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._