SCADLIPS, _s._ Thin broth, S. B.; hence more apt to _scald_ the _lips_.
_Ritson._
SCAFF, SKAFFIN, _s._
1. Food of any kind, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _skap_, provision.
2. Expl. merriment, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Scaffar~, _s._ A parasite.
_Bellenden._
Su. G. _skaffare_, one who provides food.
~Scafferie~, _s_.
V. ~Skafrie~.
SCAIL, _s._ A sort of tub.
V. ~Skeel~.
_Sir Egeir._
SCALDRICKS, _s. pl._ Wild mustard, Loth.
V. ~Skelloch~.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SCALE, _v. a._
V. ~Skail~.
SCALKT, _pret. v._ Bedaubed.
V. ~Skaik~.
_Dunbar._
SCALLIARD, _s._ A stroke, W. Loth.
Isl. _skell-a_, to strike, _skell-r_, a stroke.
SCALP, SCAWP, _s._
1. Land of which the soil is very thin, S.
_Ramsay._
A metaph. use of E. _scalp_.
2. A bed of oysters or muscles, S.
_Sibbald._
~Scalpy~, ~Scaupy~, _adj._ Having thinness of soil, S.
_To_ SCAM, _v. a._ To scorch, S.
V. ~Skaumit~.
SCAMP, _s._ A cheat, a swindler, Loth. Perths;
Teut. _schamp-en_, to slip aside.
_To_ SCANSE, SKANCE, _v. n._
1. To shine, to make a great show.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _skin-a_, splendere.
2. To make a great shew in conversation, S. B.
3. To magnify in narration, S. B.
Su. G. _beskoen-a_, causam ornare verbis.
_To_ SCANCE, SKANCE, _v. a._
1. To reflect on, S.
_Philotus._
Su. G. _skoen-ia_, mentis acie videre.
2. To reproach; to make taunting or censorious reflections on the
character of others, especially in an oblique manner, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. To give a cursory account of any thing, S.
_A. Douglas._
~Scance~, _s._
1. A cursory calculation, S.
2. A rapid sketch in conversation, S.
SCANSYTE, _part. pa._ Seeming.
Su. G. _skin-a_, apparere.
_Wallace._
SCANT, _s._ Scarcity.
V. ~Skant~.
SCANTLINGS, _s. pl._ Rafters which support the roof of a projection,
Ang.
Teut. _schantse_, sepimentum muri.
~Scantlins~, _adv._ Scarcely, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
~Scantlishin~, _s._
1. Scanty increase, W. Loth.
2. Small remainder, ibid.
SCAPE, _s._ A bee-hive.
V. ~Skepp~.
SCAR, SKAIR, SCAUR, _s._
1. A bare place on the side of a steep hill, from which the sward has
been washed down by rains, Loth.; also, _skard_.
_Lay Last Minstr._
2. A cliff, Ayrs.
_Burns._
Su. G. _skaer_, rupes, C. B. _esgair_, a ridge.
SCARCHT, _s._ A hermaphrodite, S. _Scart_.
A. S. _scritta_, id.
_Pitscottie._
SCARF, _s._ The corvorant; also, the shag, Orkn.
V. ~Scart~.
_Barry._
SCARMUS, _s._. A skirmish.
_Bellenden._
Ital. _scarramuccia_, L. B. _scaramutia_.
SCARPENIS, _s. pl._ Pumps; Fr. _escarpines_.
_Maitland P._
SCARSEMENT, _s._ The edge of a ditch on which thorns are to be planted,
S.
_To_ SCART, _v. a._
1. To scratch, S.
_Cleland._
2. To scrape a dish with a spoon, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To scrape together money.
_More._
A. Norm. _escrat_; A. Bor. _scraut_.
~Scart~, _s._
1. A scratch, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A niggard, S.
3. A puny person, S.
~Scart-free~, _adj._ Without injury, S.
_Cleland._
~Scart~, _adj._ Puny.
_Dunbar._
~Scartle~, _s._ An iron instrument for cleaning a stable, Tweedd.
_J. Nicol._
SCART, SKART, SCARTH, SCARF, _s._ The corvorant, S.
_Houlate._
Norw. _skarv_, Isl. _skarf-ur_, id.
SCAS, _s._ Portion?
_Sir Gawan._
Alem. _scaz_, a penny; treasure.
_To_ SCASHLE, _v. a._ To use any piece of dress carelessly, S. B.
Isl. _skuasl_, quisquiliae.
SCATT, _s._ The name of a tax paid in Shetland.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. Isl. _skatt_, A. S. _sceat_, a tax, E. _shot_, _Scot and
lot_.
SCAUD-MAN'S-HEAD, _s._ Sea urchin, S.
SCAUR, _s._
V. ~Scar~.
SCAURIE, SCOREY, _s._ The young of the herring-gull, Orkney.
