fowl), _s. pl._ The merry-thought, S.

_To_ SPEDE, _v. n._ To speed, E.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _sped-ian_, Alem. id., Belg. _spoed-en_.

~Spede~, _s._ _To cum spede_, to have success, S.

_Douglas._

SPEEN-DRIFT, SPINDRIFT, _s._ The snow when drifted from the ground by a whirling motion, S. B.; _spune-drift_, S. A.

_Journ. Lond._

Q. _spinning_ drift, from its whirling motion.

SPEERE, _s._ A hole in the wall of a house, through which the family received and answered the inquiries of strangers.

V. ~Spire~, s.

_Ritson._

SPEICE, _s._ Pride.

_Dunbar._

SPEIDFUL, _adj._ Expedient.

_Barbour._

From A. S. _sped_, success.

SPEIK, _s._ Speech.

V. ~Spek~.

SPEIKINTARE, _s._ Supposed to be the sea-swallow.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SPEIL, _v. n._ To climb.

V. ~Spele~.

_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ To ask, S.

V. ~Spere~.

SPEK, SPEIK, _s._ Speech.

_Barbour._

_To_ SPELD, _v. a._ To expand.

_Henrysone._

Germ. _spelt-en_, Su. G. _spial-a_, to divide.

~Spelding~, ~Speldev~, ~Speldrin~, _s._ A small fish split, and dried in the sun, S.

_Boswell._

_To_ ~Spelder~, _v. a._ To spread open, S.

_To_ SPELE, SPEIL, _v. n._ To climb, S.

_Douglas._

SPELING, _s._ Instruction.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _spell-ian_, docere.

_To_ SPELK, _v. a._ To support by splinters, S.

_Rutherford._

A. S. _spelc-ean_, Su. G. _spiaelk-a_, id.

_To_ SPELL, _v. a._ To tell, to narrate.

_Houlate._

A. S. _spell-ian_, Isl. _spial-a_, narrare.

_To_ ~Spell~, _v. n._ To discourse.

_Pop. Ball._

~Spell~, ~Spele~, _s._ Narrative.

_Wyntown._

Alem. _spel_, a discourse, a history.

_To_ SPEND, _v. n._

1. To spring, Loth.

2. To gallop, Loth.

V. ~Spyn~.

SPENS, SPENCE, _s._

1. The place where provisions are kept, S.

Fr. _despence_, id.

_Henrysone._

2. The interior apartment of a country-house, S.

3. The place where the family sit at meat, S. B.

_Pop. Ball._

~Spens~, ~Spensar~, ~Spensere~, _s._ The clerk of a kitchen.

_Wyntown._

_To_ SPERE, SPEIR, SPYRE, _v. n._

1. To search out.

_Barbour._

A. S. _spyr-ian_, investigare.

2. To investigate.

_Barbour._

3. To ask, to inquire, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _spyr-ian_, Isl. _spyr-ia_, to inquire. In this general
sense, it is used in various forms.

_To speir at_, to interrogate, S.

Isl. _spyr-ia ad_, id.

_To speir after_, to inquire for, S.

A. S. _spyrian aefter_.

_To spier for_, especially as denoting an inquiry concerning one's welfare, S.

_To speir about_, id. S.

~Speryng~, _s._ Information in consequence of inquiry.

_Barbour._

Teut. _speuringhe_, indagatio.

SPERE, SPEIR, _s._ A sphere.

_Douglas._