_Neill._
Sw. _skiura_, Norw. _skiure_, id.
SCAWP, _s._
V. ~Scalp~.
SCELLERAR, _s._ One who has the charge of the _cellar_.
_Houlate._
L. B. _cellerar-ius_, id.
SCHACHT, _s._ Property.
_Henrysone._
Fland. _schacht lands_, a rood of land.
SCHAFTMON, SHAFTMON, SCHATHMONT, _s._ A measure of six inches in length.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _scaeft-mund_, half a foot.
SCHAGHES, _s. pl._ Groves.
V. ~Schaw~.
SCHAIFE, SCHEIF, _s._
1. A bunch of arrows, twenty-four in number.
Alem. _scaph_, a quiver.
_Stat. Rob. I._
2. A certain quantity of iron or steel.
_Skene._
SCHAIK, TO-SCHAIK, _pret._ Shook.
_Douglas._
SCHAKERIS, SHAIKERS, _s. pl._
1. Thin plates of gold, silver, &c. hanging down.
_Douglas._
Teut. _schaeckier-en_, alternare.
2. Moisture distilling from flowers.
_Id._
SCHAKER-STANE, _s._ The stone-chatter, S. _stane-chacker_.
_Burel._
SCHALD, _adj._ Shallow; _shaul_, S.
A. S. _scylf_, a shelve.
_Barbour._
~Schald~, ~Shauld~, _s._ A shallow place.
_Douglas._
SCHALIM, SHALM, SHALIN, SHAWME, _s._ The cornet.
_Houlate._
Su. G. _skalmeia_, Teut. _schalmey_, a pipe.
SCHALK, _s._
1. A servant.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _scalc_, Su. G. Isl. _skalk_, id.
2. A knight.
_Gawan and Gol._
SCHAMON'S DANCE, Some kind of dance anciently used in S.
_Peblis to the Play._
SCHAND, SCHANE, _adj._ Elegant.
V. ~Scheyne~.
~Schand~, _s._ Elegance.
_Houlate._
SCHANK, _s._
1. The leg.
_Douglas._
2. The trunk of a tree.
_Douglas._
3. The stalk of an herb, S.
_Ruddiman._
4. In pl. stockings, Aberd.
_Ruddiman._
A. S. _sceanc_, Su. G. _skank_, id.
_To_ ~Shank~, _v. a._
1. To travel on foot, S.
2. To knit stockings, Aberd.
_Ferguson._
~Shanker~, _s._ A female knitter of stockings, Aberd.
SCHANT, _part. adj._ Soiled.
_Maitl. P._
Teut. _schend-en_, to pollute.
_To_ SCHAPE, _v. n._
1. To contrive.
_Douglas._
2. To purpose, to intend.
_Id._
3. To endeavour.
_Id._
4. _v. a._ To prepare.
_Id._
5. To direct one's course.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sceap-ian_, facere, ordinare.
~Schapyn~, _part. pa._ Qualified.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sceapen_, ordinatus.
SCHARETS
V. ~Scherald~.
SCHAVELLING, _s._ One who has the Romish tonsure, one _shaven_.
_Charteris._
_To_ SCHAW, _v. a._ To shew.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sceaw-an_, id.
SCHAW, SCHAGH, _s._
1. A wood, a grove.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _skog_, Ir. Gael. _saeghas_, id.
2. Shade, covert.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skugga_, umbra.
~Schawaldouris~, _s. pl._ Wanderers in the woods, subsisting by hunting.
_Wynt._
_Schaw_, S. a wood, and A. S. _weallian_, to roam.
SCHAWME, _s._
V. ~Schalim~.
_To_ SCHED, _v. a._
1. To divide.
A. S. _scead-an_, id.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. _To sched the hair_, to divide the hair in combing, S.
_To_ ~Sched~, ~Shed~, _v. n._ To part.
_Burel._
~Sched~, _s._ One quantity separated from another.
_Douglas._
~Sched~, ~Schede~, _s._ The division of the hair, S.
_Hudson._
SCHEIDIS, _s. pl._ Distances.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _scheide_, intervallum loci.
_To_ SCHEYFF, _v. n._ To escape.
_Wallace._
Teut. _schuyff-en_, to fly.
SCHEILD, _s._ A common shore.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _scelle_, terrae concavitas.
SCHEYNE, SCHENE, SCHANE, SCHAND, _adj._
1. Shining, bright.
_Douglas._
2. Beautiful.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _scen_, Su. G. _skon_, _skion_, id.
~Schene~, ~Schyne~, _s._ Beauty.
_Houlate._
SCHEIP-KEIPAR, _s._ Steward.
V. ~Scaff~.
_Bannatyne P._
SCHEL, SHEL, _s._ Shed for sheep.
V. ~Sheal~.
_Lyndsay._
SCHELL-PADDOCK, _s._ The land-tortoise.
_Watson._
Teut. _schild-padde_, testudo.
SCHELTRUM, _s._
V. ~Schiltrum~.
SCHENKIT, _part. pa._ Agitated.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _schwenck-en_, motitare.
SCHENT, _part. pa._
1. Confounded.
_Douglas._
2. Overpowered, overcome.
_Id._
3. Degraded.
_Id._
A. S. _scend-an_, confundere.
_To_ ~Schent~, _v. a._ To destroy.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Schent~, _v. n._ To go to ruin.
_Evergr._
SCHERALD, SCHERET, SCHARET, _s._ A green turf; _shirrel_, _shirret_,
Aberd. Banffs.
_Bellenden._
Germ. _scherr-en_, terras scalpere; _scharte_, fragmentum.
SCHERE, SHEER, _adj._ Waggish, S.
Teut. _scheer-en_, illudere, nugari.
_To_ SCHERE, _v. n._ To divide.
_Doug._
~Schere~, ~Shear~, _s._ The parting between the thighs, S.
_Douglas._
~Schere-bane~, ~Shear-bane~, _s._ The _os pubis_, S.
SCHERENE, _s._ Syren.
_Bannatyne P._
_To_ SCHETE, _v. a._ To shut.
_Douglas._
A. S. _scytt-an_, id.
SCHEWE, _pret._ Shove.
_Douglas._
SCHIDE, SCHYDE, SYDE, _s._
1. A billet of wood.
_Douglas._
2. A chip, a splinter.
_Id._
3. A large piece of flesh cut off.
_Id._
A. S. _scide_, a billet of wood.
~Schidit~, To ~Schid~, _part. pa._ Cloven.
Teut. _scheyd-en_, dividere.
_Douglas._
SCHIERE, _s._ Visage, mien.
_Gawan and Gol._
O. Fr. _chiere_, id.; Isl. _kioer_, conditio.
SCHILDERNE, SCHIDDEREM, _s._ A wild fowl.
_Acts Ja. VI._
SCHILTHRUM, SCHILTRUM, SCHYLTRUM, _s._ An host ranged in a round form.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sceoltruma_, coetus, cohors.
SCHILL, _adj._ Shrill, S.
_Douglas._
Alem. _scill-en_, _schell-en_, sonare; Belg. _schelle_, shrill.
SCHILL, SCHIL, _adj._ Chill. S. B.
_Douglas._
SCHYNBANDES, _pl._ Perhaps, armour for the ancles or legs.
_Sir Gawan._
Teut. _scheen-plaete_, ocrea.
SCHIP-BROKIN, _part. pa._ Shipwrecked.
Teut. _schip-broke_, shipwreck.
_Doug._
SCHIPFAIR, _s._ Navigation.
_Barbour._
A. S. _scip-fyrd_, navalis expeditio.
SCHIPPAR, _s._ A shipmaster.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
SCHIR, SCHYR, SYRE, SERE, _s._
1. Sir, lord.
_Wyntown._
2. In comp. in the sense of _father_, S.
V. ~Gudschyr~.
Goth. _sihor_, lord; Isl. _saera_, _Sira_, a praenomen expressive
of dignity.
SCHIRE, SCHYRE, SHIRE, _adj._
1. Bright, E. _sheer_.
_Douglas._
2. Clear, not muddy, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
3. Thin in the texture, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
4. Pure, mere, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _scire_, Isl. _skir_, Germ. _schier_, purus.
_To_ SCHIRE, _v. a._ To pour off the thinner or lighter part of any
liquid, Loth.
Su G. _skaer-a_, purgare, _skir-a_, emundare.
* SCHIREFF, _s._ A messenger.
_Buchanan._
SCHLUCHTEN, _s._ A hollow between two hills, Tweedd.
Su. G. _slutt_, declivis; Germ. _schluchte_, a ravine.
SCHO, _pron._ She, S.; _o_ as Gr. υ. _Barbour._
Moes. G. _so_, _soh_, Isl. _su_, A. S. _seo_, id.
_To_ SCHOG, _v. a._ To jog, S.
_Bannatyne P._
Teut. _schock-en_, _schuck-en_, id.
_To_ ~Schog~, ~Shog~, _v. n._ To move backwards and forwards, S.
_To_ ~Schog about~, _v. n._ To survive, S. B.
_Ross._
~Schog~, ~Shog~, _s._ A jog, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Schoggle~, _v. a._ To shake, S.
Teut. _schockel-n_, id.
_To_ ~Schoggle~, ~Shogle~, _v. n._ To dangle.
_Evergreen._
SCHOIR, _s._
V. ~Schor~, _s._
SCHONE, _pl._ Shoes, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _sceon_, Teut. _schoen_, id.
SCHONKAN, _part. pr._ Gushing.
Teut. _schenck-en_, fundere.
_Wallace._
SCHONKIT. _To schonkit_, shaken.
_Wallace._
Germ. _schwenk-en_, motitare.
SCHOR, SCHORE, SCHOIR, _adj._
1. Steep, abrupt.
_Barbour._
Isl. _skoer_, Germ. _schor-en_, eminere.
2. Rough, rugged.
_Wallace._
_To_ SCHOR, _v. a._ To soar.
_Douglas._
Fr. _essor-er_, Ital. _sor-are_, in altum volare.
_To_ SCHOR, SCHORE, SCHOIR, _v. n._ To threaten, S.
_Douglas._
~Schor~, ~Schore~, ~Schoir~, _s._ A threatening, Loth.
V. ~Schor~, _adj._
_Barbour._
SCHORE, _s._ Shower.
_Douglas._
SCHORE CHIFTANE, High chieftain.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _schor_, altus, eminens.
_To_ SCHORT, _v. n._ To grow short.
Isl. _skort-a_, to be deficient.
_Dunbar._
_To_ ~Schort~, _v. a._
1. To curtail.
_Cleland._
2. To abbreviate, in regard to time.
_Douglas._
3. To amuse one's self, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Schorte~, _s._ A sneer; Teut. _scherts_, jocus.
_Douglas._
~Schortsum~, _adj._
1. Cheerful, S. B.
2. Causing cheerfulness, S. B.
_Rudd._
3. Applied to a pleasant situation.
_Buchan._
SCHOT, SCHOTE, SHOT, _s._ A projected window.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skirt-a_, prominere.
SCHOURE, _s._ A division in music.
Teut. _scheur_, _shore_, ruptura.
_Houlate._
SCHOURIS, SCHOWRIS, _s. pl._ Sorrows, throes.
_Philotus._
2. The pangs of childbirth, S.
Germ. _schaur-en_, tremere; _schaur_, tremor.
_To_ SCHOW, _v. a._
1. To shove.
_Doug._
2. _v. n._ To glide or fall down.
_Doug._
A. S. _scuf-an_, Belg. _schuyff-en_, trudere.
_To_ SCHOWD, SHOWD, _v. n._ To waddle in going, S. B.
_Ross._
Teut. _schudd-en_, quatere, agitare.
SCHREW, SCHROW, _s._ A worthless person.
_Douglas._
Germ. _be-schrey-en_, incantare; or A. S. _syrew-an_, insidiari.
_To_ SCHREW, SCHRO, _v. a._ To curse.
_Bannatyne P._
~Schrewit~, _part. adj._
1. Wicked, accursed.
_Douglas._
2. Unhappy, ill-boding.
_Id._
3. Poisonous, venomous.
_Id._
_To_ SCHRYFF, SCHRYWE, _v. a._ To hear a confession.
_Barbour._
A. S. _scryf-an_, Su. G. _skrift-a_, id.
SCHROUD, _s._ Apparel.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _scrud_, id.
_To_ SCHUDDER, _v. a._ To withstand.
E. to _shoulder_.
_Douglas._
SCHUGHT, SHUGHT, _part. adj._ Sunk, covered, S. B.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Su. G. _skygg-a_, obumbrare; or from _Seuch_. q. v.
SCHULE, SHUIL, SHOOL, _s._ A shovel, S.
Belg. _school_, id.
_Monroe._
SCHUPE, _pret. v._
V. ~Schape~.
SCHURDE, _part. pa._ Dressed.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _scrydde_, _scrud_, indutus.
SCHURLING, SHORLING, _s._ The skin of a sheep that has been lately
shorn.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ SCHUTE, _v. a._
1. To push.
Su. G. _skiut-a_, Teut. _schutten_, propellere.
2. To put off. _To shute by_, to delay, S.
Su. G. _skiut-a upp_, differre.
3. _To shute by_, to pass any particular time that is attended with
difficulty, S.
4. _To schute about_, to be in ordinary health, S.
5. _No ill to shoot by_, or easily _shot about_, satisfied with a slight
or homely meal, S.
_To_ SCHWNE, _v. n._ To shrink.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _scun-ian_, vitare, timere.
V. ~Scunner~.
SCLADYNE, _s._ A chalcedony.
_Sir Gawan._
SCLAFFERT, _s._ A stroke on the side of the head, with the palm of the
hand, S.
L. B. _eclaffa_, alapa; Languedoc, _esclafa_, to beat. Lat.
_colaph-us_.
SCLAFFERT, _s._ The mumps, Loth.
SCLAITE, SKLAIT, _s._ Slate, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
L. B. _sclata_, assula; Fr. _esclat_, id.
_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_.